The most influential theory of distributive equality to have emerged since John Rawls' justice as fairness is luck egalitarianism, which aims to neutralize the distributive effects of luck. The standard form, brute-luck egalitarianism, advanced by Richard Arneson, G. A. Cohen, and Ronald Dworkin, allows the unequal consequences of option luck (the results of deliberate gambles)...(展开全部)

For you to be here today reading this requires a mind-boggling series of lucky breaks, starting with the Big Bang and ending in your own conception. So it's not surprising that we persist in thinking that we're in with a chance, whether we're playing the lottery or working out the likelihood of extra-terrestrial life. In Chance, a (not entirely) random selection of the New Scie...(展开全部)

武重奉（Vũ Trọng Phụng，1912—1939），越南小说家和剧作家、记者。1912年10月生于河内的一个底层打工家庭，生活贫苦；他是高产作家，从事写作的时间不到十年，留下了九部长篇小说、七部长篇纪实作品、两部长篇话剧、数十部短篇小说等作品，被认为是越南现代文学的代表人物和奠基者之一。1939年10月因肺病去世。 译者简介： 夏露，北京大学外国语学院东南亚系副教授。致力于越南语言文学教学与研究、中国文学海外传播研究以及中越比较文学研究，翻译并发表、出版了《战争哀歌》等大量越南现当代文学作品。

武重奉（Vũ Trọng Phụng，1912—1939），越南小说家和剧作家、记者。1912年10月生于河内的一个底层打工家庭，生活贫苦；他是高产作家，从事写作的时间不到十年，留下了九部长篇小说、七部长篇纪实作品、两部长篇话剧、数十部短篇小说等作品，被认为是越南现代文学的代表人物和奠基者之一。1939年10月因肺病去世。 译者简介： 夏露，北京大学外国语学院东南亚系副教授。致力于越南语言文学教学与研究、中国文学海外传播研究以及中越比较文学研究，翻译并发表、出版了《战争哀歌》等大量越南现当代文学作品。

ある夏の日、水泳部ホープの九条(くじょう)は上級生の水村(みずむら)に一目惚れをする。近づいたつもりでも水村は水のようにとらえどころがなくもどかしさは募るばかり。一方、水村は、実家の映画館が立ち退きを迫られる中、誰よりも早く泳ぐ九条の姿に希望を見出していた――。胸の痛みが心地いい。極上のセンシティブ・ラブ、ついに単行本化。

Cash is needed and Alex Rogo's companies are to be put on the block. Alex needs to complete the turnaround of his companies if they can be sold for the maximum return: if he fails they will be closed down. This text highlights the techniques needed to survive at home and at work.

From our “greatest living statistical communicator” (Tim Harford) comes an invaluable, data-driven guide for understanding―and learning to embrace―risk and uncertainty in our daily lives. How dangerous is our diet? How much of sports falls into the realm of luck? When authorities categorize a given event as “highly likely”―how likely is that, really? Whether we’re trying to dec...(展开全部)

Named a Best Book of the Year by Forbes and The Economist From our "greatest living statistical communicator" (Tim Harford) comes an invaluable, data-driven guide for understanding―and learning to embrace―risk and uncertainty in our daily lives. How dangerous is our diet? How much of sports falls into the realm of luck? When authorities categorize a given event as “highly likel...(展开全部)

From our “greatest living statistical communicator” (Tim Harford) comes an invaluable, data-driven guide for understanding―and learning to embrace―risk and uncertainty in our daily lives. How dangerous is our diet? How much of sports falls into the realm of luck? When authorities categorize a given event as “highly likely”―how likely is that, really? Whether we’re trying to dec...(展开全部)

n Israel, pilot trainees who were praised for doing well subsequently performed worse, while trainees who were yelled at for doing poorly performed better. It is an empirical fact that highly intelligent women tend to marry men who are less intelligent. Students who get the highest scores in third grade generally get lower scores in fourth grade. And yet, it's wrong to conclude...(展开全部)