More Heat Than Light is a history of how physics has drawn some inspiration from economics and also how economics has sought to emulate physics, especially with regard to the theory of value. It traces the development of the energy concept in Western physics and its subsequent effect upon the invention and promulgation of neoclassical economics. Any discussion of the standing o...(展开全部)

The classic of common-sense economics. "Enormously broad in scope, pithily weaving together threads from Galbraith and Gandhi, capitalism and Buddhism, science and psychology."-- The New Republic

The classic of common-sense economics. "Enormously broad in scope, pithily weaving together threads from Galbraith and Gandhi, capitalism and Buddhism, science and psychology."-- The New Republic

Military power and conflict have fuelled economic growth throughout history. Money matters to the military; it is needed to finance war and the desire to acquire it is often the motive for fighting. This book examines the interaction of economics and conflict, it explains the economic concepts used, and illustrates them with a range of military examples, both contemporary and h...(展开全部)

This fourth edition of our bestselling text has been comprehensively updated and revised to include contemporary film analysis and recent films. With a focus on contemporary popular cinema and examples from Classical Hollywood, Graeme Turner examines the social and cultural aspects of film from audiences and ideologies to exhibition and technology. This fourth edition now inclu...(展开全部)

This fourth edition ofour bestselling classic text has been comprehensively updated and revised toincludecontemporary film analysis and recent films. With a focus on contemporary popular cinema and examples from Classical Hollywood,Graeme Turner examines the social and cultural aspects of film from audiences and ideologies to exhibition andtechnology. This fourth edition no...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 In My Life as a Quant, Emanuel Derman relives his exciting journey as one of the first high–energy particle physicists to migrate to Wall Street. Page by page, Derman details his adventures in this field—analyzing the incompatible personas of traders and quants, and discussing the dissimilar nature of knowledge in physics and finance. Throughout this tale, he also refle...(展开全部)

Emanuel Derman was one of the first physicists to move to Wall Street, and his career paralleled the growth of quantitative trading over the past twenty years. In My Life as a Quant, he traces his transformation from ambitious young scientist to managing director and head of the renowned Quantitative Strategies group at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Derman’s tale recounts his a...(展开全部)

It is a shame that this book is out of print. Pagels lucid explanations of the quantum world are the best within lay science publishing. I also believe that Pagels rational approach is far and away a better introduction/exploration than the Eastern Mysticism-based books like Zukav s "The Dancing Wu Li Masters" or Fritjof Capra s "The Tao of Physics." Of course, those books ar...(展开全部)

作者：（美国）海因茨·R·帕格尔斯（Pagels.H.R.） 译者：郭竹第 注释 解说词：赵凯华 海因茨·R·帕格尔斯（Heiilz R.Pagels，1939-1988）美国物理学家、科普作家。获斯坦福大学物理学博士学位，曾任纽约科学院执行主席、洛克菲勒大学客座教授。主要研究领域为粒子物理、量子场论、宇宙学和混沌理论。他著有多部高级科普著作，除本书外，尚有《完美对称》、《理性之梦：计算机和复杂性科学的兴起》等。 郭竹第，辽宁绥中人，1935年生。1958年毕业于莫斯科大学地质系。回国后任教于北京地质学院；1965年调入地质部教育司，曾任高教处处长；1985年调入中共中央引进国外智力领导小组办公室，曾任中国国际人才交流协会驻澳大利亚和新西兰办事处总代表、京港人才交流中心总经理。 赵凯华，浙江杭州人，1930年生。1950年毕业于北京大学物理系后留校任...(展开全部)