Planck's Law, an equation used by physicists to determine the radiation leaking from any object in the universe, was described by Albert Einstein as "the basis of all twentieth-century physics." Max Planck is credited with being the father of quantum theory, and his work laid the foundation for our modern understanding of matter and energetic processes. But Planck's story is no...(展开全部)

Design by Contract is a systematic approach to specifying and implementing object-oriented software elements based on precisely defined obligations between them. This is the first practical, example-centered guide to using Design by Contract. The authors introduce powerful design principles for writing good contracts and supporting guidelines -- and demonstrate those principles...(展开全部)

Book Description Recovering from amnesia, Dr. Arthur Calgary discovers that he alone could have provided an alibi in a scandalous murder trial. It ended in the conviction of Jacko Argyle. The victim was Jacko's own mother, and to make matters worse, he died in prison. But the young man's innocence means that someone else killed the Argyle matriarch, and would certainly kill ag...(展开全部)

A succession of catastrophes in the middle years of the fourteenth century brought France to the brink of destruction. The bankruptcy of the French state and a bitter civil war within the royal family were followed by the defeat and capture of the King of France by the Black Prince at Poitiers. A peasant revolt and a violent revolution in Paris completed the tragedy. In a humil...(展开全部)

作者简介 乔纳森·萨姆欣（Jonathan Sumption）曾在牛津大学莫德林学院（Magdalen College）任教，其巨著《百年战争》系列，时至今日已有《战争的试炼》《火焰的试炼》《分裂的王朝》《受诅咒的国王》四部作品问世，分别出版于1990年、1999年、2009年和2015年。他的作品还包括《朝圣者：一幅中世纪宗教图景》（1975）以及《阿尔比十字军》（1978）等。2009年，他因《分裂的王朝》一书荣获沃尔夫森历史奖。 乔纳森·萨姆欣先后毕业于伊顿公学与牛津大学，在离开牛津大学莫德林学院后，他投身法律事业，于1970年代加入伦敦内殿律师学院；1986年，38岁的他受命成为女王御用大律师；1990年代初，又升任高等法院大法官法庭助理法官。2012年，萨姆欣被擢升为最高法院大法官，与11名同僚一起运作整个联合王国的法律体系。 译者简介 傅...(展开全部)

作者简介 乔纳森·萨姆欣（Jonathan Sumption）曾在牛津大学莫德林学院（Magdalen College）任教，其巨著《百年战争》系列，时至今日已有《战争的试炼》《火焰的试炼》《分裂的王朝》《受诅咒的国王》四部作品问世，分别出版于1990年、1999年、2009年和2015年。他的作品还包括《朝圣者：一幅中世纪宗教图景》（1975）以及《阿尔比十字军》（1978）等。2009年，他因《分裂的王朝》一书荣获沃尔夫森历史奖。 乔纳森·萨姆欣先后毕业于伊顿公学与牛津大学，在离开牛津大学莫德林学院后，他投身法律事业，于1970年代加入伦敦内殿律师学院；1986年，38岁的他受命成为女王御用大律师；1990年代初，又升任高等法院大法官法庭助理法官。2012年，萨姆欣被擢升为最高法院大法官，与11名同僚一起运作整个联合王国的法律体系。 译者简介 傅...(展开全部)

Policies governing everything from trade and investment to energy and exchange rates are wielded as tools to win diplomatic allies, punish adversaries, and coerce those in between. Not so in the United States, however. America still too often reaches for the gun over the purse to advance its interests abroad. The result is a playing ield sharply tilting against the United State...(展开全部)

In Failure by Design, the Economic Policy Institute's Josh Bivens takes a step back from the acclaimed State of Working America series, building on its wealth of data to relate a compelling narrative of the U.S. economy's struggle to emerge from the Great Recession of 2008. Bivens explains the causes and impact on working Americans of the most catastrophic economic policy failu...(展开全部)

In Failure by Design, the Economic Policy Institute's Josh Bivens takes a step back from the acclaimed State of Working America series, building on its wealth of data to relate a compelling narrative of the U.S. economy's struggle to emerge from the Great Recession of 2008. Bivens explains the causes and impact on working Americans of the most catastrophic economic policy failu...(展开全部)