One insight can change your life, and the next can change your organization or even the world. Everybody has had the occasional insight - this book is a concise guide to simple actions that can help you have more consistent and timely insights. Put the ideas in these pages to good use and you will become a more effective thinker. Fresh ideas will abound. You will make better de...(展开全部)

1914年生于美国俄克拉荷马州的塔尔萨，1936毕业于芝加哥大学哲学系。1957年，加德纳在《科学美国人》杂志上开设了一个数学游戏专栏，这个专栏一直延续了四分之一个世纪，成为杂志的一个招牌栏目。他的数学科普著作被翻译成多国文字出版。由于数学科普方面的贡献，他荣获1987年美国数学会斯蒂尔奖和1994年数学交流奖。

1914年生于美国俄克拉荷马州的塔尔萨，1936毕业于芝加哥大学哲学系。1957年，加德纳在《科学美国人》杂志上开设了一个数学游戏专栏，这个专栏一直延续了四分之一个世纪，成为杂志的一个招牌栏目。他的数学科普著作被翻译成多国文字出版。由于数学科普方面的贡献，他荣获1987年美国数学会斯蒂尔奖和1994年数学交流奖。

兰斯·埃斯普伦德是《华尔街日报》艺术专栏的撰稿人。他曾担任彭博新闻(Bloomberg News)的艺术评论家和《纽约太阳报》(New York Sun)的首席艺术评论家，曾在帕森斯设计学院（Parsons School of Design）和赖德大学（Rider University）教授工作室艺术和艺术史，并在纽约工作室学院担任MFA访问评论家。他的文章见于《美国艺术》（Art in America）、《哈泼斯》（Harper’s）、《现代画家》（Modern Painters）和《新共和》（The New Republic）等杂志，现居于纽约布鲁克林。

In this rigorous and supremely honest book Alain de Botton helps us navigate the intimate and exciting - yet often confusing and difficult - experience that is sex. Few of us tend to feel we're entirely normal when it comes to sex, and what we're supposed to be feeling rarely matches up with the reality. This book argues that 21st-century sex is ultimately fated to be a balanci...(展开全部)

In this rigorous and supremely honest book Alain de Botton helps us navigate the intimate and exciting - yet often confusing and difficult - experience that is sex. Few of us tend to feel we're entirely normal when it comes to sex, and what we're supposed to be feeling rarely matches up with the reality. This book argues that 21st-century sex is ultimately fated to be a balanci...(展开全部)

The definitive guide to statistical thinking Statistics are everywhere, as integral to science as they are to business, and in the popular media hundreds of times a day. In this age of big data, a basic grasp of statistical literacy is more important than ever if we want to separate the fact from the fiction, the ostentatious embellishments from the raw evidence -- and even mor...(展开全部)

In this "important and comprehensive" guide to statistical thinking (New Yorker), discover how data literacy is changing the world and gives you a better understanding of life’s biggest problems. The age of big data has made statistical literacy more important than ever. In The Art of Statistics, David Spiegelhalter shows how to apply statistical reasoning to real-world probl...(展开全部)

In this "important and comprehensive" guide to statistical thinking (New Yorker), discover how data literacy is changing the world and gives you a better understanding of life’s biggest problems. The age of big data has made statistical literacy more important than ever. In The Art of Statistics, David Spiegelhalter shows how to apply statistical reasoning to real-world probl...(展开全部)