稀有金属用量虽小，却有点石成金的改造力，它们的战略意义更是不容低估。你知道吗？电动牙刷产生每分钟振动超过6.2万次，能完成如此高频的驱动离不开三种稀有金属——钕、镝和硼。一支电动牙刷的诞生可能要经过中国、刚果、智利、俄罗斯、韩国、印度尼西亚、土耳其等国家，用到35种金属。这些金属很少见，不一定是因为稀有或难萃取，而是因为用量微小。戴维·亚伯拉罕（David Abraham）新著《动力的元素》（The Elements of Power）追踪稀有金属的踪迹，用生动的细节给讲述了它们不为人知的故事。 这些金属非常轻、坚固、耐热，又难以获得，因此上世纪50年代一名美国将军打趣说它们应该被叫做“难得素”（unobtainium）。稀有金属就像披萨里的酵母一样至关重要，它们的用量虽然微小，却有“点石成金”的改造力。iPhone的触幕上含有铟。锂已经成为可充电汽...(展开全部)

Was the division of Europe after World War II inevitable? In this powerful reassessment of the postwar order in Europe, Norman Naimark suggests that Joseph Stalin was far more open to a settlement on the continent than we have thought. Through revealing case studies from Poland and Yugoslavia to Denmark and Albania, Naimark recasts the early Cold War by focusing on Europeans’ f...(展开全部)

Was the division of Europe after World War II inevitable? In this powerful reassessment of the postwar order in Europe, Norman Naimark suggests that Joseph Stalin was far more open to a settlement on the continent than we have thought. Through revealing case studies from Poland and Yugoslavia to Denmark and Albania, Naimark recasts the early Cold War by focusing on Europeans’ f...(展开全部)

One of America's leading policy intellectuals, who coined the term "Soft Power", looks at what has happened to American power from the time of Kennedy to the present day. In the era of Kennedy and Khrushchev, power in the US was expressed in terms of nuclear missiles, industrial capacity, numbers of men under arms, and tanks lined up ready to cross the plains of Eastern Europe....(展开全部)

China’s rise has upset the global balance of power, and the first place to feel the strain is Beijing’s back yard: the South China Sea. For decades tensions have smoldered in the region, but today the threat of a direct confrontation among superpowers grows ever more likely. This important book is the first to make clear sense of the South Sea disputes. Bill Hayton, a journalis...(展开全部)

China’s rise has upset the global balance of power, and the first place to feel the strain is Beijing’s back yard: the South China Sea. For decades tensions have smoldered in the region, but today the threat of a direct confrontation among superpowers grows ever more likely. This important book is the first to make clear sense of the South Sea disputes. Bill Hayton, a journalis...(展开全部)

Examines the imperial mythology that was reflected by Roman art and architecture during the rule of Augustus Caesar

Examines the imperial mythology that was reflected by Roman art and architecture during the rule of Augustus Caesar

How the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand economic and political polarization in the age of automation From the Industrial Revolution to the age of artificial intelligence, The Technology Trap takes a sweeping look at the history of technological progress and how it has radically shifted the distribution of economic and political power among soc...(展开全部)

How the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand economic and political polarization in the age of automation From the Industrial Revolution to the age of artificial intelligence, The Technology Trap takes a sweeping look at the history of technological progress and how it has radically shifted the distribution of economic and political power among soc...(展开全部)