This is a collection of the best predictions made by "Popular Mechanics" writers between 1903 and 1969. It features original, visually stunning artwork & a free poster. Each chapter is introduced by astrophysics professor and former NASA advisor Gregory Benford. Between 1903 and 1969, scientists and other experts made hundreds of predictions in "Popular Mechanics" about what th...(展开全部)

The Bubble That Never Popped is filled with adventure and fun with some education mixed in Norah is a little girl who lives in Portsmouth New Hampshire Her Grandpa Joseph comes to visit frequently and when he does he always brings Norah a present On a beautiful warm afternoon Grandpa Joseph surprised Norah with a pink box tied in a silky red ribbon She couldn t wait to see what...(展开全部)

胡安·何塞·米利亚斯 Juan José Millás 西班牙当代小说家、记者和专栏作家。 一九四六年生于西班牙瓦伦西亚，作品常见于西班牙各报章媒体，目前是西班牙第一大报《 报》专栏作家。一九八三年以青少年小说《浸湿的纸》扬名文坛，书评给予极高肯定，并成为西班牙教育部指定的中学生读物。一九九○年以《这就是孤独》获得极受推崇的“纳达尔文学奖”，本书已被译介成英、法、德等多国语言，米利亚斯也以此书跃上 文坛。目前已创作二十多部小说，包括一九八六年《在你的名字里失序》、一九九○年《回家》、一九九八年《按照字母顺序》等，二○○二年则以《两个女子，在布拉格》获颁 “春天小说奖”。他的短篇小说亦颇获好评，一九九二年出版《寡妇的另一个春天》，一九九四年出版的《她的想象……》曾被改编成舞台剧，在西班牙及拉丁美洲各地巡演。

Every day, we use our computers to perform remarkable feats. A simple web search picks out a handful of relevant needles from the world's biggest haystack: the billions of pages on the World Wide Web. Uploading a photo to Facebook transmits millions of pieces of information over numerous error-prone network links, yet somehow a perfect copy of the photo arrives intact. Without ...(展开全部)

We are all capitalists now. For the first time in human history, the globe is dominated by one economic system. In Capitalism, Alone, leading economist Branko Milanovic explains the reasons for this decisive historical shift since the days of feudalism and, later, communism. Surveying the varieties of capitalism, he asks: What are the prospects for a fairer world now that capit...(展开全部)

Branko Milanovic is Visiting Presidential Professor and Core Faculty at the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. He was formerly Lead Economist in the World Bank’s research department. His books include Global Inequality (Harvard) and The Haves and the Have-Nots: A Brief and Idiosyncratic History of Global Inequality.

Escape or die trying…No.1 international bestseller Jeffery Deaver returns with a stunning new thriller – the first in an exciting series featuring enigmatic investigator Colter Shaw.‘Masterful storytelling ― The Never Game is Deaver’s most riveting, most twisty, most unputdownable novel yet’ Karin SlaughterA killer is changing the rules. One murder at a time . . .You wake up al...(展开全部)

艾尔芙丽德·耶利内克是奥地利当代著名女作家，1946年出生。2004年荣获诺贝尔文学奖。耶利内克特立独行，思想前卫，因为她写的内容不一般，表现手法不一般，而引起了诸多争议。 1946年，耶利内克生于奥地利斯施蒂利亚州的米尔茨施拉格市，在维也纳长大。1946年，耶利内克生于奥地利斯施蒂利亚州的米尔茨施拉格市，在维也纳长大。其时离第二次世界大战不远。要说，这场大战时耶利内克还没有出生，可是却同我们的作家也真有剪不断、理还乱的牵扯，这一团氤氲时常出现在她的文学创作里，好像梦魇一般。 耶利内克带犹太血统，并且，祖上是从捷克，也即波西米亚，迁居来奥地利的。在所谓“奥(地利)匈(牙利)帝国”时期，奥地利是欧洲最大的国家，地跨今天中欧的大部分土地，还包括了南欧的巴尔干半岛。所以，不同国家中帝国的子民流向首都维也纳，不足为奇。这些外来户大致出身在当地比较有根底的家庭...(展开全部)

凯文·凯利（Kevin Kelly，1952～，人们经常亲昵地称他为 KK），《连线》（Wired）杂志创始主编。在创办《连线》之前，是《全球概览》杂志（The Whole Earth Catalog，乔布斯最喜欢的杂志）的编辑和出版人。1984年，KK发起了第一届黑客大会（Hackers Conference）。他的文章还出现在《纽约时报》、《经济学人》、《时代》、《科学》等重量级媒体和杂志上。 凯文·凯利被看作是“网络文化”（Cyberculture）的发言人和观察者，也有人称之为“游侠”（maverick）。