Drawing on more than four decades of experience as a researcher and teacher, Howard Becker now brings to students and researchers the many valuable techniques he has learned. Tricks of the Trade will help students learn how to think about research projects. Assisted by Becker's sage advice, students can make better sense of their research and simultaneously generate fresh ideas...(展开全部)

Drawing on more than four decades of experience as a researcher and teacher, Howard Becker now brings to students and researchers the many valuable techniques he has learned. Tricks of the Trade will help students learn how to think about research projects. Assisted by Becker's sage advice, students can make better sense of their research and simultaneously generate fresh ideas...(展开全部)

HOW TO THINK ABOUT ALGORITHMS There are many algorithm texts that provide lots of well-polished code and proofs of correctness. Instead, this one presents insights, notations, and analogies to help the novice describe and think about algorithms like an expert. It is a bit like a carpenter studying hammers instead of houses. Jeff Edmonds provides both the big picture and easy st...(展开全部)

劳拉•阿尔柯克：英国拉夫堡大学著名数学教育家，从事数学教学和教育研究多年，具有丰富的数学教学和研究经验。 唐璐，中国科学院数学与系统科学研究院博士毕业，现任教于湖南大学电气与信息工程学院。翻译出版了包括《复杂》《烧掉数学书》《自动时代》《哥德尔：逻辑的困境》等十余部科普佳作。

We tend to regard exercise as pure physical exertion, a working of the muscles to develop (or show) bodily strength and vitality. We do not exercise to improve our minds or to learn something new; we commonly make this division of the body and mind. But this was not always so; the ancient Greeks rarely split us into body and mind, in theory, or practice, so why do we make that ...(展开全部)

There are those who think the goal of investing is to beat the market and amass as much wealth as possible, that street smarts and hard work ensure investment success, and that the road to happiness is paved with more of everything. And then there are those who get it. Want a more prosperous, less stressful financial life? Jonathan Clements, longtime personal finance columnist ...(展开全部)

HOW TO THINK ABOUT ALGORITHMS There are many algorithm texts that provide lots of well-polished code and proofs of correctness. Instead, this one presents insights, notations, and analogies to help the novice describe and think about algorithms like an expert. It is a bit like a carpenter studying hammers instead of houses. Jeff Edmonds provides both the big picture and easy st...(展开全部)

Men are right. The "relationship talk" "does not" help. Dr. Patricia Love's and Dr. Steven Stosny's "How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It" reveals the stunning truth about marital happiness: Love is "not" about better communication. It's about connection. You'll never get a closer relationship with your man by talking to him like you talk to one of your gir...(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)

Teaching students to become better consumers of psychological research. Keith Stanovich's widely used and highly acclaimed book presents a short introduction to the critical thinking skills that will help students to better understand the subject matter of psychology. How to Think Straight about Psychology, 10e helps students recognize pseudoscience and be able to distinguish i...(展开全部)