Why do catastrophes happen? What sets off earthquakes, for example? What about mass extinctions of species? The outbreak of major wars? Massive traffic jams that seem to appear out of nowhere? Why does the stock market periodically suffer dramatic crashes? Why do some forest fires become superheated infernos that rage totally out of control? Experts have never been able to ex...(展开全部)

別人辦不到的，布坎南辦到了……他有能力傳達這種新的思考方向，同時又保持著科學的嚴謹。 －－New Scientist 自然世界和人類生命的許多領域為何如此難以預測？《改變世界的簡單法則》所作的解釋比之前任何一本書都來得好。－－Financial Times 布坎南對這些規律及其涵義的表述很合理、徵引詳盡，文筆也很好。 －－《Science Firsts》作者艾得勒（Robert Adler） 我希望自己能寫出這樣一本書。－－《How Nature Works》作者巴克（Per Bak）

From the renowned author of Austerlitz (named a Top 10 Book of the 21st Century by the New York Times)comes the first English translation of his extraordinary essays on the Austrian writers who shaped his life and work. Silent Catastrophes brings together the two books W.G. Sebald wrote on the Austrian writers who meant so much to him: The Description of Misfortune and Strange ...(展开全部)

The man who calls himself David Loogan is leading a quiet, anonymous life in the college town of Ann Arbor, Michigan. He's hoping to escape a violent past he would rather forget. But his solitude is broken when he finds himself drawn into a friendship with Tom Kristoll, the publisher of the mystery magazine "Gray Streets"-and into an affair with Laura, Tom's sleek blond wife. W...(展开全部)

David Loogan is leading a new and quietly anonymous life in a new town. But his solitude is broken when he finds himself drawn into a friendship with Tom Kristoll, the melancholy publisher of the crime magazine Gray Streets - and into an affair with Laura, Tom's sleek blond wife. When Tom offers him a job as an editor, Loogan sees no harm in accepting. What he doesn't realise i...(展开全部)

Why is it that incredibly unlikely phenomena actually happen quite regularly and why should we, in fact, expect such things to happen? Here, in this highly original book - aimed squarely at anyone with an interest in coincidences, probability or gambling - eminent statistician David Hand answers this question by weaving together various strands of probability into a unified exp...(展开全部)

超才・浦賀にしか、この不可能犯罪は書き得ない。 過去と現在、二つの事件を安藤直樹が解く！？ 孤独に絶望し、自殺未遂を繰り返していた理美に、10年前に不審死を遂げた父の秘密が明かされる！？ 自宅地下に隠されていた広大な研究所。遺された実験データの探索中に起こる連続密室殺人。 閉じこめられた飯島と理美。亡き父の研究とは？透明人間以外にこの犯行は可能なのか！？ 名探偵安藤直樹の推理が真相に迫る！！

超才・浦賀にしか、この不可能犯罪は書き得ない。 過去と現在、二つの事件を安藤直樹が解く！？ 孤独に絶望し、自殺未遂を繰り返していた理美に、10年前に不審死を遂げた父の秘密が明かされる！？ 自宅地下に隠されていた広大な研究所。遺された実験データの探索中に起こる連続密室殺人。 閉じこめられた飯島と理美。亡き父の研究とは？透明人間以外にこの犯行は可能なのか！？ 名探偵安藤直樹の推理が真相に迫る！！

马克•布查纳： •美国弗吉尼亚大学理论物理学博士，研究领域为非线性力学和混沌理论。 •科学作家，曾为《自然》杂志编辑、《新科学家》杂志特约编辑

Why? is a book about the explanations we give and how we give them—a fascinating look at the way the reasons we offer every day are dictated by, and help constitute, social relationships. Written in an easy-to-read style by distinguished social historian Charles Tilly, the book explores the manner in which people claim, establish, negotiate, repair, rework, or terminate relatio...(展开全部)