"The future," as the author William Gibson once noted, "is already here. It's just unevenly distributed." WHIPLASH is a postcard from that future. The world is more complex and volatile today than at any other time in our history. The tools of our modern existence are getting faster, cheaper, and smaller at an exponential rate, just as billions of strangers around the world are...(展开全部)

'Destined to be a classic' Nouriel RoubiniA hopeful and empowering vision for how to reconnect with each other and heal our divides.'Fascinating' Sathnam Sanghera, The Times'A hopeful book that couldn't be more important or timely' Philippa Perry 'Timely and important' Charlie Brooker Even before a global pandemic introduced us to terms like social distancing, loneliness was al...(展开全部)

In his famous 1959 Rede lecture at Cambridge University, the scientifically-trained novelist C.P. Snow described science and the humanities as "two cultures," separated by a "gulf of mutual incomprehension." And the humanists had all the cultural power—the low prestige of science, Snow argued, left Western leaders too little educated in scientific subjects that were increasingl...(展开全部)

彼得·戴曼迪斯（Peter H.Diamandis）  麻省理工学院航空航天工程学学士和硕士，哈佛大学医学院医学博士。  全球商业太空探索的领军人，在长寿、太空、风险投资等领域创办了二十几家公司。  X大奖基金会创始人。戴曼迪斯创立了X大奖基金会，用X大奖的形式鼓励私人太空探索。此后，为了激励人们的创新活动，X大奖基金会在环保、汽车、健康等领域陆续设立了X大奖。  奇点大学创始人兼执行主席。奇点大学的神圣使命，就是培养面向未来的、有“全球性”和“指数性”思维方式的人才。  2014《财富》杂志“全球50位杰出领袖”之一。  畅销书《富足》《创业无畏》作者。 史蒂芬·科特勒（Steven Kotler）  《纽约时报》畅销书作者。两次获得普利策奖提名，作品被翻译为40多种语言在全球出版。  “心流基因组计划”研究的创始人和执行主任。对世...(展开全部)

From the New York Times bestselling authors of Abundance and Bold comes a practical playbook for technological convergence in our modern era. In their book Abundance, bestselling authors and futurists Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler tackled grand global challenges, such as poverty, hunger, and energy. Then, in Bold, they chronicled the use of exponential technologies that all...(展开全部)

Death and taxes are our inevitable fate. We've been told this since the beginning of civilisation. But what if we stopped to question our antiquated system? Is it fair? And is it capable of serving the needs of our rapidly-changing, modern society? In Daylight Robbery, Dominic Frisby traces the origins of taxation, from its roots in the ancient world, through to today. He explo...(展开全部)

作者简介 （英）多米尼克·弗里斯比 英国知名经济理论作家、广播节目主持人、脱口秀喜剧演员、配音演员，毕业于曼彻斯特大学，作品散见于英国多家经济报刊杂志，著有多部经济方面的长篇著作。因其在金融和经济理论上的建树，他曾多次登上世界性讲座和论坛做演讲。 译者简介 刘生孝 长期从事中英文献翻译及国际教育写作，十五年翻译经历，翻译与写作涉及社科、文旅、艺术、历史等题材，独立翻译有《光天化日下的抢劫》《德川家康传》等作品 。

National Geographic Explorer and TED Prize-winner Dr. Sarah Parcak gives readers a personal tour of the evolution, major discoveries, and future potential of the young field of satellite archaeology. From surprise advancements after the declassification of spy photography, to a new map of the mythical Egyptian city of Tanis, she shares her field’s biggest discoveries, revealing...(展开全部)