An ode to systems engineers—whose invisible work undergirds our life—and an exploration of the wicked problems they tackle. Our world is filled with pernicious problems. How, for example, did novice pilots learn to fly without taking to the air and risking their lives? How should cities process mountains of waste without polluting the environment? Challenges that tangle persona...(展开全部)

A look at how Big Data can be put to positive use, from helping users break bad habits to tracking the global spread of disease. Big Data is made up of lots of little data: numbers entered into cell phones, addresses entered into GPS devices, visits to websites, online purchases, ATM transactions, and any other activity that leaves a digital trail. Although the abuse of Big Dat...(展开全部)

A look at how Big Data can be put to positive use, from helping users break bad habits to tracking the global spread of disease. Big Data is made up of lots of little data: numbers entered into cell phones, addresses entered into GPS devices, visits to websites, online purchases, ATM transactions, and any other activity that leaves a digital trail. Although the abuse of Big Dat...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Quizzes and examples of actual vocabulary tests are included in an informal guide to vocabulary enrichment for students, businessmen, and general readers.

在线阅读本书 Quizzes and examples of actual vocabulary tests are included in an informal guide to vocabulary enrichment for students, businessmen, and general readers.

“An INVALUABLE RESOURCE to anyone who wants to think better.” ―Gretchen Rubin Award-winning YALE PROFESSOR Woo-kyoung Ahn delivers “A MUST-READ―a smart and compellingly readable guide to cutting-edge research into how people think.” (Paul Bloom) “A FUN exploration.” ―Dax Shepard Psychologist Woo-kyoung Ahn devised a course at Yale called “Thinking” to help students examine the ...(展开全部)

“An INVALUABLE RESOURCE to anyone who wants to think better.” ―Gretchen Rubin Award-winning YALE PROFESSOR Woo-kyoung Ahn delivers “A MUST-READ―a smart and compellingly readable guide to cutting-edge research into how people think.” (Paul Bloom) “A FUN exploration.” ―Dax Shepard Psychologist Woo-kyoung Ahn devised a course at Yale called “Thinking” to help students examine the ...(展开全部)

著者： 布莱恩·格里瑟姆（Bryan Greetham），毕业于澳大利亚纽卡斯尔大学，拥有博士学位，是学习方法、思维方式、工作技巧领域的资深导师。现为马里兰大学（欧洲）哲学教授，著有《哲学导论》《本科毕业论文写作技巧》《如何成为更聪明的人》等。 译者： 李林波，2005年毕业于南开大学，获英语语言文学博士学位。现为西安外国语大学英文学院教授，研究方向为文学翻译、典籍翻译、翻译理论，发表论文 15 篇，出版专著 1 部，参编教材、辞典、英语读物等 3 部。

This book takes the reader carefully through each stage of essay writing from interpretation of the question, to the research, planning, writing, and revision. The book shows how to improve not just study skills like note-taking, reading, organization, and writing, but thinking skills as well. Readers will learn how to analyze difficult concepts, criticize and evaluate argument...(展开全部)

Have you ever wondered why some people can produce a well-structured, relevant essay written in a style that seems to glide across the page with the minimum of fuss? Do you think some people simply have these skills, and others don't, and that there is nothing we can do about it? This book just might change your mind. Addressing each landmark stage of the essay writing process,...(展开全部)