'If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is' - John von Neumann. Mathematics can tell you things about the world that can't be learned in any other way. This hugely informative and wonderfully entertaining little book answers one hundred essential questions about existence. It unravels the knotty, clarifie...(展开全部)

A missing girl, a hidden body, a decades-long cover-up, and old sins cast in new light: the classic procedural meets Scandinavian atmosphere in this rich, character-driven mystery, awarded Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year, that heralds the American debut of a supremely skilled international writer. It’s been more than twenty years since Olof Hagström left home. Returning to...(展开全部)

A missing girl, a hidden body, a decades-long cover-up, and old sins cast in new light: the classic procedural meets Scandinavian atmosphere in this rich, character-driven mystery, awarded Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year, that heralds the American debut of a supremely skilled international writer. It’s been more than twenty years since Olof Hagström left home. Returning to...(展开全部)

From the stock market to genomics laboratories, census figures to marketing email blasts, we are awash with data. But as anyone who has ever opened up a spreadsheet packed with seemingly infinite lines of data knows, numbers aren’t enough: we need to know how to make those numbers talk. In The Model Thinker, social scientist Scott E. Page shows us the mathematical, statistical,...(展开全部)

From the stock market to genomics laboratories, census figures to marketing email blasts, we are awash with data. But as anyone who has ever opened up a spreadsheet packed with seemingly infinite lines of data knows, numbers aren’t enough: we need to know how to make those numbers talk. In The Model Thinker, social scientist Scott E. Page shows us the mathematical, statistical,...(展开全部)

亨利.福特： 1863年7月30日，出生于美国密歇根州迪尔本。 1903年6月16日，成立福特汽车公司。 1908年，生产世界上第一辆T型车，彻底改变了美国人的生活方式。 1913年，开发出了世界上第一条流水线，成为20世纪大规模生产的基础。 1914年，首次向工人支付8小时5美元的工资，改变美国工人的工作方式。 ——以上三件事被称为20世纪商业史上惊天动地的事情。 1915年，美国总统威尔逊接见福特，盛赞福特汽车公司。 1921年，美国总统哈定接见福特，盛赞“你为美国创造了一家最了不起的公司。” 1929年，美国总统胡佛参加福特博物馆落成典礼。 1946年，“汽车金色50年”因为福特对汽车工业的贡献而授予他荣誉奖：《纽约时报》评论说：福特不仅是福特汽车公司的创始人，同时也带动了整个汽车行业的发展。 1947年4月7日，亨利.福特去世。他葬礼的那一天...(展开全部)

Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 - April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry. As owner of the Ford Motor Company, he became one of the richest and best-known people in...(展开全部)

亨利.福特： 1863年7月30日，出生于美国密歇根州迪尔本。 1903年6月16日，成立福特汽车公司。 1908年，生产世界上第一辆T型车，彻底改变了美国人的生活方式。 1913年，开发出了世界上第一条流水线，成为20世纪大规模生产的基础。 1914年，首次向工人支付8小时5美元的工资，改变美国工人的工作方式。 ——以上三件事被称为20世纪商业史上惊天动地的事情。 1915年，美国总统威尔逊接见福特，盛赞福特汽车公司。 1921年，美国总统哈定接见福特，盛赞“你为美国创造了一家最了不起的公司。” 1929年，美国总统胡佛参加福特博物馆落成典礼。 1946年，“汽车金色50年”因为福特对汽车工业的贡献而授予他荣誉奖：《纽约时报》评论说：福特不仅是福特汽车公司的创始人，同时也带动了整个汽车行业的发展。 1947年4月7日，亨利.福特去世。他葬礼的那一天...(展开全部)

Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 - April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry. As owner of the Ford Motor Company, he became one of the richest and best-known people in...(展开全部)