The acclaimed author of A Tour of the Calculus and The Infinite Ascent offers an enlightening and enthralling tour of the basics of mathematics, and reveals a world of fascination in fundamental mathematical ideas. One, Two, Three is David Berlinski’s captivating exploration of the foundation of mathematics, its fundamental ideas, and why they matter. By unraveling the complex...(展开全部)

The acclaimed author of A Tour of the Calculus and The Infinite Ascent offers an enlightening and enthralling tour of the basics of mathematics, and reveals a world of fascination in fundamental mathematical ideas. One, Two, Three is David Berlinski’s captivating exploration of the foundation of mathematics, its fundamental ideas, and why they matter. By unraveling the complex...(展开全部)

One of the world's foremost nuclear physicists (celebrated for his theory of radioactive decay, among other accomplishments), George Gamow possessed the unique ability of making the world of science accessible to the general reader. He brings that ability to bear in this delightful expedition through the problems, pleasures, and puzzles of modern science. Among the topics scrut...(展开全部)

One of the world's foremost nuclear physicists (celebrated for his theory of radioactive decay, among other accomplishments), George Gamow possessed the unique ability of making the world of science accessible to the general reader. He brings that ability to bear in this delightful expedition through the problems, pleasures, and puzzles of modern science. Among the topics scrut...(展开全部)

A dentist lies murdered at his Harley Street practice...The dentist was found with a blackened hole below his right temple. A pistol lay on the floor near his outflung right hand. Later, one of his patients was found dead from a lethal dose of local anaesthetic. A clear case of murder and suicide. But why would a dentist commit a crime in the middle of a busy day of appointment...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Cat lovers will delight in the thoughts of a cat whose particular joy in life is commenting on the folly of human beings. Based on a nameless cat's observations of upper-middle-class Japanese society of the Meiji era, the essence of I AM A CAT is its humour and sardonic truths. Written over the course of 1904-06, this book is full of acerbic wit as it follows the wh...(展开全部)

Our civilization runs on software. Yet the art of creating it continues to be a dark mystery, even to the experts. To find out why it’s so hard to bend computers to our will, Scott Rosenberg spent three years following a team of maverick software developers—led by Lotus 1-2-3 creator Mitch Kapor—designing a novel personal information manager meant to challenge market leader Mic...(展开全部)

http://www.dreamingincode.com/ 这本书讲述的是Chandler 这个软件的开发历程。 首先来介绍一下Chandler。Chandler(1) 是一个由Mitch Kapor(2) 领导的"信息管理软件"，如果这个名字听起来有些不着边际，不妨参照Wired 的说法，叫它"Outlook 杀手" (3) . 这个软件的开发在2002年就已经正式了， 但是现在还在 Alpha stage. 一个由像Mitch Kapor 这样的软件行业的传奇人物领导的团队为什么到现在还不能拿出一个相对完整的版本， 不得不让人好奇。 Scott 选择了这个项目来探讨为什么做一个好的软件那么难 ？ 个人感觉，这本书也许有可能成为又一本软件工程的经典书目。 (1) http://chandler.osafoundation.org/ (2) htt...(展开全部)

http://www.dreamingincode.com/ 这本书讲述的是Chandler 这个软件的开发历程。 首先来介绍一下Chandler。Chandler(1) 是一个由Mitch Kapor(2) 领导的"信息管理软件"，如果这个名字听起来有些不着边际，不妨参照Wired 的说法，叫它"Outlook 杀手" (3) . 这个软件的开发在2002年就已经正式了， 但是现在还在 Alpha stage. 一个由像Mitch Kapor 这样的软件行业的传奇人物领导的团队为什么到现在还不能拿出一个相对完整的版本， 不得不让人好奇。 Scott 选择了这个项目来探讨为什么做一个好的软件那么难 ？ 个人感觉，这本书也许有可能成为又一本软件工程的经典书目。 (1) http://chandler.osafoundation.org/ (2) htt...(展开全部)

Our civilization runs on software. Yet the art of creating it continues to be a dark mystery, even to the experts. To find out why it’s so hard to bend computers to our will, Scott Rosenberg spent three years following a team of maverick software developers—led by Lotus 1-2-3 creator Mitch Kapor—designing a novel personal information manager meant to challenge market leader Mic...(展开全部)