Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a higher level of math competency, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating but inescapable field. Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand how it feels to struggle with math. She flunked her way through high school math and science courses, before enlisting in the army immediately after graduation. When she saw how her lack of mathematical and technical savvy severely limited her options—both to rise in the military and to explore other careers—she returned to school with a newfound determination to re-tool her brain to master the very subjects that had given her so much trouble throughout her entire life.
In A Mind for Numbers, Dr. Oakley lets us in on the secrets to effectively learning math and science—secrets that even dedicated and successful students wish they’d known earlier. Contrary to popular belief, math requires creative, as well as analytical, thinking. Most people think that there’s only one way to do a problem, when in actuality, there are often a number of different solutions—you just need the creativity to see them. For example, there are more than three hundred different known proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem. In short, studying a problem in a laser-focused way until you reach a solution is not an effective way to learn math. Rather, it involves taking the time to step away from a problem and allow the more relaxed and creative part of the brain to take over. A Mind for Numbers shows us that we all have what it takes to excel in math, and learning it is not as painful as some might think!

#1 New York Times Bestseller
“Significant...The book is both instructive and surprisingly moving.” —The New York Times
Ray Dalio, one of the world’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he’s developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and business—and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals.
In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in history and grown into the fifth most important private company in the United States, according to Fortune magazine. Dalio himself has been named to Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Along the way, Dalio discovered a set of unique principles that have led to Bridgewater’s exceptionally effective culture, which he describes as “an idea meritocracy that strives to achieve meaningful work and meaningful relationships through radical transparency.” It is these principles, and not anything special about Dalio—who grew up an ordinary kid in a middle-class Long Island neighborhood—that he believes are the reason behind his success.
In Principles, Dalio shares what he’s learned over the course of his remarkable career. He argues that life, management, economics, and investing can all be systemized into rules and understood like machines. The book’s hundreds of practical lessons, which are built around his cornerstones of “radical truth” and “radical transparency,” include Dalio laying out the most effective ways for individuals and organizations to make decisions, approach challenges, and build strong teams. He also describes the innovative tools the firm uses to bring an idea meritocracy to life, such as creating “baseball cards” for all employees that distill their strengths and weaknesses, and employing computerized decision-making systems to make believability-weighted decisions. While the book brims with novel ideas for organizations and institutions, Principles also offers a clear, straightforward approach to decision-making that Dalio believes anyone can apply, no matter what they’re seeking to achieve.
Here, from a man who has been called both “the Steve Jobs of investing” and “the philosopher king of the financial universe” (CIO magazine), is a rare opportunity to gain proven advice unlike anything you’ll find in the conventional business press.

Massie's sweeping narrative centers around the naval rivalry between Britain and Germany after the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, highlighting this as one of the major tensions that led to WW I.

How the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand economic and political polarization in the age of automation
From the Industrial Revolution to the age of artificial intelligence, The Technology Trap takes a sweeping look at the history of technological progress and how it has radically shifted the distribution of economic and political power among society’s members. As Carl Benedikt Frey shows, the Industrial Revolution created unprecedented wealth and prosperity over the long run, but the immediate consequences of mechanization were devastating for large swaths of the population. Middle-income jobs withered, wages stagnated, the labor share of income fell, profits surged, and economic inequality skyrocketed. These trends, Frey documents, broadly mirror those in our current age of automation, which began with the Computer Revolution.
Just as the Industrial Revolution eventually brought about extraordinary benefits for society, artificial intelligence systems have the potential to do the same. But Frey argues that this depends on how the short term is managed. In the nineteenth century, workers violently expressed their concerns over machines taking their jobs. The Luddite uprisings joined a long wave of machinery riots that swept across Europe and China. Today’s despairing middle class has not resorted to physical force, but their frustration has led to rising populism and the increasing fragmentation of society. As middle-class jobs continue to come under pressure, there’s no assurance that positive attitudes to technology will persist.
The Industrial Revolution was a defining moment in history, but few grasped its enormous consequences at the time. The Technology Trap demonstrates that in the midst of another technological revolution, the lessons of the past can help us to more effectively face the present.

商品没有腿，却比人走得更远。
文明因交换而出现，世界因商业而诞生。
二十一种商品，从丝绸到石油。
商业革命与现代社会格局之形成。
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丝绸连起了一个旧世界，
香料促使哥伦布发现新大陆，
鳕鱼将欧洲人带到北美，
毛皮令俄国人征服西伯利亚，
白银改写了中国历史，
郁金香导致世界第一场经济危机，
鸦片引发中英战争，
土豆和玉米带来人口爆炸，
香烟和咖啡颠覆传统文化，
棉花和煤炭催生工业革命，
橡胶和石油塑造了我们身处的现代社会……
每一次影响和改变世界的重大事件背后，都离不开商业革命。借助流动的商品，不同民族、文明、观念碰撞沟通，现代文化与今日社会之格局终得以形成。
每个人都无法摆脱历史，你我皆生活在其中。
历史终结的地方，生活还在继续。
从当下这个消费时代，回看历代商业革命，意义似乎更加深远。
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◎「食货」二字语出《尚书》，《史记·平准书》开「食货志」先河。班固《汉书》曰：「一曰食，二曰货。食谓农殖嘉谷可食之物，货谓布帛可衣，及金刀龟贝，所以分财布利通有无者也。二者，生民之本……食足货通，然后国实民富，而教化成。」其后，历代官方「食货志」主记田制、户口、赋役、漕运、仓库、钱法、盐法、杂税、矿冶、市籴、会计等。如今，「食货」二字基本涵盖国民经济生活的方方面面。本书取名《新食货志》，意在取历代「食货志」之思想精髓与历史精神，以现代历史观重新审视人类历史。谨以此书向中国历史之「食货志」致敬。
◎从“食”到“货”，是从贫穷到富裕，从短缺到过剩，从农业到工业，从古代到现代，从国家到全球化的历程。杜君立前作《现代的历程》主题是工业革命与现代，《新食货志》的主题则是商业革命与现代。《新食货志》可看作是《现代的历程》前传，二者互相印证，构成一个完整的世界经济史和人类文明史。
◎在许多国家，世界史教育比重已超过了本国史，学习世界史已成为现代公民的基本素质。中国公民也应该是世界公民。当代中国人生活在一个全球化的经济和物质社会，与农耕的古代中国社会大相径庭。只有了解相应的世界史，才能更好地理解当下生活。
◎本书为三十二开本精装书，内文为七十克优选鸿雅轻型纸，七百页的历史著作可以庞大，但不未必要沉重。外封食货图像元素皆取自西方铜版画，内封与环衬则印有百衲本《汉书·食货志》选段，呼应本书“致敬古代食货志”及“一部完整的世界经济史”主题。
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◎杜先生不是专业史家，但他是个关怀终生的知识分子，因而能比专家关心更大的问题。近年来，中华文化圈内的各处似乎都在警觉世界正亟，各个领域都有人关怀未来，悲欣交集，杜先生同样是关心者，我同意他的许多见解，也盼望他的作品。——许倬云
◎《新食货志》是特别好看的书。它最大的美妙是让我们理解：历史最好的馈赠，莫过于此时此刻的幸福生活本身。一件件微小事物温暖地围绕在身边，养活、滋润、丰富着生活，让辛劳的人生旅途足够多姿多彩，百味无穷，这是本书带给我们的最大满足。——陶林
◎两只狗不懂得互相之间交换骨头，是商业让人类不必再将需求完全诉诸暴力。如今，我们所食所用所看所听，无一不是「世界商品」。以今日眼光看待过去的中国与世界，就会发现一个不同的中国，一个不同的世界，一个不同的历史。读者要进入世界史，不妨选择一些小的入口，从小历史理解大历史，本书的意义就在于此。——杜君立

【内容简介】
《哲学•科学•常识》是陈嘉映的代表作，这本书既是对历史上人类求知之路的回顾，也是对人之本、知识之本的追问。
人类之所以不懈探求这个世界的究竟，正是因为我们相信，世界的答案是存在的。但是在求知之路上，我们又时常迷失，冒出“为什么要学这个？”之类的怀疑。难道果真如老子所说，“为学日益，为道日损”？人们在科学或者人文的道路上探索，有时竟恍然不知我们对世界的理解是在深入，还是在背离。
人类解释世界的努力，前有神话、巫术，后有哲学、科学。排除了千难万险，才抵达日心说、牛顿力学、进化论、量子物理，才使得科学成为“真理”的代言者。一方面人们常常反思，科学为什么会取得这样的成功？人们经历着同样的世界，为什么只有欧洲产生了科学？另一方面，我们也为科学之成功付出了代价：用科学来逼近“真理”，却将人的心灵排除出真理的领域之外。用数学和实验思维树立的科学大厦里，没有人之善恶、悲喜的位置——科学果真是关于这个世界最好的答案吗？
《哲学•科学•常识》是陈嘉映站在人类认知发展前端的一次回望：请循其本，我们对真理的探求，究竟是要探索未知的领域，取得从前不为人知的发现？还是要理解我们存在于其中的世界，在纷繁的人世间消解困惑，更好地生活？

【编辑推荐】
1. 此次《哲学•科学•常识》新版，由陈老师重新构思最后一章，全新校读，重磅回归！《哲学•科学•常识》初版于2005年，是让陈嘉映走入大众智识读者视野的开创之作。出版十余年来，好评不断。
2. 这本书主题虽是科学哲学，但却是陈嘉映对于人类知识的“科学与人文之争”、“理论和现实之争”给出的回答。对于一代青年读者来说，《科学•哲学•常识》是他们世界观和学习生涯的一本指路之书。
3. 用深刻的思维和广博的学识，讲平白、中肯的哲理，点中普通智识读者的迷津。科学就代表着真理吗？为什么人们学得越多，却越不能理解这个世界？哲学在现代生活中还有什么用？……陈嘉映观照的问题，很多是我们在求知之路上自然困惑的。
4. 《哲学•科学•常识》也是一本亲民的科学哲学入门书。“科学哲学”是对科学思维和逻辑的批判性思考，在科学进步的今天尤其重要。什么样的科学概念，才有颠覆观念、引发变革的力量？引力波、暗物质“在理论上存在”和“在现实中存在”有什么不同？ ……这都是本书十分关切的话题。

Zu Beginn des 18. Jahrhunderts entfesseln Isaac Newton und Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz eine heftige Debatte, die bis heute von Mathematikern und Philosophen geführt wird: Was ist das, was wir »Zeit« nennen? Thomas de Padova zeichnet das lebendige Bild einer Epoche, in der die Zeit zum heiß diskutierten Gegenstand der Naturwissenschaften wird und Uhren anfangen, unseren Alltag zu bestimmen. Eine fesselnde Entdeckungsreise in die beschleunigte Welt der Moderne.
»Nehmen Sie sich die Zeit und lesen Sie dieses Sachbuchjuwel. Sie werden nie mehr einfach so auf die Uhr schauen.«, SWR, 07.01.2014
»Spannend wie in einem Krimi schildert de Padova die beiden Genies. (...) Um das anschaulich und unterhaltsam geschriebene Sachbuch mit Genuss lesen zu können, braucht man übrigens keine besonderen mathematischen oder physikalischen Kenntnisse. Man muss sich nur Zeit dafür nehmen.«, Stuttgarter Zeitung, 02.01.2014
»Ein wunderbares Buch, das den Leser in eine andere Zeit versetzt und interessante Einblicke in die Anfänge der Wissenschaft liefert.«, Deutschlandfunk, 13.10.2013
»Thomas de Padova versteht es, abwechlungsreich und spannend zu erzählen. Seit langem hat mich kein Sachbuch so angenehm belehrt und vergnügt.«, Spektrum der Wissenschaft
»Eine wunderbar erzählte Doppelbiografie. (...) Für Entdeckerfreudige ein idealer Schmöker zum Start ins neue Jahr.«, KulturSPIEGEL
»De Padova inszeniert aus Philosophie, Kulturgeschichte und Physik einen erkenntnisreichen Showdown; Witz und Alltagsbezug sorgen dafür, dass seine Zeitrecherche nie die Bodenhaftung verliert.«, Philosophie Magazin
»Lesenswert.«, Wiener Zeitung (A), 14.04.2015
»Der Publizist Thomas de Padova hat darüber ein kluges und sehr spannendes Buch geschrieben«, Morgenpost am Sonntag, 23.02.2014
»Lebendig und packend erzählt.«, MDR - Figaro, 23.01.2014
»Das Herausstreichen wissenschaftlicher Entwicklungen vor den Gegebenheiten ihrer Epoche, die Kontextualisierungen von Philosophie und Zeitgeist, von historischer und gegenwärtiger Naturwissenschaft sind die Stärke de Padovas. (...) Das Sachbuch gerät keineswegs zur Plauderei, sondern bleibt kompakt und diszipliniert aufgebaut - gerade so wie ein Uhrwerk.«, Der Standard, 18.12.2013

In their second collaboration, biographers Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman present the story of Claude Shannon—one of the foremost intellects of the twentieth century and the architect of the Information Age, whose insights stand behind every computer built, email sent, video streamed, and webpage loaded. Claude Shannon was a groundbreaking polymath, a brilliant tinkerer, and a digital pioneer. He constructed the first wearable computer, outfoxed Vegas casinos, and built juggling robots. He also wrote the seminal text of the digital revolution, which has been called “the Magna Carta of the Information Age.” In this elegantly written, exhaustively researched biography, Soni and Goodman reveal Claude Shannon’s full story for the first time. With unique access to Shannon’s family and friends, A Mind at Play brings this singular innovator and always playful genius to life.

No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.
If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights.
Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field.
Learn how to:
* make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy);
* overcome a lack of motivation and willpower;
* design your environment to make success easier;
* get back on track when you fall off course;
...and much more.
Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.

This title includes the stories of eight extraordinary CEOs, who ignored or defied the conventional wisdom of their time and applied a common set of principles to achieve remarkable and enduring success. It's time to redefine the CEO success story. Ask most people what describes an effective CEO, and you'll get a pretty consistent answer-"a seasoned manager with deep industry expertise". Magnify that through today's celebrity - saturated lens, and someone like former GE head Jack Welch becomes the poster child for CEO success: seasoned, but also charismatic, cutting-edge, and "Wall-Street" savvy. But is this the blueprint we should be following? Not necessarily. The performance of Welch and other high-profile CEOs doesn't come close to the achievements of the CEOs profiled in "The Outsiders". Meet eight iconoclastic leaders who helmed firms where returns on average outperformed the S&P 500 by over 20 times. You may not know some of their names (Henry Singleton, Bill Anders, Tom Murphy) - but you will recognize many of their companies (General Cinema, Ralston Purina, The Washington Post Company, and Berkshire Hathaway). In this book, you'll learn the consistent and rational traits that helped these select leaders achieve that exceptional performance. Humble, unassuming, and often frugal, these "outsiders" shunned "Wall Street" and the press and shied away from hot management trends. Instead, they honed specific (and less sexy) characteristics including: a laser-sharp focus on per share value rather than sales or earnings; an exceptional talent for allocating capital and human resources; the belief that cash flow, not reported earnings, determines a company's long-term value; and, a penchant for giving local managers autonomy to release entrepreneurial energy. Drawing on extensive research, Will Thorndike tells many of these leaders' stories for the first time - and extracts lessons for those of you hoping to lead your company to exceptional returns today.

This title reveals the proprietary framework used by an exclusive community of top money managers and value investors in their never-ending quest for untapped investment ideas. Considered an indispensable source of cutting-edge research and ideas among the world's top investment firms and money managers, the journal "The Manual of Ideas" boasts a subscribers list that reads like a Who's Who of high finance. Written by that publication's managing editor and inspired by its mission to serve as an "idea funnel" for the world's top money managers, this book introduces you to a proven, proprietary framework for finding, researching, analyzing, and implementing the best value investing opportunities. The next best thing to taking a peek under the hoods of some of the most prodigious brains in the business, it gives you uniquely direct access to the thought processes and investment strategies of such super value investors as Warren Buffett, Seth Klarman, Glenn Greenberg, Guy Spier and Joel Greenblatt. It is written by the team behind one of the most read and talked-about sources of research and value investing ideas. Reviews more than twenty pre-qualified investment ideas and provides an original ranking methodology to help you zero-in on the three to five most compelling investments. It delivers a finely-tuned, proprietary investment framework, previously available only to an elite group of TMI subscribers. Step-by-step, it walks you through a proven, rigorous approach to finding, researching, analyzing, and implementing worthy ideas.

Written at a time when furious arguments were raging about the best way to govern America, "The Federalist Papers" had the immediate practical aim of persuading New Yorkers to accept the newly drafted Constitution in 1787. In this they were supremely successful, but their influence also transcended contemporary debate to win them a lasting place in discussions of American political theory. Acclaimed by Thomas Jefferson as 'the best commentary on the principles of government which ever was written', "The Federalist Papers" make a powerful case for power-sharing between State and Federal authorities and for a Constitution that has endured largely unchanged for two hundred years.

Das Heilige Römische Reich Deutscher Nation war ein über die Jahrhunderte des Mittelalters allmählich gewachsenes politisches Gebilde, ein lose integrierter Verband sehr unterschiedlicher Glieder, die unter einem gemeinsamen Oberhaupt, dem Kaiser, standen: geistliche und weltliche Herrschaftsträger, wenige Mächtige und viele Mindermächtige, Kurfürsten und Fürsten, Prälaten, Grafen, Ritter und Städte. Um die Wende zur Neuzeit, also um 1500, bildete dieser Verband festere institutionelle Strukturen aus- vor allem Reichstage als Foren der Konsensbildung, das Reichskammergericht und den Reichshofrat als Organe höchster Gerichtsbarkeit und die Reichskreise als regionale Exekutivinstitutionen. Über die inneren Zerreißproben der Glaubensspaltung und des Dreißigjährigen Krieges hinweg hatten diese gemeinsamen Institutionen im Kern drei Jahrhunderte lang Bestand, bevor der ganze Verband dem machtpolitischen Expansionswillen der mächtigsten Glieder- vor allem Brandenburg- Preußen und ÖSterreich- zum Opfer fiel. Barbara Stollberg- Rilinger bietet in diesem Band eine klare und gut verständliche Einführung in die Geschichte des Heiligen Römischen Reiches Deutscher Nation.

Egypt, Greece and Rome is regarded as one of the best general histories of the ancient world. It is written for the general reader and the student coming to the subject for the first time and provides a reliable and highly accessible point of entry to the period. The volume begins with the early civilizations of Sumer (modern Iraq) and continues through to the Islamic invasions and the birth of modern Europe after the collapse of the western Roman empire. The book ranges beyond political history to cover philosophy, art and literature. A wide range of maps, illustrations and photographs complements the text. The second edition incorporates new chapters on the ancient Mediterranean and the Ancient Near East, as well as extended coverage of Egypt.

With all the financial know-how and experience of the wizards on Wall Street and elsewhere, how is it that the market still goes boom and bust? How can people be so willing to get caught up in the mania of speculation when history tells us that a collapse is almost sure to follow? In this primer, the renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith reviews the major speculative episodes of the last three centuries - from the 17th century tulip craze to the calamitous junk-bond follies of the 1980s. His insights provide important lessons on speculative economics, and demonstrate conclusively that money and intelligence are not necessarily linked.