China is on track to exceed the United States as the world's largest economy in the next several years. It is already the leading global trading nation. Even though its growth rate has recently slowed ... 続きを読む
'Only the earth is immortal...the earth we love enough to commit murder for her.' Zola's novel of peasant life, the fifteenth in the Rougon-Macquart series, is generally regarded as one of his finest ... 続きを読む
The Federal Reserve is the most powerful central bank in the world. Without its central bank, the American economy would be subject to devastating fluctuations and instability. In maintaining this sta ... 続きを読む
Michio Kaku's bestselling tour of the most exciting work in modern physics
Gives crystal clear explanations of the everyday tools of the string theorist: non-Euclidean Geometry, Kaluza-Klein Theory ... 続きを読む
A panoramic view of life on Earth. drawing on geology, cosmology, chemistry, biology, and medicine
Shows how oxygen drove the evolution of sophisticated cells, multicellular organisms, large anim ... 続きを読む
Winner of the 1990 Science Book Prize.
Offers an extraordinary tour of modern physics and mathematics
Explores the uniqueness of the human mind
Considers the practicalities of AI
Inc ... 続きを読む
Outlines Jim Lovelock's original theory that life on Earth functions as a single organism, a hypothesis which has generated great debate in scientific circles
Explains how the Earth's living matter ... 続きを読む
Reconsiders the big question: how did life emerge from non-life?
Draws on recent results from the new field of systems chemistry to articulate an answer
Shows how chemical systems become comple ... 続きを読む