英文电子书

书名：Bully Market: My Story of Money and Misogyny at Goldman Sachs《多头市场》

作者：Jamie Fiore Higgins

简介：A rare, riveting insider’s account on Wall Str

书名：Thinkpak: A Brainstorming Card Deck《头脑风暴卡片》

作者：Michael Michalko

简介：Looking for a unique invention, an untapped market for an existing product, o

书名：Creative Thinkering: Putting Your Imagination to Work《创造性思维》

作者：Michael Michalko

简介：Why isn’t everyone creative? Why doesn’t educatio

书名：Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius《创意的技术》

作者：Michael Michalko

简介：In this trailblazing book, internationally renowned business cr

书名：Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques《创意思考玩具库》

作者：Michael Michalko

简介：In hindsight, every great idea seems obvious. But how c

书名：You're My Favorite Client(A Book Apart #12)《你是我最喜欢的客户》

作者：Mike Monteiro

简介：Whether you’re a designer or not, you make design decisi

作者：Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad《坚持：在好日子和坏日子里保持创造力的10种方法》

作者：Austin Kleon

简介：In his previous books Steal

书名：Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered《人人都在晒,凭什么你出彩?——玩转社交网络的10堂创意自修课》

作者：Austin Kleon

书名：Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative《像艺术家一样盗取灵感》

作者：Austin Kleon

简介：You don’t need to be a genius, you

书名：Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing

作者：Jacob Goldstein

简介：Money only works because we all agree to believe in it. In Money, Jacob Goldstein shows h

书名：The Predictioneer's Game: Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future《预测师的博弈论》

作者：Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

简介：Bruce

书名：Five Minds for the Future《未来的五种智力》

作者：Howard Gardner

简介：We live in a time of relentless change. The only thing that's certain is that new c

From the New York Times -bestselling author, a new volume on the history of human ingenuity—and its attendant breakthroughs and busts.

The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil. In his latest and perhaps most readable book, Invention and

The period between 1867 and 1914 remains the greatest watershed in human history since the emergence of settled agricultural societies: the time when an expansive civilization based on synergy of fuels, science, and technical innovation was born. At its b

he many books on globalization published over the past few years range from claims that the world is flat to an unlikely rehabilitation of Genghis Khan as a pioneer of global commerce. Missing from these accounts is a consideration of the technologies beh

Fundamental change occurs most often in one of two ways: as a "fatal discontinuity," a sudden catastrophic event that is potentially world changing, or as a persistent, gradual trend. Global catastrophes include volcanic eruptions, viral pandemi

As Einstein pointed out in his famous equation, E=MC2, all matter can be described as energy. It is everywhere; it is everything. In this engaging book, prolific author and academic Vaclav Smil provides an introduction to the far-reaching term and gives t

In "Made in the USA," Vaclav Smil powerfully rebuts the notion that manufacturing is a relic of predigital history and that the loss of American manufacturing is a desirable evolutionary step toward a pure service economy. Smil argues that no ad

There are many misconceptions about the future of global energy often presented as fact by the media, politicians, business leaders, activists, and even scientists--wasting time and money and hampering the development of progressive energy policies. Energ

Packed with fascinating facts and insight, this book will fuel dinner party debate, and provide readers with the science and politics behind the world’s most controversial resource. Without oil, there would be no globalisation, no plastic, little transpor

书名：Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made《大变革》

作者：Vaclav Smil

简介：From one of the world's leading experts on the history of energy, a rig

У нас ніколи не було стільки інформації під рукою, як сьогодні, але більшість не знає, як насправді влаштований світ. Ця книжка пояснює сім найбільш фундаментальних реалій, які керують нашим виживанням і процвітанням.

Від виробництва енергії та харчови

Over the course of time, the modern world has become dependent on unprecedented flows of materials. Now even the most efficient production processes and the highest practical rates of recycling may not be enough to result in dematerialization rates that w

A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel-driven civilization.

Energy is the only universal currency; it is necessary for getting anything done

A systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations.

Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit aim of our individual and collective striving. It governs the lives of mi