The Copernicus Complex

Bestselling author Tony Abbott returns with the next book in the Copernicus Legacy series, a globe-trotting adventure packed with more riddles, puzzles, and secret histories. The hunt for Copernicus's

From the Preface: This book represents the implementation of a decision adopted by the Council of the National Academy of Sciences relating to the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of

Filled with pulse-pounding action and cryptic codes, The Golden Vendetta is the third engrossing book in bestselling author Tony Abbott's cloak-and-dagger series for young readers. It's been two month

Legend has it that Copernicus found twelve powerful relics that could harness the cosmos and transport people through time when assembled in the shape of an astrolabe. Recognising the astrolabe's terrible power, Copernicus hid the relics in far-flung corners of the globe and assigned loyal Guardians to pass down the duty of protecting the relics across the ages. In the wrong hands, the astrolabe could control the world. That's exactly what Galina Krauss and her powerful Teutonic Order plan to do once she collects all the pieces and reassembles them. She's already infiltrated the Guardians and broken down their defences. Humankind won't know what's happened until it's too late. What Galina doesn't know is that a letter, the Guardians' last cry for help, has fallen into the hands of four young friends - Wade, Lily, Darrel and Becca. Four young friends who are about to find themselves caught up in a centuries-old battle to save fate itself...

A compelling new theory of the psychological roots of the Scientific Revolution The standard account of the rise of Western science recently has come under fire by historians who claim that there was

When her unrequited love's grandfather, Reed Hutchins, entrusts Devon with a mysterious diary days before he dies, Devon fights to piece together the clues to what haunts the Keaton School--a truth Re

Artemis has committed his entire fortune to a project he believes will save the planet and its inhabitants, both human and fairy. Can it be true? Has goodness taken hold of the world's greatest teenag

An irreverent and lucid sojourn through the facetious, twisted burps we callsophisticated society, captured by the camera-quick and ruthless eye of the ever-vigilant thirdperson, Madame Realism. Each

Major revelations about the US government’s drone program—bestselling author Jeremy Scahill and his colleagues at the investigative websiteThe Intercept expose stunning new details about America’s sec

From one of our most widely praised travel writers--author of Wild Coast and Panther Soup--an eye-opening journey through Sri Lanka that, in the author's inimitable mixture

A surprising, page-turning account of how the wars of the future are already being fought todayThe United States military currently views cyberspace as the “fifth domain” of warfare (alongside land, a

Less than a month has passed since Devon Mackintosh uncovered the truth about the apparent suicide of Keaton’s golden boy and her unrequited love, Hutch. But that doesn’t mean the danger is over. Her

A new god for the new century! Thor, the God of Thunder - an Asgardian deity come to Earth to protect the innocent. Iron Man - a next-generation suit of armor invented and piloted by billionaire geniu

Thor, God of Thunder, Son of Asgard, heir to the ancient and mythic heritage of divine power! Iron Man, invincible hero, miracle of technology, offspring of scientific genius and engineering wonder! T

Turn prospects into buyers with apowerful emarketing strategy!“Albee shows how smart business-to-business marketers learnabout buyers, tell a story, and greatly influence the B2B lead-to-saleprocess.

This book is published in honor of the 2005 Hume-Rothery Award Recipient, Uichiro Mizutani. It emphasizes both theoretical and experimental aspects of electronic, structural, and thermodynamic propert

A case study that uses a new technique for comparing the locational advantages of different regions for a set of strongly interrelated industrial activities.

Richard H. Day was one of the first economists to recognize the importance of complex dynamics, or chaos theory, to economics. He can justly be described as one of the originators of the now extensive

In Complex equality and the Court of Justice of the European Union: Reconciling Diversity and Harmonization, Richard Lang proposes that the EU’s judges adopt Walzerian Complex Equality as a complement

Extreme Teaming provides new insights into the world of complex, cross industry projects and the ways they must be managed. Today’s global enterprises involve collaborative work by teams of experts o

Malby and Anderson-Wallace present readers with a comprehensive examination of the contemporary and potential applications for network thinking and management in the field of healthcare. The autho

From a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and Los Angeles Times contributor, the untold story of how science went “big,” built the bombs that helped win World War II, and became dependent on government

This book explores the transformation that emerges when groups spread around the world working on similar issues collaborate rather than compete. A collaboratory is a facilitated space where stakehold

Freud’s discovery of the Oedipus complex has had a tumultuous fate in the field of psychology in the United States. At first considered the kernel of psychoanalysis, it progressively lost its luster

Like his counterpart in the U.S., prominent origami artist and scientist Robert J. Lang, Jun Maekawa approaches origami from the perspective of mathematical and geometric principles. In Genuine Origa

Improvising music involves a leap into the uncharted, but its success relies on abilities honed through experience and on an unwavering commitment to the moment and context of performance. Improvisers

Volumes 7 and 8 focus on polyamides and complex proteinaceous materials synthesized by bacteria and eukaryotic organisms, describing all aspects of their biosynthesis and metabolism as well as the pro

Volumes 7 and 8 focus on polyamides and complex proteinaceous materials synthesized by bacteria and eukaryotic organisms, describing all aspects of their biosynthesis and metabolism as well as the pro

Harness the power of events to build enterprise IT applications with unprecedented flexibility!-- Introducing Complex Event Processing: a breakthrough approach to extracting enterprise information --

The volumes in this continuing series provide a compilation of current techniques and ideas in inorganic synthetic chemistry. Includes inorganic polymer syntheses and preparation of important inorgani

Pierre Clastres (1934-1979) was one of the most respected political anthropologists of our time. Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians is an account of his first fieldwork in the early 1960s--an encounter

Presenting a theory of the theoryless, a computer scientist provides a model of how effective behavior can be learned even in a world as complex as our own, shedding new light on human nature.

A result of the conference Geometrical Structures of Phase Space in Multidimensional Chaos--Applications to Chemical Reaction Dynamics in Complex Systems, held in October and November 2003 at the Yuka

Emotions and learning how to handle them are an important part of a child’s social emotional development. Guess the Emotions invites young readers to see how the characters on each page react to feeling a certain emotion. Each full-page spread introduces a different emotion, such as feel scared because of thunder; feeling angry because a child had a toy taken away; what we look like when we feel sad; things that make us happy; and advice on how to handle different emotions. Each spread contains 7 flaps with the answer hidden beneath. Children will love to open and explore the 35 flaps throughout the book. With adorable, full-color illustrations throughout, Guess the Emotions is the perfect interactive book to introduce young children to the complex topic of emotions.

榮獲│公理商業圖書獎Axiom Business Book Awards│商業技術類選書 在這個世界，每一個跳動點，都是程式與交易員的無聲較量！ 高頻交易商與演算法如何撼動當代金融？ 他們是誰？又如何靠全球市場交易單上的訊號獲利？ 一個演算法針對股票指數期貨的訊號反應速度有多快（比如說針對價格變動做出反應的速度）， 即決定了該演算法將能獲利還是虧損。 在當今的金融市場中，經紀人面對面買賣股票的交易大廳逐漸被閃電般快速的電子交易系統所取代，以演算法執行大量的交易。《光速交易》講述了這個史詩般的轉變。作者展示了如何在一九九年代、在當時美國金融體系聲名狼藉的情況下，一種新的交易方法──自動化高頻交易或稱HFT──如何展露頭角並傳播到世界各地。HFT為全球交易帶來了全新的效率，但也引發了一場無情的速度競賽，導致了一場HFT演算法之間有系統地、暗中的較勁。 在HFT的世界中，時間以毫微秒（十億分之一秒）為單位，而在毫微秒中最快的訊號──真空中的光──只能傳播三十公分，或者大約一英尺。這使得HFT對將計算機伺服器連接到交易所系統的電纜的長度和傳輸容量以及在計算機數據中心之間傳輸訊號的微波塔的位置非常敏感。透過與高頻交易員、提供他們技術和通訊能力的人員、交易所工作人員、監管機構和其他眾多人300多次的訪談，本書揭示了為了加快交易速度的各個層面所需付出的努力。他研究了一些市場上的大銀行如何應對來自HFT公司的挑戰，以及交易所有時如何設計技術系統以支持某些類型的演算法，而非其他類型的演算法。 本書也與市面許多的商業財經書不同，《光速交易》專注於HFT的物質性、政治和經濟特徵，採訪了三百多位業內及相關專業人士，他們共同在作者的研究中打造出了一幅監管者╱造市商╱大投資銀行、小型程式交易商與自動化投資間的全攻防紀錄，堪稱解釋最尖端技術的金融社會學鉅著；以獨特視角詳述了HFT行業對全球金融的影響，以及它在未來將引領我們至何方。 │書評推薦│ 黛安．科伊爾╱Diane Coyle，經濟學家、著有《GDP的多情簡史》： 我喜歡這本書……《光速交易》精彩而詳盡地說明了為什麼物質現實對虛擬結果很重要，反之，對金融市場也很重要。每個對現代金融有絲毫興趣的人都應該讀一讀。 大衛．史塔克╱David Stark，著有企業組織行為書籍《The Performance Complex》： 要了解高頻交易的新

Miraculous Ladybug's highly anticipated feature film hits theaters in Fall 2022! This thrilling, full-color leveled reader captures all the fun from the animated film!Set in modern-day Paris, the film introduces the origins of teenagers Marinette and Adrien aka Ladybug and Cat Noir, as they embark on an epic fantasy adventure to fulfill their superhero destinies. This animated feature focusing on self-confidence, courage, and the overwhelming power of friendship and love, is full of stunning scenery and strikes a vibrant balance of action, humor, and romance.Passport to Reading: Featuring a winning combination of favorite licensed characters and carefully controlled text―reading along or reading alone just got more fun with Passport to Reading! All books include a parent letter, word count, Guided Reading level, and number of sight words.Level 2: Reading out Loud: encourages developing readers to sound out loud, includes more complex stories with simple vocabulary.© 2022 - The Awakenin

2020最有話題性的改編電影預測將締造「下一個哈利波特」現象《阿提米斯》電影導演肯尼斯‧布萊納：「它的想像力吸引了我，非常有原創性。」海底精靈城市亟需他的援救，他能否及時逃脫自己的心靈囚牢？阿提米斯召集精靈世界的大人物們來到冰島聚會，要宣布他為解決全球暖化發明出的一項重要科技。世上無人能及的少年犯罪天才似乎真的要改邪歸正了。偏偏就在這個時候，一種叫做「亞特蘭提斯症候群」的病找上了他。阿提米斯不只變

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Sparkling with mystery, humor and the uncanny, this is a fun read. But beneath its effervescent tone, more complex themes are at play.” —San Francisco Chronicl

As chemical processes have grown increasingly complex, so have the safety systems required to control them. Chemical Process Safety, Fourth Edition, offers students and practitioners the deeper, more

Award-winning writer Mark Waid (JLA Year One, Kingdom Come, 52) explores the complex friendship between two founding members of the Justice League: the Flash and Green Lantern!Hal Jordan is a fearless