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Macroeconomics is the most exciting neweconomics textbook in a generation. Charles Jones distillsmodern macroeconomics as it is currently practiced—producing thefirst text to cover modern growth theory at the undergraduatelevel. The author's unique abilities as a teacher and writer renderthis modern treatment of economic theory an easy read for studentsnew to the field. Together with a distinctive focus on problemsolving, this clearly written text brilliantly matchesaccessibility with cutting-edge theory.
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《金融建模：以Excel为工具（英文版）》基于作者弗兰克 休米 科格三世（Frank Hugh Koger III）所教的同名课程。在书中，作者将建模理论与金融实践相结合，系统、全面地阐释了如何通过Excel工具，建立模型，分析金融问题的方法。具体内容包括投资组合管理、期权、债券、固定收益证券，以及资产定价和风险管理等。书中开篇详细介绍了Excel操作方法及基本的金融知识，使不具备背景知识和Excel技术的读者也能够快速入门。 《金融建模：以Excel为工具（英文版）》适合作为高年级本科生、研究生以及MBA教材，也是金融从业人员理想的参考书。
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Six lectures, all regarding the most revolutionary discoveryin twentieth-century physics: Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Noone--not even Einstein himself--explained these difficult,anti-intuitive concepts more clearly, or with more verve and gusto,than Feynman.
This book reprints the six easiest chapters from Feynman'scelebrated Lectures on Physics (LJ 12/15/63), which the NobelPrize-winning scientist delivered from 1961 to 1963 at theCalifornia Institute of Technology. Intended for as wide anaudience as possible, these chapters are primarily qualitative innature, with a minimum of formal mathematics. They discuss atoms,basic physics, the relation of physics to other sciences, theconservation of energy, gravitation, and quantum behavior. Whilethis informative work provides a relevant historical perspective onthe essentials of physics, the result is somewhat superficial.Nonetheless, because Lectures on Physics is out of print andbecause the information is still relevant, reprinting thesespecific chapters was probably a realistic move. The material willbe readily understood by scholars, physics students, and informedlay readers. Recommended for academic and public libraries. (Audiotape and CD packages are also available.)-Donald G. Frank, HarvardUniv. Lib., Cam
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