This study discusses salient trends demonstrated by contemporary warfare of these first years of the 21st century. The authors reinforce previous notions of Fourth Generation Warfare, but most importantly explore the workings of new components and how these have modified the theory and practice of warfare beyond the basic divisions of conventional and unconventional warfare as witnessed in the preceding century. Throughout history there has been a close interaction between politics, commun...

★ 金融時報與麥肯錫最佳商業書籍獎入圍★《紐約時報》、亞馬遜書店暢銷書、《連線》（Wired）評選年度必讀科普書解密當代傳奇投資人吉姆．西蒙斯低調發跡的唯一著作大家都在問：「大獎章基金的績效如何持續稱霸30年？」在投資界，沒有哪個傳奇大師比吉姆‧西蒙斯更加神祕，他的前半生是頂尖數學家，不但曾幫助美國政府破解蘇聯密碼，還成功打造世界級的數學系。但四十歲後，他轉戰投資界，開啟量化投資的風潮。他旗下的大獎章基金1988年至2018年的平均年化報酬率高達66.1％，就算扣除基金收取的各項費用，平均年化報酬率也高達39.1％，遠勝過巴菲特、彼得‧林區、雷‧達利歐、喬治‧索羅斯等股票大師。他聘請頂尖數學家、物理學家與電腦工程師，

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERShortlisted for the Financial Times**/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award**The unbelievable story of a secretive mathematician who pioneered the era of the algorithm–and made $23 billion doing it.The greatest money maker in modern financial history, no other investor–Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, Ray Dalio, Steve Cohen, or George Soros–has touched Jim S...

Este libro relata la historia jamás contada de cómo Jim Simons, un reservado matemático, fue pionero del trading algorítmico y se convirtió en el mayor generador de ganancias de todos los tiempos. Ningún otro inversor -Warren Buffett, George Soros, Peter Lynch, Steve Cohen o Ray Dalio- iguala el historial de Jim Simons, fundador de Renaissance Technologies. Desde 1988, el fondo Medallion de la empresa Renaissance ha generado un promedio de retornos anuales del 66 por ciento. Esta firma ha ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERShortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardThe perfect gift for the avid reader on your list: the unbelievable story of a secretive mathematician who pioneered the era of the algorithm--and made $23 billion doing it.**Jim Simons is the greatest money maker in modern financial history. No other investor--Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, Ray Dalio, Steve Cohen, or George Soros--can touch his rec...

Erfolgreiches Kanzleimanagement für Newcomer:innen & Profis"Kanzlei 2.0" ist der nächste Schritt für Rechtsanwält:innen, die ihre Kanzlei nicht nur führen, sondern neu definieren wollen. Hier trifft Strategie auf smarte Technik, Leadership auf echte Menschlichkeit und aus Vision wird Realität.Hier finden Sie keine trockene Theorie, sondern handfeste Tools und inspirierende Insights zu Branding, Mandant:innenbindung, alternativen Abrechnungsmodellen, Recruit...

This reader introduces students of philosophy and politics to the contemporary critical literature on the classical social contract theorists: Thomas Hobbes (1599-1697), John Locke (1632-1704), and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). Twelve thoughtfully selected essays guide students through the texts, familiarizing them with key elements of the theory, while at the same time introducing them to current scholarly controversies. A bibliography of additional work is provided. The classical so...

In the world’s most developed democracies, anxiety about the future of democracy is palpable. The tension between moral aspiration and moral despair has reached a point of crisis. Christian realism arose during a similar time of crisis, when Reinhold Niebuhr used the insights of the Christian tradition to interpret the clash between democracy and totalitarianism.Beginning with Robin Lovin’s account of Christian realism as a nuanced blend of theological, moral, and political realisms...

Most of us have memories of survival that have secured themselves in the back of our minds.These memories have a release valve called testimonies that often don't see the light of day because of fear, low self-esteem or self-imposed lack of value.T'challa Pinkard talks to us about the impact of our testimonies and what telling it can accomplish. These four men share their stories in an effort to elevate our thinking and to obtain a clearer view of what testimonies are capabl...

Technology for modifying the genotypes and phenotypes of insects and other arthropods has steadily progressed with the development of more precise and powerful methods, most prominently transgenic modification. For many insect pests, there is now almost unlimited ability to modify phenotypes to benefit human health and agriculture. Precise DNA modifications and gene drive have the power to make wild-type populations less harmful in ways that could never have been performed with previous tr...

At the heart of Christian ethics is the biblical commandment to love God and to love one's neighbor as oneself. But what is the meaning of love? Scholars have wrestled with this question since the recording of the Christian gospels, and in recent decades teachers and students of Christian ethics have engaged in vigorous debates about appropriate interpretations and implications of this critical norm.In Love and Christian Ethics, nearly two dozen leading experts analyze and assess t...

Ukraine gained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. In the decades between the end of the cold war and the crisis of 2014, the country suffered a large decline in agricultural and industrial production, plunging economic indicators into a sharp decline and leading to large-scale poverty and hardship.This collection by leading scholars from the region explores the various crises affecting Ukraine since independence. Valuable crisis management research is made available fr...