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The Possibility Principle: How Quantum Physics Can Improve the Way You Think, Live, and Love
CITIC Press · 2019
We tend to picture life as a precision clock: clearly planned, causally ordered, every step falling exactly where it should. Reality, however, refuses…
The Horizon
Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2012
Horizon is the twentieth novel by the French author Patrick Modiano, originally published in French as L'horizon in 2010 and issued in Chinese transla…
Caixin Weekly, 2025 Issue 1 (No. 1138)
Caixin Media · 2025
This issue of Caixin Weekly was published on January 6, 2025, as the first issue of 2025 (No. 1138 overall). The cover story, "Racing in the AI 2.0 Er…
Risk, Uncertainty and Profit
The Commercial Press · 2010
This book is Frank H. Knight's seminal work, developed from his doctoral dissertation and first published in 1921, and is regarded as a major mileston…
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
China Machine Press · 2020
Against the Gods is the magnum opus of American financial historian Peter L. Bernstein. Its subtitle is "The Remarkable Story of Risk," or "A History …
Hedging: How to Take Smart Risks in an Age of Uncertainty
CITIC Press · 2020
Is it worth surfing a 50-foot wave in shark-infested waters to set a surfing record? Which is riskier—making an action film or a horror film? Most peo…
Nonlinear Growth: Career Development and Business Strategies in an Uncertain Era
Publishing House of Electronics Industry · 2020
Nonlinear Growth is a book on career development, business cognition, and personal growth by Huang Youcan, co-founder of Sanjieke and author of the be…
The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
CITIC Press · 2012
This book is a collection of aphorisms by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan, originally titled The Bed of Procrustes. The title borrows …
The Black Swan: How to Cope with the Unforeseeable Future (Updated Edition)
CITIC Press · 2011
Before black swans were discovered in Australia, Europeans firmly believed that all swans must be white, and "black swan" was virtually a synonym for …
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
CITIC Press · 2020
This book is an important work in the "uncertainty" series by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan and professor of risk engineering at New…
The Principles of Analytical Thinking
Zhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House · 2025
This book is based on "The Policy Analysis Framework," a classic course taught at Harvard Kennedy School for more than forty years. It is a systematic…
Start with Yourself: A Mind Map for Changemakers
Harbin Publishing House · 2021
The age of artificial intelligence is dawning, and old ways of thinking can no longer cope with growing complexity and increasingly widespread uncerta…
Think Twice: How to Avoid Irrational Decision Traps
China Friendship Publishing Company · 2014
Why do we feel confident when making plans but often fail to finish them? Why are we still willing to buy lottery tickets when we know the odds of win…
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
CITIC Press · 2020
Nietzsche famously said, "What does not kill me makes me stronger." Just as human bones grow stronger under load and stress, and rumors spread more wi…
Whiplash: 9 Survival Principles for the Future Society
CITIC Press · 2017
Whiplash: 9 Survival Principles for the Future Society is a book on the logic of adapting to future society, co-authored by Joi Ito, director of the M…
The Rational Choice in an Uncertain World: The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making (2nd Edition)
Posts & Telecom Press · 2013
A classic textbook in the field of judgment and decision making (JDM), co-authored by Reid Hastie and Robin Dawes and translated into Chinese from the…
Survival Rules for a Mad World (13-Book Set): How to Weather the Storm of Uncertainty
CITIC Press · 2022
Survival Rules for a Mad World (13-Book Set): How to Weather the Storm of Uncertainty was released by CITIC Press Group in 2022 as a collection of eco…
The Collapse of Order: Five Jiangnan Cities in the Early Years of the War of Resistance
The Commercial Press · 2015
Research on the history of the War of Resistance is vast, but the angle of this small book by Timothy Brook is quite rare: he is concerned not with th…
The Age of Unreason
Zhejiang People's Publishing House · 2012
The Age of Unreason is one of the representative works of the British management thinker Charles Handy. The book is built around a central judgment: "…
Caixin Weekly, 2025 Issue 13
Caixin Media · 2025
Caixin Weekly, 2025 Issue 13 (whole number 1150), was published on April 7, 2025. The cover story, "The U.S. Declares War on Global Trade," reports on…