Should he follow the sound of the drums?<br > He could hear it all beginning again: the nervous rattle of<br > practicing drums， the shuffle that precedes the parade. The sound<br > was almost irresistible， because in American politics it is when the<br > parade is falling in that it is most exciting. He had followed those<br > sounds for twenty years， across the cou...(展开全部)

Isaiah Berlin was one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century - a man who set ideas on fire. His defence of liberty and plurality was passionate and persuasive and inspired a generation. His ideas - especially his reasoned rejection of excessive certainty and political despotism - have become even more prescient and vital today. But who was the man behind such influen...(展开全部)

Isaiah Berlin was one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century - a man who set ideas on fire. His defence of liberty and plurality was passionate and persuasive and inspired a generation. His ideas - especially his reasoned rejection of excessive certainty and political despotism - have become even more prescient and vital today. But who was the man behind such influen...(展开全部)

Is virtual reality merely a video game that consumes and distracts the player immersed in its simulations? Or is it an immaterial world, rich in meaning, beckoning people to a better future world inside computers? In Get Real: A Philosophical Adventure in Virtual Reality, Philip Zhai tackles these questions with keen logical analysis and concludes by advocating a stance that tr...(展开全部)

洛伊斯·比约德，1949年生于美国俄亥俄州，是迄今为止获奖最多的女性科幻作家。 比约德九岁起开始阅读科幻小说，浓厚的兴趣一直延续到她的大学时代。成为小说家之前，比约德曾沉迷于生物学，在1985年发表处女作《以物易物》后。很快就凭借中篇小说《悲悼的群山》荣获1989年的星云奖。 比约德的小说文笔流畅，心理活动描写细腻。以不同寻常的人物设置、紧张刺激的情节著称；其代表作“迈尔斯系列”目前已出版到第十四部。 比约德共夺取了五次雨果奖、两次星云奖，其中仅“迈尔斯系列”就获得了四次雨果奖。

In 1987, Jerry Kaplan embarked on every aspiring entrepreneur's dream--he formed his own company. Startup is Kaplan's riveting and insightful story about what it takes to create and maintain a company in he computer industry--and how to handle its remains when the world is not ready to accept what it proposes. This is both an inspiring personal account and a thrilling adventure...(展开全部)

Dying is easy. Coming back to life is hard. At least that's what Miles Vorkosigan thinks and he should know, having done both once already. That was when he last visited the planet of Jackson's Whole, while rescuing his brother. Thanks to quick thinking on the part of his staff, and incredible artistry on the part of the specialist who revived him, his first death won't be his ...(展开全部)

In 1987, Jerry Kaplan embarked on every aspiring entrepreneur's dream--he formed his own company. Startup is Kaplan's riveting and insightful story about what it takes to create and maintain a company in he computer industry--and how to handle its remains when the world is not ready to accept what it proposes. This is both an inspiring personal account and a thrilling adventure...(展开全部)

What goes on inside the mind of a rock-star mathematician? Where does inspiration come from? With a storyteller’s gift, Cédric Villani takes us on a mesmerising journey as he wrestles with a new theorem that will win him the most coveted prize in mathematics. Along the way he encounters obstacles and setbacks, losses of faith and even brushes with madness. His story is one of c...(展开全部)

塞德里克·维拉尼（Cédric Villani） 法国数学家，现任法国庞加莱研究所所长，法兰西科学院院士，在数理物理学（朗道阻尼和玻尔兹曼方程）、最优输运理论和黎曼几何领域做出了重大贡献。2009年获得费马奖，2010年获得菲尔茨奖章。