A History of the Brain tells the full story of neuroscience, from antiquity to the present day. It describes how we have come to understand the biological nature of the brain, beginning in prehistoric times, and progressing to the twentieth century with the development of Modern Neuroscience. This is the first time a history of the brain has been written in a narrative way, emp...(展开全部)

安得烈·P·威肯斯是英国中央兰开夏大学“心理学与神经科学”专业的高级讲师，主要专业领域是生物心理学和神经科学。他现在已经出版了三本书：《衰老的原因》（与哈伍德合著）；《生物心理学导论（第三版）》和《脑的历史：从石器时代的外科术到现代神经科学》。当前，他正在完成一本关于意识的书。译者待定。

A History of the Brain tells the full story of neuroscience, from antiquity to the present day. It describes how we have come to understand the biological nature of the brain, beginning in prehistoric times, and progressing to the twentieth century with the development of Modern Neuroscience. This is the first time a history of the brain has been written in a narrative way, emp...(展开全部)

安得烈·P·威肯斯是英国中央兰开夏大学“心理学与神经科学”专业的高级讲师，主要专业领域是生物心理学和神经科学。他现在已经出版了三本书：《衰老的原因》（与哈伍德合著）；《生物心理学导论（第三版）》和《脑的历史：从石器时代的外科术到现代神经科学》。当前，他正在完成一本关于意识的书。译者待定。

肯尼斯•韩歇尔（Kenneth G. Henshall），新西兰坎特伯雷大学（University of Canterbury）日本研究所教授，从事日本研究三十余年。于伦敦大学亚非研究学院专攻日本文学，获一等名誉硕士学位，又在悉尼大学获日本现代文学博士学位。先后执教于新西兰奥克兰大学、美国加州伯克利大学，并曾在日本多所大学担任研究员。他目前的主要工作是以跨学科研究的视角把日本介绍给更广大的读者。

A fascinating history of the practice of surgery from one of the leading figures in the field, chronicling centuries of scientific brea kthroughs by the discipline's most dynamic, pioneering doctors. Written by an author with plenty of experience holding a scalpel, Dr. David Schneider’s The Invention of Surgery is an in-depth biography of the practice that has leapt forward ove...(展开全部)

For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite allour discoveries, inventions, and conquests, we now find ourselves in an existential crisis. The world is on the verge of ecological collapse. Misinformation abounds. And we are rushing headlong into the age of AI—a new information network that threatens to annihilate us. For all that we have ...(展开全部)

The story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Sapiens Stories brought us together. Books spread our ideas – and our mythologies. The internet promised infinite knowledge. The algorithm learned our secrets – and then turned us against each other. What will AI do? NEXUS is the thrilling account of how we arri...(展开全部)

The story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Sapiens Stories brought us together. Books spread our ideas – and our mythologies. The internet promised infinite knowledge. The algorithm learned our secrets – and then turned us against each other. What will AI do? NEXUS is the thrilling account of how we arri...(展开全部)