Bacteria are invisible, mysterious, deadly, self-sufficient!and absolutely essential for all life, including yours. No other living things combine their elegant simplicity with their incredibly complex role: Bacteria keep us alive, supply our food, and regulate our biosphere. We can't live a day without them, and no chemical, antibiotic, or irradiation has ever successfully era...(展开全部)

给莉莉的信”由三十封给外孙女莉莉的信组成。 从追问人是谁， 人所由何来， 人的种族国家等问题开始， 接着探讨人的爱和友谊， 人类的暴力和恐惧， 知识和信仰， 权力和秩序， 自我与他人， 生与死， 身心关系等基本问题。 文字生动浅白。 麦克法兰没有把人类作为“万物的灵长， 宇宙的精华”一味赞颂。 而是认为“人类是悖论的化身， 是矛盾的集成”。 作者写到： 人类真是莫名奇妙啊。 他们明明只是动物， 却自以为是别具一格。 他们拿不定主意， 到底该看重自己的精神还是肉体。他们也不能决定， 到底应该看重自己的感官还是思想。 他们自视不朽， 而终于要死亡。 他们聪明绝顶， 然而这份智慧只不过把他们引向愚行和无礼取闹。 他们自称是真理的唯一判官， 却在谎言中度日。 他们不乏仁爱之心， 却不惜光阴彼此仇恨， 互相损害。 他们有能力创造伟大的艺术， 却把世界弄得丑陋而...(展开全部)

In a frank and unpretentious series of letters addressed to a teenage granddaughter, this highly original book teaches us to know and understand the world we live in and its rules, and how to behave in it. In these thirty letters, Alan Macfarlane answers his granddaughter's questions about how the world works, how it got to be as it is, what it could be, and where she fits in. ...(展开全部)

The Battle of the Atlantic was the single most important - and longest - campaign of the Second World War. If Britain lost this vital supply route it lost the war. In Jonathan Dimbleby's brilliant and dramatic new account we see how this epic struggle for maritime mastery played out, from the politicians and admirals to the men on and under the sea and their families waiting at...(展开全部)

“I have no special talents,” said Albert Einstein. “I am only passionately curious.” Everyone is born curious. But only some retain the habits of exploring, learning, and discovering as they grow older. Those who do so tend to be smarter, more creative, and more successful. So why are many of us allowing our curiosity to wane? In Curious, Ian Leslie makes a passionate case for ...(展开全部)

The latest developments in physics have the potential to radically revise our understanding of the world: its makeup, its evolution, and the fundamental forces that drive its operation. Knocking on Heaven's Door is an exhilarating and accessible overview of these developments and an impassioned argument for the significance of science.There could be no better guide than Lisa Ra...(展开全部)

The latest developments in physics have the potential to radically revise our understanding of the world: its makeup, its evolution, and the fundamental forces that drive its operation. Knocking on Heaven's Door is an exhilarating and accessible overview of these developments and an impassioned argument for the significance of science.There could be no better guide than Lisa Ra...(展开全部)

All legally enforceable rights cost money. A practical, commonsense notion? Yes, but one ignored by almost everyone, from libertarian ideologues to Supreme Court justices to human rights advocates. The simple insight that rights are expensive reminds us that freedom is not violated by a government that taxes and spends, but requires it - and requires a citizenry vigilant about ...(展开全部)

All legally enforceable rights cost money. A practical, commonsense notion? Yes, but one ignored by almost everyone, from libertarian ideologues to Supreme Court justices to human rights advocates. The simple insight that rights are expensive reminds us that freedom is not violated by a government that taxes and spends, but requires it - and requires a citizenry vigilant about ...(展开全部)