To these seven narratives of neurological disorder Dr. Sacks brings the same humanity, poetic observation, and infectious sense of wonder that are apparent in his bestsellers Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. These men, women, and one extraordinary child emerge as brilliantly adaptive personalities, whose conditions have not so much debilitated them as ushe...(展开全部)

《火星上的人类学家》是一本故事集，一本另类的故事集，因为它讲述了七名患者真实的故事，叙述了他们由于神经方面不同的病因，而遭受到的生活上的变故。 虽然中医与西医间很多方面不尽相同，但两者要解决的问题基本上是相同的。我肯定中国也有图雷特氏综合征患者，或者说也有一些自闭者，他们有时也具有那些奇异的“学者”才智——我就知道，在湖北省就有这么一位具有“天才的”音乐天智的男孩。中国肯定也有天生就失明的人，他们在成年后通过手术，亲历了被赋予一个先前难以想像的视觉世界的体验；一定也有一些想像力极其丰富的艺术家，他们或许患有某种癫痫，然而却认为此症对其天赋而言是必不可少的；一定也有一些人丧失了许多记忆，因而，他们活在过去；另外还有一些人失去了色感，却在黑白世界中找到了一种新的美。

本書呈現七個腦神經異常者的生命故事。他們或有視覺、記憶、認知、感知等方面的問題。腦神經如此精密，只要稍有閃失，就會讓人置身於想像之外的國度，變成一個「外星人」。他們或許正怪異地活在我們周遭，但透過神經科醫師薩克斯的筆，我們卻看到他們的生活，他們深刻而人性的一面；其生命厚度早就超越病症名稱所能界定的單薄範疇。 作者帶領我們經歷一場知性感性兼具、有如希臘悲劇似的精神洗禮。從一開始的驚愕，到後來因理解而見怪不怪，甚至彷彿看到自己的影子，再到主客易位，變成自閉症者眼中的怪ㄎㄚ，我們正逐步跨越「正常」與「異常」的分際；在走出對「病」的狹隘視野時，深刻體驗生命神奇的再造力量和其個別的獨特價值。

New poetry by the award-winning poet Tracy K. Smith, whose “lyric brilliance and political impulses never falter” ( Publishers Weekly , starred review) You lie there kicking like a baby, waiting for God himself To lift you past the rungs of your crib. What Would your life say if it could talk? —from “No Fly Zone” With allusions to David Bowie and interplanetary tra...(展开全部)

It is a happy memory that associates the foundation of our Royal Academy with the delivery of these inaugural discourses by Sir Joshua Reynolds, on the opening of the schools, and at the first annual meetings for the distribution of its prizes.

卡洛·罗韦利，意大利理论物理学家， 圈量子引力理论的开创者之一。曾在美国、意大利工作，现在法国带领量子引力研究小组。他对科学哲学、科学史也颇有研究，长期在《24小时太阳报》《共和国报》等意大利报纸上发表文章。

卡洛·罗韦利，意大利理论物理学家， 圈量子引力理论的开创者之一。曾在美国、意大利工作，现在法国带领量子引力研究小组。他对科学哲学、科学史也颇有研究，长期在《24小时太阳报》《共和国报》等意大利报纸上发表文章。

Everything you need to know about modern physics, the universe and our place in the world in seven enlightening lessons 'Here, on the edge of what we know, in contact with the ocean of the unknown, shines the mystery and the beauty of the world. And it's breathtaking' These seven short lessons guide us, with simplicity and clarity, through the scientific revolution that shook p...(展开全部)

A translation of one of Zourabichvili’s two major books on Spinoza Includes a substantive Introduction that situates and contextualises Zourabichvili’s book, while laying out the major themes of his analysis Includes a discussion of the text by Pierre Macherey and a direct response to it by Zourabichvili, an exchange they had in 2004 Zourabichvili was a student of Deleuze and h...(展开全部)

As we look back to the beginnings of the space race, 2009 is also the year for looking forward to humankind’s next step toward the stars. In the spirit of books that once imagined colonies on the moon, Patrick O’Brien has created a unique look at your first trip to Mars. Using the most upto- date designs and theories of what it will take to establish a base on Mars, you are of...(展开全部)