In a world where we usually measure animals by human standards, prize-winning author and MacArthur Fellow Carl Safina takes us inside their lives and minds, witnessing their profound capacity for perception, thought and emotion, showing why the word "it" is often inappropriate as we discover who they really are. Weaving decades of observations of actual families of free-living ...(展开全部)

From one of the most influential women in the country and bestselling author of Revolution from Within comes a collection of provocative, entertaining, mind-changing essays. The six pieces, three of which have never been published before, explode common assumptions and propose radical new ways of looking at human possibilities.

李银河《女性主义》P046~054： 女性主义运动的第二次浪潮期间， ——「一般认为发生在20世纪的六七十年代，最早兴起于美国。也有人认为，一直持续到1980年代。」 “在众多的性别研究类别中，斯坦能创造了一种特殊类型的女性主义写作，其代表作是《假如弗洛伊德是费丽丝》。该文将费洛伊德的传奇生活用一个女性主体来重写，极具启发性。将很多人们司空见惯、习以为常的事情和说法放在另一种性别身上，显得妙趣横生，使人意识到现存性别结构中的荒谬之处。” 本书书封介绍： 葛罗莉亚·斯坦能 美国女权运动健将，也是最具影响力和开创性的作家和「行动主义者」；美国著名《女性》杂志及“《女性》妇女基金会”的创办者；现为《女性》杂志的编辑顾问。 葛罗莉亚·斯坦能曾有在花花公子俱乐部当过“兔女郎”的传奇经历，更有在半百之龄身穿迷你短裙面对记者的洒脱作风。她在《行动超越语言》等书中与...(展开全部)

Explore the gray areas in your gray matter—philosophical brainteasers from the bestselling author of The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten Is your brain ready for a thorough philosophical health check? The author of the international bestseller The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten and his fellow founding editor of The Philosopher’s Magazine have some thought-provoking questions...(展开全部)

亚当•奥尔特 ★趋势观察与心理学界的新锐之星★ ☆闯荡美国心理学界的澳大利亚学霸 亚当•奥尔特是心理学界的明日之星，这位澳大利亚人在美国闯出了一片天地。他在新南威尔士大学获得了心理学学士学位并荣获大学奖章，在普林斯顿大学取得了心理学博士学位，获得了普林斯顿大学博士毕业生最高荣誉之一的夏洛特•伊丽莎白•普罗科特论文奖学金和伍德罗•威尔逊奖学金，随后，又凭借卓越的研究工作荣获了赫乐尔•恩洪新锐学者奖等诸多奖项。 ☆震惊投资界的研究员 2006年，他和心理学家丹尼•奥本海默(Danny Oppenheimer)发现，一个顺口的名字将给上市公司带来更多投资。他们将这一研究成果发表在《美国国家科学院院刊》（PNAS）上，立即引起了轰动，特别是在金融投资领域。 他们两人对1990—2004年间市场上近1000只股票的的表现进行了研究，发现名字顺口的股票在上市首日...(展开全部)

An illuminating look at the way the thoughts we have and the decisions we make are influenced by forces that aren't always in our control Why are people named Kim, Kelly, and Ken more likely to donate to Hurricane Katrina victims than to Hurricane Rita victims? Are you really more likely to solve puzzles if you watch a light bulb illuminate? How did installing blue lights along...(展开全部)

Japan is the pre-eminent food nation on earth. The Japanese go to the most extraordinary lengths and expense to eat the finest, most delectable, and downright freakiest food imaginable. Their creativity, dedication and ingenuity, not to mention courage in the face of dishes such as cod sperm, whale penis and octopus ice cream, is only now beginning to be fully appreciated in th...(展开全部)

Putnam and Beyond takes the reader on a journey through the world of college mathematics, focusing on some of the most important concepts and results in the theories of polynomials, linear algebra, real analysis in one and several variables, differential equations, coordinate geometry, trigonometry, elementary number theory, combinatorics, and probability. Using the W.L. Putnam...(展开全部)