What does it mean to be female? Mother, carer, the weaker sex? Think again. In the last few decades a revolution has been brewing in zoology and evolutionary biology. Lucy Cooke introduces us to a riotous cast of animals, and the scientists studying them, that are redefining the female of the species. Meet the female lemurs of Madagascar, our ancient primate cousins that domina...(展开全部)

A fierce, funny, and revolutionary look at the queens of the animal kingdom Studying zoology made Lucy Cooke feel like a sad freak. Not because she loved spiders or would root around in animal feces: all her friends shared the same curious kinks. The problem was her sex. Being female meant she was, by nature, a loser. Since Charles Darwin, evolutionary biologists have been conv...(展开全部)

作者简介 玛丽莲•亚隆(Marilyn Yalom)，女性主义史学家。斯坦福大学性别研究中心研究员。1991年获得法国学术教育最高荣誉“学术界棕榈叶勋章”。其大量学术著作已被翻译成二十种语言出版。 特雷莎•多诺万•布朗 (Theresa Donovan Brown)，小说与非小说类的获奖作者，在斯坦福大学研究创意写作 。 译者简介 张宇 苏州大学文学博士，嘉兴学院文法学院副教授。学人、译者和编剧。先后翻译出版《最后的礼物：与危重病人想出的创造性模式》《象语者》《隔壁的知更鸟：与哈珀•李一起生活》等多部作品。 邬明晶 英语语言文学硕士，黑龙江工程学院英语教师，副教授，讲授大学英语以及希腊罗马神话课程，业余时间从事翻译工作。

Thirty years ago, biologists could get by with a rudimentary grasp of mathematics and modeling. Not so today. In seeking to answer fundamental questions about how biological systems function and change over time, the modern biologist is as likely to rely on sophisticated mathematical and computer-based models as traditional fieldwork. In this book, Sarah Otto and Troy Day provi...(展开全部)

Discover the wonder and beauty of the animal kingdom with this groundbreaking, brilliantly illustrated look at over 1,000 of the most fascinating aspects of animal behaviour. A thrilling face-to-face encounter with the intimate lives, elaborate displays and extraordinary behaviour of animals in their own environment Internationally renowned zoologist and presenter of TV’s Anima...(展开全部)

Discover the wonder and beauty of the animal kingdom with this groundbreaking, brilliantly illustrated look at over 1,000 of the most fascinating aspects of animal behaviour. A thrilling face-to-face encounter with the intimate lives, elaborate displays and extraordinary behaviour of animals in their own environment Internationally renowned zoologist and presenter of TV’s Anima...(展开全部)

Based on their Financial Times Weekend column, philosopher Julian Baggini and his psychotherapist partner Antonia Macaro offer intriguing answers to life's questions. Can infidelity be good for you? What does it mean to stay true to yourself? Must we fulfil our potential? Self-help with a distinctly cerebral edge, the shrink and the sage - aka Julian Baggini and Antonia Macaro ...(展开全部)

'Funny, kind, generous and smart - I could have done with the wisdom of Flo Perry far sooner' Dolly Alderton We talk about feminism in the workplace and we talk about dating after #MeToo, but women's own patriarchal conditioning can be the hardest enemy to defeat. When it comes to our sex lives, few of us are free of niggling fears and body image insecurities. Rather than enjoy...(展开全部)