Yale professor and leading expert on the psychology of successful aging, Dr. Becca Levy, draws on her ground-breaking research to show how age beliefs can be improved so they benefit all aspects of the aging process, including the way genes operate and the extension of life expectancy by 7.5 years. The often-surprising results of Levy’s science offer stunning revelations about ...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·欧文·韦瑟罗尔（James Owen Weatherall） 美国加州大学尔湾分校逻辑与科学哲学系主任，逻辑与科学哲学教授，数学行为科学研究所研究员，科学哲学协会期刊《科学哲学》副主编。曾在斯坦福大学、匹兹堡大学、澳大利亚国立大学、剑桥大学、伦敦政治经济学院等高校担任客座研究员。主要研究涉及经典场论和量子场论的数学与概念基础、一般科学哲学，尤其对构建金融模型、范畴论、原子物理、量子控制、量子力学等有浓厚兴趣。著有《对冲之王：华尔街量化投资传奇》（The Physics of Wall Street）、《虚空：关于虚无的奇异物理学》（Void: The Strange Physics of Nothing）等。 凯林·奥康纳（Cailin O’Connor） 美国加州大学尔湾分校逻辑与科学哲学系教授，生物学和行为科学哲学家，进化博弈理论家。曾任...(展开全部)

The first English translation of the classic Japanese novel that has sold over 2 million copies—a childhood favorite of anime master Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Howl’s Moving Castle), with an introduction by Neil Gaiman. First published in 1937, Genzaburō Yoshino’s How Do You Live? has long been acknowledged in Japan as a crossover classic for young read...(展开全部)

Here is a fresh, intriguing, and, above all, authoritative book about how our sometimes hidden positions in various social structures--our human networks--shape how we think and behave, and inform our very outlook on life. Inequality, social immobility, and political polarization are only a few crucial phenomena driven by the inevitability of social structures. Social structure...(展开全部)

Here is a fresh, intriguing, and, above all, authoritative book about how our sometimes hidden positions in various social structures—our human networks—shape how we think and behave, and inform our very outlook on life. Inequality, social immobility, and political polarization are only a few crucial phenomena driven by the inevitability of social structures. Social structures ...(展开全部)

Here is a fresh, intriguing, and, above all, authoritative book about how our sometimes hidden positions in various social structures--our human networks--shape how we think and behave, and inform our very outlook on life. Inequality, social immobility, and political polarization are only a few crucial phenomena driven by the inevitability of social structures. Social structure...(展开全部)

The human body is like an exceedingly well-fortified castle, defended by billions of soldiers--some live for less than a day, others remember battles for decades, but all are essential in protecting us from disease. This hidden army is our immune system, and without it we could not survive the eternal war between us and our microscopic enemies. Immune explores the incredible ar...(展开全部)

The human body is like an exceedingly well-fortified castle, defended by billions of soldiers--some live for less than a day, others remember battles for decades, but all are essential in protecting us from disease. This hidden army is our immune system, and without it we could not survive the eternal war between us and our microscopic enemies. Immune explores the incredible ar...(展开全部)

Are the elderly posing a threat to America's political system with their enormous clout? Are they stretching resources to the breaking point with their growing demands for care? Distinguished economist and legal scholar Richard A. Posner explodes the myth that the United States could be on the brink of gerontological disaster. Aging and Old Age offers fresh insight into a wide...(展开全部)

Are the elderly posing a threat to America's political system with their enormous clout? Are they stretching resources to the breaking point with their growing demands for care? Posner explodes the myth that the United States could be on the brink of gerontological disaster. This study offers insight into a range of social and political issues relating to the elderly, such as h...(展开全部)