A startling book that reshapes the debate about global warming and offers a moderate approach to meeting its challenges. Bjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and expensive actions now being considered—the Kyoto Protocol, for example—have a staggering potential cost of hundreds of billions of dollars, but, ultimately, will have little impact on the world's temperatur...(展开全部)

Bjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and staggeringly expensive actions now being considered to meet the challenges of global warming ultimately will have little impact on the world’s temperature. He suggests that rather than focusing on ineffective solutions that will cost us trillions of dollars over the coming decades, we should be looking for smarter, more cost-e...(展开全部)

A groundbreaking book that transforms the debate about global warming by offering a fresh perspective based on human needs as well as environmental concerns. Bjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and expensive actions now being considered to stop global warming will cost hundreds of billions of dollars, are often based on emotional rather than strictly scientific ass...(展开全部)

Bjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and staggeringly expensive actions now being considered to meet the challenges of global warming ultimately will have little impact on the world’s temperature. He suggests that rather than focusing on ineffective solutions that will cost us trillions of dollars over the coming decades, we should be looking for smarter, more cost-e...(展开全部)

A groundbreaking book that transforms the debate about global warming by offering a fresh perspective based on human needs as well as environmental concerns. Bjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and expensive actions now being considered to stop global warming will cost hundreds of billions of dollars, are often based on emotional rather than strictly scientific ass...(展开全部)

A startling book that reshapes the debate about global warming and offers a moderate approach to meeting its challenges. Bjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and expensive actions now being considered—the Kyoto Protocol, for example—have a staggering potential cost of hundreds of billions of dollars, but, ultimately, will have little impact on the world's temperatur...(展开全部)

让·波德里亚(Jean Baudrilltard)，又译为让•波德里亚，1929年7月29日出生于法国兰斯（Reims），1966年至1987年任法国南特尔大学社会学教授，西方著名哲学家、社会学家、后现代理论的主要代表人物。著有《物体系》、《象征交换与死亡》、《消费社会》、《生产之镜》、《符号政治经济学批判》、《拟像与仿真》、《冷记忆》等。 从1971年至2000年前后，波德里亚为他的读者们奉献了20多部专著和200多篇文章（还有选集），以其“高产”和“高质”而在当代社会思想家中格外引人注目。他也是向英语圈输出知识最多的法语作者之一，几乎一有法文专著出现就尾随有相应的英译本推出。由于波德里亚思想的原创性和冲击力，他也成为了世界上备受关注的思想家。 2007年3月6日，让•波德里亚在久病之后，逝世于巴黎家中，享年77岁。

On a momentous visit to the aquarium, Elliot discovers his dream pet: a penguin. It's just proper enough for a straight-laced boy like him. And when he asks his father if he may have one (please and thank you), his father says yes. Elliot should have realized that Dad probably thought he meant a stuffed penguin and not a real one . . . Clever illustrations and a wild surprise e...(展开全部)