Death and taxes are our inevitable fate. We've been told this since the beginning of civilisation. But what if we stopped to question our antiquated system? Is it fair? And is it capable of serving the needs of our rapidly-changing, modern society? In Daylight Robbery, Dominic Frisby traces the origins of taxation, from its roots in the ancient world, through to today. He explo...(展开全部)

作者简介 （英）多米尼克·弗里斯比 英国知名经济理论作家、广播节目主持人、脱口秀喜剧演员、配音演员，毕业于曼彻斯特大学，作品散见于英国多家经济报刊杂志，著有多部经济方面的长篇著作。因其在金融和经济理论上的建树，他曾多次登上世界性讲座和论坛做演讲。 译者简介 刘生孝 长期从事中英文献翻译及国际教育写作，十五年翻译经历，翻译与写作涉及社科、文旅、艺术、历史等题材，独立翻译有《光天化日下的抢劫》《德川家康传》等作品 。

沙伦.莫勒姆 博士，获奖科学家、医生，以及《纽约时报》畅销书作者。其研究和作品通过医药学、遗传学、历史和生物学的相互融合，以一种新颖而又引人入胜的方式来解释人类的身体是如何工作的。他还是《纽约时报》畅销书《病者生存》(Survival of the Sickest)和《性之谜》 (How Sex Works)的作者。他的著作已被翻译成 30 余种语言。 莫勒姆博士是《阿兹海默病期刊》(Journal of Alzheimer's Disease)的副主编。他通过科学研究最终发现了 Siderocillin，一种全新的用来对抗对多种抗生素具有耐药性或可称为“超级病菌”的微生物的抗生素类药物，他还荣获了 19 项与生物技术和人类健康有关的发明专利，他与别人共同创办了两家生物技术公司。莫勒姆博士和他的研究项目已为《纽约时报》《新科学家》杂志、《时代》杂志以...(展开全部)

沙伦.莫勒姆 博士，获奖科学家、医生，以及《纽约时报》畅销书作者。其研究和作品通过医药学、遗传学、历史和生物学的相互融合，以一种新颖而又引人入胜的方式来解释人类的身体是如何工作的。他还是《纽约时报》畅销书《病者生存》(Survival of the Sickest)和《性之谜》 (How Sex Works)的作者。他的著作已被翻译成 30 余种语言。 莫勒姆博士是《阿兹海默病期刊》(Journal of Alzheimer's Disease)的副主编。他通过科学研究最终发现了 Siderocillin，一种全新的用来对抗对多种抗生素具有耐药性或可称为“超级病菌”的微生物的抗生素类药物，他还荣获了 19 项与生物技术和人类健康有关的发明专利，他与别人共同创办了两家生物技术公司。莫勒姆博士和他的研究项目已为《纽约时报》《新科学家》杂志、《时代》杂志以...(展开全部)

沙伦.莫勒姆 博士，获奖科学家、医生，以及《纽约时报》畅销书作者。其研究和作品通过医药学、遗传学、历史和生物学的相互融合，以一种新颖而又引人入胜的方式来解释人类的身体是如何工作的。他还是《纽约时报》畅销书《病者生存》(Survival of the Sickest)和《性之谜》 (How Sex Works)的作者。他的著作已被翻译成 30 余种语言。 莫勒姆博士是《阿兹海默病期刊》(Journal of Alzheimer's Disease)的副主编。他通过科学研究最终发现了 Siderocillin，一种全新的用来对抗对多种抗生素具有耐药性或可称为“超级病菌”的微生物的抗生素类药物，他还荣获了 19 项与生物技术和人类健康有关的发明专利，他与别人共同创办了两家生物技术公司。莫勒姆博士和他的研究项目已为《纽约时报》《新科学家》杂志、《时代》杂志以...(展开全部)

Monsanto, a St. Louis chemical firm that became the world’s largest maker of genetically engineered seeds, merged with German pharma-biotech giant Bayer in 2018―but its Roundup Ready® seeds, introduced twenty-five years ago, are still reshaping the farms that feed us. When researchers found trace amounts of the firm’s blockbuster herbicide in breakfast cereal bowls, Monsanto fa...(展开全部)

National Geographic Explorer and TED Prize-winner Dr. Sarah Parcak gives readers a personal tour of the evolution, major discoveries, and future potential of the young field of satellite archaeology. From surprise advancements after the declassification of spy photography, to a new map of the mythical Egyptian city of Tanis, she shares her field’s biggest discoveries, revealing...(展开全部)

Neither plant nor animal, it is found throughout the earth, the air and our bodies. It can be microscopic, yet also accounts for the largest organism ever recorded – covering ten square kilometres, weighing 35,000 tons and estimated to be over 2,000 years old. Its ability to digest rock enabled the first life on land, and for 40 million years its towering structures dominated e...(展开全部)

A unique, wide-ranging examination of asteroid exploration and our future in space! Human travel into space is an enormously expensive and unforgiving endeavor. So why go? In this accessible and authoritative book, astrophysicist Martin Elvis argues that the answer is asteroid exploration, for the strong motives of love, fear, and greed. Elvis’s personal motivation is one of ...(展开全部)

A computer beats the reigning human champion of Go, a game harder than chess. Another is composing classical music. Labs are creating life-forms from synthetic DNA. A doctor designs an artificial trachea, uses a 3D printer to produce it, and implants it and saves a child's life. Astonishing technological advances like these are arriving in increasing numbers. Scholar and entrep...(展开全部)