An explosive and hilarious look at facts, farts, and fun! Dogs fart. Cats fart. Horses fart (a lot). But what about snakes? Spiders? Octopuses? What about chimpanzees? Cheetahs? Or dinosaurs? In this gaseous guide to kids' favourite animals (and some they've probably never heard of), young readers will discover not only which animals parp, but also which have the stinkiest fart...(展开全部)

尼克·卡鲁索（Nick Caruso） 生态学家，现任弗吉尼亚理工学院博士后副研究员，曾在阿拉巴马大学进行博士研究，方向是气候对阿巴拉契亚山脉蝾螈种群的影响。他出生于美国密苏里州圣查尔斯，儿时曾在树林、河流和小溪里与各种爬行动物、两栖动物为伴。此前他从未想过会自己研究动物放屁。与达尼一样，尼克一直觉得放屁是个有趣的话题，他不会放过任何能够研究和撰写动物的“屁”事儿的机会。在为这本书收集素材的过程中，他对各种动物的奇妙的行为也产生了浓厚的兴趣。 达尼·拉巴奥蒂（Dani Rabaiotti） 动物学家，目前在伦敦动物学会和伦敦大学学院研究气候变化对非洲野犬的影响。她出生于英国伯明翰，从小就对动物及其行为产生了深厚的兴趣，儿时最喜欢螃蟹，并立志成为海洋生物学家。不久以前，她对动物放屁产生了兴趣，她不愿放过任何一个了解动物的机会，充满热情地完成了《动物的“...(展开全部)

Nobody expected this--not even its creators: ChatGPT has burst onto the scene as an AI capable of writing at a convincingly human level. But how does it really work? What's going on inside its "AI mind"? In this short book, prominent scientist and computation pioneer Stephen Wolfram provides a readable and engaging explanation that draws on his decades-long unique experience at...(展开全部)

Most people think about philosophical problems without realizing it: What really exists? Can we know anything? Is anything really right or wrong? Does life have any meaning? Is death the end of everything? These problems have been written about for thousands of years, but the philosophical raw material comes directly from the world and our relation to it. In this remarkable boo...(展开全部)

A Bold Manifesto on the Future of Information Technology Over the last decade, and even since the bursting of the technology bubble, pundits, consultants, and thought leaders have argued that information technology provides the edge necessary for business success. IT expert Nicholas G. Carr offers a radically different view in this eloquent and explosive book. As IT's power and...(展开全部)

In this lucid and accessible book, Thomas Nagel explores the central questions of philosophy thoughtfully, clearly, and with humour. He demonstrates that philosophy is an indispensable key to understanding our lives, and far from being an arcane academic discipline, can be enjoyed by all.

From Mappa Mundi to Myst - the bestselling "Just My Type" author turns his gaze to maps. Maps have the most amazing stories - and Simon Garfield is the perfect author to tell them. This is a book that will inspire mapophiles but engage even those of us who stare blankly at an OS pathfinder's hieroglyphs. Just as Garfield found the magic in fonts, here he creates compelling narr...(展开全部)

作者 菲利普•鲍尔：科普作家，毕业于牛津大学化学专业，并取得了布里斯托大学物理学博士学位，现定居伦敦。习作常见于《自然》（Nature）、《新科学家》（New Scientist）、《纽约时报》（New York Times）、《卫报》（the Guardian）和《新政治家》（New Statesman）。身为英国皇家化学学会（Royal Society of Chemistry）的一员, 菲利普也供职于《化学世界》（Chemistry World）编辑委员会。菲利普撰写了多部脍炙人口的科普读物，并曾在2005喜获该年度的安万特科学奖。 译者 李祖凰：一只献身科普的小白兔，喜欢借阅读拓展视野，更常出没与山野间体味自然的美丽。4年21世纪前沿学科生命科学的浸染外加3年爬雪山过矿井的区系研究磨砺，毕业后却摇身一变任职BBC Knowledge 中国版《...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Paul Graham’s Does Yellow Run Forever? comprises a series of photographs touching upon the ephemeral question of what we seek and value in life – love, wealth, beauty, clear-eyed reality or an inner dream world? The work weaves in and out of three groups of images: photographs of rainbows from Western Ireland, a sleeping dreamer, and gold stores in the United States. The imager...(展开全部)