This is a book about the meaning of time, what it is, when it has started, how it flows and where to. It examines the consequences of Einstein's theory of relativity and offers startling suggestions about what recent research may reveal.

The traditional association between time and creation is at the heart of science, cosmology, and religion. When scientists began to explore the implications of Einstein's time for the universe as a whole, they discovered that time is elastic, and can be warped by rapid motion or gravitation, that time cannot be meaningfully divided into past, present, and future, nor does time ...(展开全部)

厄休拉·勒古恩（Ursula K. Le Guin） 1929—2018 美国幻想文学大师、科幻新浪潮运动代表人物，以《地海传奇》《黑暗的左手》等作品闻名于世。 勒古恩一生获奖无数，囊括8次雨果奖、6次星云奖、24次轨迹奖，以及美国国家图书奖、世界奇幻奖等二百余项世界文坛大奖，2016年被《纽约时报》誉为“美国当代最伟大的科幻小说家”。

Ursula K. Le Guin on the absurdity of denying your age: “If I’m ninety and believe I’m forty-five, I’m headed for a very bad time trying to get out of the bathtub.” On cultural perceptions of fantasy: “The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is ‘escapism’ an accusation of?” On breakfast: “Eating an egg from the shell takes not only practice, but resolution, even cour...(展开全部)

厄休拉·勒古恩（Ursula K. Le Guin） 1929—2018 美国幻想文学大师、科幻新浪潮运动代表人物，以《地海传奇》《黑暗的左手》等作品闻名于世。 勒古恩一生获奖无数，囊括8次雨果奖、6次星云奖、24次轨迹奖，以及美国国家图书奖、世界奇幻奖等二百余项世界文坛大奖，2016年被《纽约时报》誉为“美国当代最伟大的科幻小说家”。

Ursula K. Le Guin on the absurdity of denying your age: “If I’m ninety and believe I’m forty-five, I’m headed for a very bad time trying to get out of the bathtub.” On cultural perceptions of fantasy: “The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is ‘escapism’ an accusation of?” On breakfast: “Eating an egg from the shell takes not only practice, but resolution, even cour...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Synopsis: Jack and Annie travel back to the morning of the great San Francisco earthquake. While they are there, they meet a reporter and help get some kids to safety. From Amazon.com The year is 1906, the place is San Francisco. Annie and her brother, Jack, have just traveled here in their magic tree house, on a mission from Morgan le Fay, the mysterious magical lib...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Synopsis: Jack and Annie travel back to the morning of the great San Francisco earthquake. While they are there, they meet a reporter and help get some kids to safety. From Amazon.com The year is 1906, the place is San Francisco. Annie and her brother, Jack, have just traveled here in their magic tree house, on a mission from Morgan le Fay, the mysterious magical lib...(展开全部)

Jack and Annie travel back to the morning of the great San Francisco earthquake of the early 1900s. While they are there, they meet a reporter and help get some kids to safety. Illustrations.

屎化（Enshittification）：这不是你的错觉——如今的互联网糟透了。本书将揭示其原因，并探讨我们如何能将其“去屎化”（disenshittify）。 我们正身处“大屎世”（Enshittocene），经历着“大屎化”（the Great Enshittening）。在这个时代，那些对我们至关重要、我们赖以生存的服务，正在变成巨大的屎堆。这令人沮丧、挫败，甚至恐惧。 《屎化》一书精准定位了问题，并提出了解决方案。 当科利·多克托罗创造“屎化”一词时，他并非仅仅在找一种更“有趣”的方式说“情况在变糟”。他是在对数字世界的现状及其如何影响我们所有人的生活（并且是朝着不好的方向）做出具体的诊断。 曾经辉煌的互联网被各种平台所“殖民”，这些平台向其用户许下了近乎魔法的承诺——至少在初期，它们似乎兑现了这些承诺。然而，一旦用户被锁定，平台便倒戈相向，...(展开全部)