A growing field of inquiry, biosemiotics is a theory of cognition and communication that unites the living and the cultural world. What is missing from this theory, however, is the unification of the information and computational realms of the non-living natural and technical world. Cybersemiotics provides such a framework. By integrating cybernetic information theory into the ...(展开全部)

A growing field of inquiry, biosemiotics is a theory of cognition and communication that unites the living and the cultural world. What is missing from this theory, however, is the unification of the information and computational realms of the non-living natural and technical world. Cybersemiotics provides such a framework.By integrating cybernetic information theory into the u...(展开全部)

“Less is more” goes the modernist dictum. But is it? In an age when we are endlessly urged to do “more with less”, can we still romanticise the pretensions of minimalism? For Pier Vittorio Aureli, the return of “austerity chic” is a perversion of what ought to be a meaningful way of life. Charting the rise of asceticism in early Christianity and its institutionalisation with th...(展开全部)

Design research is a hard slog that takes years to learn and time away from the real work of design, right? Wrong. Good research is about asking more and better questions, and thinking critically about the answers. It’s something every member of your team can and should do, and which everyone can learn, quickly. And done well, it will save you time and money by reducing unknown...(展开全部)

Design research is a hard slog that takes years to learn and time away from the real work of design, right? Wrong. Good research is about asking more and better questions, and thinking critically about the answers. It’s something every member of your team can and should do, and which everyone can learn, quickly. And done well, it will save you time and money by reducing unknown...(展开全部)

A provocative and timely call for a moral approach to economics, drawing on philosophers, political theorists, writers, and economists from Aristotle to Marx to Keynes. What constitutes the good life? What is the true value of money? Why do we work such long hours merely to acquire greater wealth? These are some of the questions that many asked themselves when the financial s...(展开全部)

A mother and daughter travel from abroad to meet in Tokyo: they walk along the canals through the autumn evenings, escape the typhoon rains, share meals in small cafes and restaurants, and visit galleries to see some of the city's most radical modern art. All the while, they talk: about the weather, horoscopes, clothes, and objects, about family, distance, and memory. But uncer...(展开全部)

罗伯特·海因莱因是美国最具影响力的科幻作家。他以高超的叙述技巧、精巧的科幻构思、极具时代感的激进思想，以及对美国历史和文化的独特的科幻化阐释，赢得了无数读者的喜爱，被誉为“美国现代科幻小说之父”。海因莱因同时也是世界科幻的“三巨头”之一。他的作品被译成数十种语言，在世界范围内广为流行，是最受中国、日本以及俄罗斯读者欢迎的美国科幻作家。 海因莱因一生著作颇丰，多次获得各种科幻大奖，是第一位获得世界科幻协会授予“科幻大师”殊荣的科幻作家。其代表作主要包括：《双星》、《进入盛夏之门》、《星船伞兵》、《异乡异客》、《严厉的月亮》等。

罗伯特·海因莱因是美国最具影响力的科幻作家。他以高超的叙述技巧、精巧的科幻构思、极具时代感的激进思想，以及对美国历史和文化的独特的科幻化阐释，赢得了无数读者的喜爱，被誉为“美国现代科幻小说之父”。海因莱因同时也是世界科幻的“三巨头”之一。他的作品被译成数十种语言，在世界范围内广为流行，是最受中国、日本以及俄罗斯读者欢迎的美国科幻作家。 海因莱因一生著作颇丰，多次获得各种科幻大奖，是第一位获得世界科幻协会授予“科幻大师”殊荣的科幻作家。其代表作主要包括：《双星》、《进入盛夏之门》、《星船伞兵》、《异乡异客》、《严厉的月亮》等。