"Why is the Mona Lisa the most famous painting in the world? Why did Facebook succeed when other social networking sites failed? Did the surge in Iraq really lead to less violence? And does higher pay incentivize people to work harder? If you think the answers to these questions are a matter of common sense, think again. As sociologist and network science pioneer Duncan Watts ...(展开全部)

Why is the Mona Lisa the most famous painting in the world? Why did Facebook succeed when other social networking sites failed? Did the surge in Iraq really lead to less violence? How much can CEO’s impact the performance of their companies? And does higher pay incentivize people to work hard? If you think the answers to these questions are a matter of common sense, think again...(展开全部)

My name is Marcello Von Cauliflower Boneaparte Jackson and everything is mine. Marcello is kind, clever and very loyal. Unfortunately, there is one problem. He believes that absolutely everything is his. A slipper? It s his. Pork chops from his owner, Leo s dinner plate? It is absolutely his. An entire park? Oh that s his, too. Marcello (and his list of things that he owns) is ...(展开全部)

Why evolution is more than just a theory: it is a fact In all the current highly publicized debates about creationism and its descendant "intelligent design," there is an element of the controversy that is rarely mentioned-the evidence , the empirical truth of evolution by natural selection. Even Richard Dawkins and Stephen Jay Gould, while extolling the beauty of evolution ...(展开全部)

Presents the many threads of modern work in genetics, paleontology, geology, molecular biology, and anatomy that demonstrate the indelible stamp of the evolutionary processes first proposed by Darwin.

杰里·A.科因（Jerry A. Coyne） 曾于哈佛大学随理查德·莱旺庭（Richard Lewontin）和斯蒂芬·杰伊·古尔德（Stephen Jay Gould）学习，过去二十年中一直任芝加哥大学生态与演化学系教授，从事演化遗传学的研究。科因教授是世界顶尖的演化生物学家之一，也是演化界最重要的公共知识分子之一，为《新共和》、《泰晤士报文学增刊》、美国国家公共电台的固定撰稿人。

Good girl. Girlboss. Flawless model. Perfect mother. Organiser. Wonder Woman. Family rock. Feminist go-getter. Brands profit by telling women who they are and how to be. Now they've discovered feminism and are hell bent on selling "fempowerment" back to us. But behind the go-girl slogans and the viral hash-tags has anything really changed? In Brandsplaining, Jane Cunningham and...(展开全部)

Why Education Is Useless Daniel Cottom "A tour de force, implicitly summarizing and commenting on more than two millennia of arguments about the function of education. Why Education Is Useless is craftily written and thoroughly enjoyable."--Michael Berube, author of The Employment of English: Theory, Jobs, and the Future of Literary Studies Education is useless because it destr...(展开全部)

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas s...(展开全部)

"Common Sense "combines extravagantly lurid and luscious colour with Parr's trademark sense of irony. Though hilariously funny there is a sharp and biting edge to the humor. He highlights the minutiae of everyday contemporary life-hamburgers, cigarette butts, tacky gifts and dime store combs-that have been taken around the world.