J. Krishnamurti, one of the most beloved and renowned religious teachers of the twentieth century, often taught his students that they must look at the state of the world, with all its violence and conflict, if they are ever to understand themselves. To turn away from world events was for him not to be alive to what life has to teach. Facing a World in Crisis presents a ...(展开全部)

How the principles of biological innovation can help us overcome creative challenges in art, business, and science In Life Finds a Way, biologist Andreas Wagner reveals the deep symmetry between innovation in biological evolution and human cultural creativity. Rarely is either a linear climb to perfection--instead, "progress" is typically marked by a sequence of peaks, plateaus...(展开全部)

Darwin's theory of evolution was a monumental achievement, but there was much he did not know. In his 'survival of the fittest' model each step must go forward, life always progressing up the slope towards an evolutionary peak. There is no turning back. So what happens when there is more than one slope, and life finds itself on the wrong one? World-leading biologist Andreas Wag...(展开全部)

A SUNDAY TIMES, NEW STATESMAN AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Essential reading about love, life and care' Kate Mosse 'Dementia is all around us, in our families and in our genes; perhaps in our own futures. If it's not you or me, it's someone we love.' After her own father's death from dementia, the writer and campaigner Nicci Gerrard set out to explore the illness that ...(展开全部)

The social, political, and cultural consequences of attempts to cheat death by freezing life. As the planet warms and the polar ice caps melt, naturally occurring cold is a resource of growing scarcity. At the same time, energy-intensive cooling technologies are widely used as a means of preservation. Technologies of cryopreservation support global food chains, seed and blood b...(展开全部)

The social, political, and cultural consequences of attempts to cheat death by freezing life. As the planet warms and the polar ice caps melt, naturally occurring cold is a resource of growing scarcity. At the same time, energy-intensive cooling technologies are widely used as a means of preservation. Technologies of cryopreservation support global food chains, seed and blood b...(展开全部)

丹尼尔·巴伦博伊姆（Daniel Barenboim，1942～），以色列钢琴家、指挥家。1942年11月15日生于阿根廷的布宜诺斯艾利斯。7岁登台演出。曾随E.菲舍尔、I.马克耶维奇、N.布朗热学钢琴、指挥与作曲。1956年以皇家爱乐乐团独奏家的身份在英国首次公演。1957年1月，在斯托科夫斯基指挥下，于卡内基大厅演出普罗科菲耶夫的《第一钢琴协奏曲》。此后，进行了一系列的巡回演出，获得世界声誉。1962年起从事指挥，1964～1975年担任英国室内乐团指挥，1975～1989年转任巴黎管弦乐队指挥，1991年至2004年担任芝加哥交响乐团首席指挥，1992年任柏林国家歌剧院音乐指导。曾先后指挥过柏林爱乐乐团、以色列爱乐乐团、费城管弦乐团、纽约爱乐乐团、伦敦交响乐团、英国室内乐团等。 曲目涉猎广泛。作为钢琴家，尤擅演奏贝多芬、莫扎特作品，以浪漫热情服...(展开全部)

丹尼尔·巴伦博伊姆（Daniel Barenboim，1942～），以色列钢琴家、指挥家。1942年11月15日生于阿根廷的布宜诺斯艾利斯。7岁登台演出。曾随E.菲舍尔、I.马克耶维奇、N.布朗热学钢琴、指挥与作曲。1956年以皇家爱乐乐团独奏家的身份在英国首次公演。1957年1月，在斯托科夫斯基指挥下，于卡内基大厅演出普罗科菲耶夫的《第一钢琴协奏曲》。此后，进行了一系列的巡回演出，获得世界声誉。1962年起从事指挥，1964～1975年担任英国室内乐团指挥，1975～1989年转任巴黎管弦乐队指挥，1991年至2004年担任芝加哥交响乐团首席指挥，1992年任柏林国家歌剧院音乐指导。曾先后指挥过柏林爱乐乐团、以色列爱乐乐团、费城管弦乐团、纽约爱乐乐团、伦敦交响乐团、英国室内乐团等。 曲目涉猎广泛。作为钢琴家，尤擅演奏贝多芬、莫扎特作品，以浪漫热情服...(展开全部)

"One of the leading big-picture thinkers of our day" ( Utne Reader ) delivers his boldest work in this erudite, tough-minded, and far-reaching manifesto. Never has the world seemed so completely united-in the form of communication, commerce, and culture-and so savagely torn apart-in the form of war, financial meltdown, global warming, and even the migration of diseases. ...(展开全部)