For most of human history we’ve been, well, disinclined to take a closer look at our body’s natural product—the complex antihero of this story—save for gleaning some prophecy of our own health. But if we were to take more than a passing look at our poop, we would spy a veritable cornucopia of possibilities. We would see potent medicine, sustainable power, and natural fertilizer...(展开全部)

Cognitive Science combines the interdisciplinary streams of cognitive science into a unified narrative in an all-encompassing introduction to the field. This text presents cognitive science as a discipline in its own right, and teaches students to apply the techniques and theories of the cognitive scientist’s ‘toolkit’ – the vast range of methods and tools that cognitive scient...(展开全部)

'Things are not simple but complex. If he bit Mr. Browning he bit her too. Hatred is not hatred; hatred is also love.' Virginia Woolf's delightful biography of the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning's spaniel, which asks what it means to be human - and to be dog. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 194...(展开全部)

彼得·盖伊（Peter Gay），德裔美国史学家，耶鲁大学荣休教授。1923年生于柏林，后移民美国，在哥伦比亚大学获得博士学位，后曾在此任教。他著作等身，研究主题广泛，涉及启蒙运动、中产阶级等诸多社会文化史领域。曾荣获美国国家图书奖、美国历史学会杰出学术贡献奖、美国艺术与文学院金奖等重要奖项。盖伊先后花费了六七年时间撰写的《启蒙时代》至今依然是关于启蒙的必读之作。 译者王皖强，历史学博士，中国人民大学历史学院历史系教授，博士生导师， 世界近现代史教研室主任。 主要研究方向为西方思想文化史。译有《保守主义的含义》等。

"Thirty-five years ago few could have predicted that "The New Science of Politics" would be a best-seller by political theory standards. Compressed within the Draconian economy of the six Walgreen lectures is a complete theory of man, society, and history, presented at the most profound and intellectual level. . . . Voegelin's [work] stands out in bold relief from much of what ...(展开全部)

This book introduces the methodological and philosophical problems with which modern history of science is concerned, offering a comprehensive and critical review through description and evaluation of significant historiographical viewpoints. Incorporating discussion of key problems in general historical writing, with examples drawn from a range of disciplines, this non-element...(展开全部)