The new and rapidly growing field of communication sciences owes as much to Norbert Wiener as to any one man. He coined the word for it--cybernetics. In God & Golem, Inc., the author concerned himself with major points in cybernetics which are relevant to religious issues.<br /> <br /> The first point he considers is that of the machine which learns. While learning is a propert...(展开全部)

The new and rapidly growing field of communication sciences owes as much to Norbert Wiener as to any one man. He coined the word for it--cybernetics. In God & Golem, Inc., the author concerned himself with major points in cybernetics which are relevant to religious issues.<br /> <br /> The first point he considers is that of the machine which learns. While learning is a propert...(展开全部)

In "Ethnicity, Inc." anthropologists John L. and Jean Comaroff analyze a new moment in the history of human identity: its rampant commodification. Through a wide-ranging exploration of the changing relationship between culture and the market, they address a pressing question: Wherein lies the future of ethnicity? Their account begins in South Africa, with the incorporation of a...(展开全部)

Malebranche's Dialogues on Metaphysics and on Religion is in many ways the best introduction to his thought, and provides the most systematic exposition of his philosophy as a whole. In it, he presents clear and comprehensive statements of his two best-known contributions to metaphysics and epistemology, namely, the doctrines of occasionalism and vision in God; he also states h...(展开全部)

保罗·韦纳(Paul Veyne, 1930—)，巴黎高师毕业，法兰西公学院荣誉教授，法国当代最出色的希腊—罗马史研究专家之一。主要著作有《古罗马的性与权力》《古希腊人是否相信他们的神话》等。

Amazon.fr Paru au début des années soixante-dix, à contre-courant de la mode quantitativiste de l'époque, cet essai de Paul Veyne ressemble à une machine de guerre. Son titre marque le renouveau de la réflexion sur l'histoire comme mode d'écriture et inaugure la période du "retour au récit". Longtemps incompris, de lecture difficile mais ô combien stimulante, ce petit livre rej...(展开全部)

This book is motivated by the problem of determining the set of rational points on a variety, but its true goal is to equip readers with a broad range of tools essential for current research in algebraic geometry and number theory. The book is unconventional in that it provides concise accounts of many topics instead of a comprehensive account of just one—this is intentionally ...(展开全部)

William James' strong beliefs in a pragmatic theory of truth - that truth is only as relevant as its effect on us - lead to these absorbing essays on fact and belief. Within them is a fascinating theory of reality that suggests nothing is truly 'real' without examination through human empathy and experience. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have trans...(展开全部)