In this sequence of philosophical essays about natural science, Nancy Cartwright argues that fundamental explanatory laws, the deepest and most admired successes of modern physics, do not in fact describe the regularities that exist in nature. Yet she is not 'anti-realist'. Rather, she draws a novel distinction, arguing that theoretical entities, and the complex and localized l...(展开全部)

"The Laws," Plato's longest dialogue, has for centuries been recognized as the most comprehensive exposition of the "practical" consequences of his philosophy, a necessary corrective to the more visionary and utopian "Republic." In this animated encounter between a foreign philosopher and a powerful statesman, not only do we see reflected, in Plato's own thought, eternal questi...(展开全部)

Despite its haphazard growth, the Web hides powerful underlying regularities -- from the organization of its links to the patterns found in its use by millions of users. Many of these regularities have been predicted on the basis of theoretical models based on a field of physics -- statistical mechanics -- that few would have thought applicable to the social domain.In this book...(展开全部)

查尔斯•科克尔（Charles S. Cockell），英国爱丁堡大学天体生物学教授，英国天体生物学中心主任。多年来，他致力于对恶劣条件下的生命特征、外星生物的宜居性，以及太空探索和移居等课题的研究。他曾在美国国家航空航天局和英国南极观测站工作，对北极和南极以及其他恶劣天气环境下的生命特征都有研究，发表过300多篇论文和多部著作。

For many decades, the proponents of `artificial intelligence' have maintained that computers will soon be able to do everything that a human can do. In his bestselling work of popular science, Sir Roger Penrose takes us on a fascinating tour through the basic principles of physics, cosmology, mathematics, and philosophy to show that human thinking can never be emulated by a mac...(展开全部)

In the readition of the bestselling Chaos and A Brief History of Time, here is a science book with mainstream appeal. Proponents of artificial intelligence maintain that eventually a computer will be able to do everything a human mind can do, but Oxford University Professor of Mathematics Roger Penrose explains his view that there are facets of human thinking that can never be ...(展开全部)

克里斯汀•麦金莱：美国畅销作家，音乐人，著名主持人，同时还是一名机械工程师，曾参与电力生产、工业技术以及商业建造等重大工程。

中文译本《教育七律》，中信出版股份有限公司

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power comes the definitive new book on decoding the behavior of the people around you Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understand...(展开全部)