As technology races ahead, what will people do better than computers? What hope will there be for us when computers can drive cars better than humans, predict Supreme Court decisions better than legal experts, identify faces, scurry helpfully around offices and factories, even perform some surgeries, all faster, more reliably, and less expensively than people? It’s easy to imag...(展开全部)

2014: A great poem is read aloud and never heard again. For generations, people speculate about its message, but no copy has yet been found. 2119: The lowlands of the UK have been submerged by rising seas. Those who survive are haunted by the richness of the world that has been lost. Tom Metcalfe, an academic at the University of the South Downs, part of Britain’s remaining isl...(展开全部)

The Bubble That Never Popped is filled with adventure and fun with some education mixed in Norah is a little girl who lives in Portsmouth New Hampshire Her Grandpa Joseph comes to visit frequently and when he does he always brings Norah a present On a beautiful warm afternoon Grandpa Joseph surprised Norah with a pink box tied in a silky red ribbon She couldn t wait to see what...(展开全部)

The Bubble That Never Popped is filled with adventure and fun with some education mixed in Norah is a little girl who lives in Portsmouth New Hampshire Her Grandpa Joseph comes to visit frequently and when he does he always brings Norah a present On a beautiful warm afternoon Grandpa Joseph surprised Norah with a pink box tied in a silky red ribbon She couldn t wait to see what...(展开全部)

This book presents a learned and ingenious attempt to understand the origin and nature of philosophical inquiry. It draws on material from numerous disciplines and from all periods of philosophy and provides challenging arguments on a wide range of topics. The author constructs a hierarchy of ontological claims, beginning with perceptual experience, moving to language and scien...(展开全部)

Across the world, universities are more numerous than they have ever been, yet at the same time there is unprecedented confusion about their purpose and scepticism about their value. What Are Universities For? offers a spirited and compelling argument for completely rethinking the way we see our universities, and why we need them. Stefan Collini challenges the common claim that...(展开全部)

Across the world, universities are more numerous than they have ever been, yet at the same time there is unprecedented confusion about their purpose and scepticism about their value. What Are Universities For? offers a spirited and compelling argument for completely rethinking the way we see our universities, and why we need them. Stefan Collini challenges the common claim that...(展开全部)

奥普拉·温弗瑞： 通过当代传媒的力量，奥普拉·温弗瑞与世界各地的人们建立了无以伦比的联结。在25年间，作为超高收视率并屡屡获奖的同名脱口秀节目主持人和制片人，奥普拉·温弗瑞启发并鼓励了全球数百万观众。如今的她，由于全球媒体领导者和慈善家的身份，成为了最受人尊重和仰慕的公众人物之一。

This is a collection of the best predictions made by "Popular Mechanics" writers between 1903 and 1969. It features original, visually stunning artwork & a free poster. Each chapter is introduced by astrophysics professor and former NASA advisor Gregory Benford. Between 1903 and 1969, scientists and other experts made hundreds of predictions in "Popular Mechanics" about what th...(展开全部)

Should digital technology be viewed as a new life form, sharing our ecosystem and coevolving with us? Are humans defining technology, or is technology defining humans? In this book, Edward Ashford Lee considers the case that we are less in control of the trajectory of technology than we think. It shapes us as much as we shape it, and it may be more defensible to think of techno...(展开全部)