Why has the West for so long and in so many different ways expressed the idea that the Chinese have a special relationship to cruelty and to physical pain? What can the history of that idea and its expressions teach us about the politics of the West's contemporary relation to China? And what does it tell us about the philosophy of modernity? The Hypothetical Mandarin is, in som...(展开全部)

韩瑞（Eric Hayot） 1972年生，1999年获得威斯康辛大学英语与比较文学博士学位，现为宾夕法尼亚州立大学比较文学与亚洲研究特聘教授。他的研究领域主要涉及中西现当代文学比较研究、文化研究、医疗史研究等领域，在国际学界正崭露头角。

From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask. Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe’s iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of stra...(展开全部)

兰道尔•门罗（Randall Munroe），曾在NASA工作，制造机器人。2006年成为全职网络漫画家，是美国最热门科普漫画网站xkcd的创立者。本书就是他的What If科普问答专栏合集。国际天文学联合会最近将小行星4942命名为“门罗”。如果“门罗小行星”撞上地球，很可能会导致大灭绝。

兰道尔•门罗（Randall Munroe），曾在NASA工作，制造机器人。2006年成为全职网络漫画家，是美国最热门科普漫画网站xkcd的创立者。本书就是他的What If科普问答专栏合集。国际天文学联合会最近将小行星4942命名为“门罗”。如果“门罗小行星”撞上地球，很可能会导致大灭绝。

From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask. Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe’s iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of stra...(展开全部)

WHAT IF... one man decided to answer all the unanswerable questions, using science. The Sunday Times-bestselling author and xkcd creator, Randall Munroe is here to provide the best answers yet to the important questions you probably never thought to ask The millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stra...(展开全部)

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of What If? and How To answers more of the weirdest questions you never thought to ask The millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help. Planning to ride a fire pole from the Moon back to Earth? T...(展开全部)

WHAT IF... one man decided to answer all the unanswerable questions, using science. The Sunday Times-bestselling author and xkcd creator, Randall Munroe is here to provide the best answers yet to the important questions you probably never thought to ask The millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stra...(展开全部)

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of What If? and How To answers more of the weirdest questions you never thought to ask The millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help. Planning to ride a fire pole from the Moon back to Earth? T...(展开全部)