Science is no quiet life. Imagination, creativity, ambition, and conflict are as vital and abundant in science as in artistic endeavors. In this collection of essays, the Nobel Prize-winning protein chemist Max Perutz writes about the pursuit of scientific knowledge, which he sees as an enterprise providing not just new facts but cause for reflection and revelation, as in a poe...(展开全部)

Succinct bits of wise, practical, optimistic life advice from author, leading technology thinker, and cofounder of Wired magazine Kevin Kelly On his sixty-eighth birthday, Kevin Kelly wrote down for his young adult son some things he had learned about relationships, business, and life that he wished he had known earlier. To his surprise, he had more to say than he thought, so h...(展开全部)

Succinct bits of wise, practical, optimistic life advice from author, leading technology thinker, and cofounder of Wired magazine Kevin Kelly On his sixty-eighth birthday, Kevin Kelly wrote down for his young adult son some things he had learned about relationships, business, and life that he wished he had known earlier. To his surprise, he had more to say than he thought, so h...(展开全部)

When we view a work of art, we often experience an emotional response, but the causes of our reactions are complex. Our knowledge of why we respond to art as we do is rooted in science—in psychology and biology. Eric R. Kandel traces the origins of this understanding to early twentieth-century Vienna, which gave rise to the concept of the “beholder’s share,” the realization tha...(展开全部)

I Wish I Could Tell You is a touching, poetic tale that wrestles with the complex emotions we feel when we lose someone close to us, from an award-winning children's book author. Losing someone you love, someone close to you, can be difficult to talk about. But sometimes writing a letter can help you find the words you wish you could say. That’s exactly what a young fox realiz...(展开全部)

"Most people spend far more time in preparation for their vocation than they do in preparation for marriage,” No wonder the divorce rate hovers around fifty percent. Bestselling author and marriage counselor, Gary Chapman, hopes to change that with his newest book. Gary, with more than 35 years of counseling couples, believes that divorce is the lack of preparation for marria...(展开全部)

"Most people spend far more time in preparation for their vocation than they do in preparation for marriage,” No wonder the divorce rate hovers around fifty percent. Bestselling author and marriage counselor, Gary Chapman, hopes to change that with his newest book. Gary, with more than 35 years of counseling couples, believes that divorce is the lack of preparation for marria...(展开全部)

Bryan Caplan, Professor of Economics at George Mason University, and New York Times Bestselling Author of Open Borders, The Myth of the Rational Voter, Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids, and The Case Against Education, blogged for EconLog from 2005-2022. His latest book combines the very best of his EconLog writings on voter irrationality. The main cause of bad policy... is bad...(展开全部)

朱尔·昂利·彭加勒（Jules Henri Poincaré，1854-1912）是法国著名的数学家、天文学家、物理学家和科学哲学家，他以其出众的才华、渊博的学识、广泛的研究和杰出的贡献赢得了国际性的声誉。 昂利·彭加勒1854年4月29日生于法国南希。他的父亲是一位第一流的生理学家兼医生、南希医科大学教授。他的母亲是一位善良、机敏、聪明的女性。他的叔父曾当过国家道路桥梁部的检查官。他的堂弟雷蒙·彭加勒（Raymond Poincaré）曾几度组阁，任总理兼外交部长，并于1913年1月至1920年初任法兰西第三共和国第九届总统。 昂利·彭加勒自幼受到良好的家庭教育，很早就对自然、历史和经典名著表现出极大的兴趣。15岁时，他深深地爱上了数学。1872至1875年，他在巴黎高等工业学校学习。从该校毕业后，年方21岁的彭加勒又进入国立高等矿业学校深造，打算...(展开全部)

Written by one of the prominent scholars in the field, this concise, up-to-date text provides a carefully balanced introduction to core topics in the four subfields of general anthropology - physical anthropology, archeology, linguistics, and cultural anthropology - as well as contemporary changes in the field. Since no single or monolithic theoretical perspective orients this ...(展开全部)