From intelligence to emotion, for centuries science has told us that men and women are fundamentally different. But this is not the whole story. Shedding light on controversial research and investigating the ferocious gender wars in biology, psychology and anthropology, Angela Saini takes readers on an eye-opening journey to uncover how women are being rediscovered. She explore...(展开全部)

What science has gotten so shamefully wrong about women, and the fight, by both female and male scientists, to rewrite what we thought we knew For hundreds of years it was common sense: women were the inferior sex. Their bodies were weaker, their minds feebler, their role subservient. No less a scientist than Charles Darwin asserted that women were at a lower stage of evolution...(展开全部)

What science has gotten so shamefully wrong about women, and the fight, by both female and male scientists, to rewrite what we thought we knew For hundreds of years it was common sense: women were the inferior sex. Their bodies were weaker, their minds feebler, their role subservient. No less a scientist than Charles Darwin asserted that women were at a lower stage of evolution...(展开全部)

作者简介 安吉拉·萨伊尼，牛津大学工程学硕士，麻省理工大学研究员，英国科学记者、节目主持人，曾出版：《极客帝国：一个宅在实验室里的古怪民族如何撼动世界》。同时为《科学》《连线》《卫报》《新科学家》等各大刊物供稿。她也是BBC电台的节目主持人，曾获得由英国科学作家协会和美国科学进步协会颁发的奖项，并被评为欧洲年度科学记者。 译者简介 李贯峰，华东师范大学哲学博士，任教于中国计量大学人文与外语学院哲学研究所。译著有：《情感的演化：20世纪情绪心理学简史》《从柏拉图到维尼熊 : 哲学经典导读》《人文科学宏大理论的回归》《厕所里的哲学》《大卫·休谟：启蒙与怀疑》。

【作者】阿方索·马丁内斯·阿里亚斯（Alfonso Martinez Arias） 发育生物学家，西班牙庞培法布拉大学教授。曾任英国剑桥大学遗传学系教授十余年，为《自然》《科学》《细胞科学杂志》等期刊定期审稿。因其对英国发育生物学的贡献，于2012年获得了英国发育生物学协会颁发的沃丁顿奖章。 【译者】祝锦杰 北京大学医学学士，香港浸会大学翻译与双语交流专业硕士。《环球科学》《好奇号》译者，已出版译著有《哥德尔传》《神秘的量子生命》《人人都该懂的遗传学》《人人都该懂的克隆技术》等。

"What defines who we are? For decades, the biological answer has been our genes. In The Master Builder, leading biologist Alfonso Martinez Arias breaks with decades of scientific and popular tradition to make a bold argument: what defines us is our cells. Drawing on new research from his lab and others, Martinez Arias reveals that we are composed of a thrillingly complex, const...(展开全部)

With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson--the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent --brilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), to the fine lost art of swearing, Bryson tells the fascinating, often uproa...(展开全部)

With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson--the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent --brilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), to the fine lost art of swearing, Bryson tells the fascinating, often uproa...(展开全部)

hrough the compelling stories of three American teenagers living abroad and attending the world’s top-notch public high schools, an investigative reporter explains how these systems cultivate the “smartest” kids on the planet. How Do Other Countries Create “Smarter” Kids? In a handful of nations, virtually all children are learning to make complex arguments and solve problems t...(展开全部)

In this expanded edition, Wheatley provides examples of how non-linear networks and self-organizing systems are flourishing in the modern world. In the midst of turbulence, Wheatley shows, we create work and lives rich in meaning.