An “exhilarating” (Irish Times) and “ambitious” (The Guardian) account of the ancient inheritance that made us who we are―and is now driving us to ruin. Why do humans everywhere believe in ghosts? How might our tendency to imitate one another be contributing to the climate catastrophe? And does our deep evolutionary past impel us to vote for strongmen? In 1987 Harvey Whitehouse...(展开全部)

The ancient inheritance that made us who we are—and is now driving us to ruin. Each of us is endowed with an inheritance—a set of evolved biases and cultural tools that shape every facet of our behavior. For countless generations, this inheritance has taken us to ever greater heights: driving the rise of more sophisticated technologies, more organized religions, more expansive ...(展开全部)

The ancient inheritance that made us who we are—and is now driving us to ruin. Each of us is endowed with an inheritance—a set of evolved biases and cultural tools that shape every facet of our behavior. For countless generations, this inheritance has taken us to ever greater heights: driving the rise of more sophisticated technologies, more organized religions, more expansive ...(展开全部)

An “exhilarating” (Irish Times) and “ambitious” (The Guardian) account of the ancient inheritance that made us who we are―and is now driving us to ruin. Why do humans everywhere believe in ghosts? How might our tendency to imitate one another be contributing to the climate catastrophe? And does our deep evolutionary past impel us to vote for strongmen? In 1987 Harvey Whitehouse...(展开全部)

An “exhilarating” (Irish Times) and “ambitious” (The Guardian) account of the ancient inheritance that made us who we are—and is now driving us to ruin. Why do humans everywhere believe in ghosts? How might our tendency to imitate one another be contributing to the climate catastrophe? And does our deep evolutionary past impel us to vote for strongmen? In 1987 Harvey Whitehouse...(展开全部)

This clearly written and engrossing book presents a global narrative of the origins of the modern world from 1400 to the present. Unlike most studies, which assume that the “rise of the West” is the story of the coming of the modern world, this history, drawing upon new scholarship on Asia, Africa, and the New World and upon the maturing field of environmental history, construc...(展开全部)

This clearly written and engrossing book presents a global narrative of the origins of the modern world from 1400 to the present. Unlike most studies, which assume that the “rise of the West” is the story of the coming of the modern world, this history, drawing upon new scholarship on Asia, Africa, and the New World and upon the maturing field of environmental history, construc...(展开全部)

This clearly written and engrossing book presents a global narrative of the origins of the modern world from 1400 to the present. Unlike most studies, which assume that the “rise of the West” is the story of the coming of the modern world, this history, drawing upon new scholarship on Asia, Africa, and the New World and upon the maturing field of environmental history, construc...(展开全部)

乔纳森·罗森伯格，南佛罗里达大学心理学副教授，情绪和情感实验室负责人。他的文章发表在《科学美国人》（科普杂志）《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》等知名杂志上。2013年，罗森伯格发起了走出黑暗的运动，倡导全国范围内开展有关抑郁的对话。

赫伯特·巴特菲尔德，英国著名历史学家，基督教思想家，剑桥大学现代史钦定讲座教授，20世纪“剑桥学派”的代表人物。主要著作有《历史的辉格解释》《基督教与历史》《现代科学的起源》等。 张卜天，1979年生，中国科技大学物理学学士，北京大学科技哲学博士，现为中国科学院大学哲学系副教授。研究方向为西方中世纪和近代早期科学思想史。著有《质的量化与运动的量化——14世纪经院自然哲学的运动学初探》，“机械论的起源、演变及其问题研究”课题获得2011年国家社会科学基金青年项目资助。主编“科学源流译丛”“科学史译丛”。主要译有《大问题——简明哲学导论》《韦洛克拉丁语教程》《世界图景的机械化》《现代性的神学起源》《科学革命的编史学研究》等30余部著作。