Have you ever wondered why we stop to watch the orange glow that arrives before sunset or why we flock to see cherry blossoms bloom in spring? Is there a reason that people--regardless of gender, age, culture, or ethnicity--are mesmerized by baby animals and can't help but smile when they see a burst of confetti or a cluster of colorful balloons? We are often made to feel that ...(展开全部)

New insights into the microbiome, epigenetics, and cognition are radically challenging our very idea of what it means to be 'human', while an explosion of neo-materialist thinking in the humanities has fostered a renewed appreciation of the formative powers of a dynamic material environment. The Matter of History brings these scientific and humanistic ideas together to develop ...(展开全部)

Edward Slingerland（森舸澜教授） 现任英属哥伦比亚大学亚洲研究教授、中国思想与涉身认知研究所所长、哲学与心理学会成员、宗教历史数据库主任。 曾就读普林斯顿、斯坦福、加州大学伯克利分校，精研中国古代思想，功底深厚，是东西方哲学宗教思想比较、认知科学等领域的世界知名专家。 主要研究方向：战国时期中国哲学思想、宗教思想比较、认知科学与宗教演变、认知语言学（概念整合隐喻理论）、伦理学（德性伦理学、道德心理学）、进化心理学、人文与自然科学的关系、古典汉语等。森舸澜曾发表一大批学术文章，出版多部专著，如《科学与人文科学》（What Science Offers the Humanities）等，还翻译出版了孔子的《论语》（Analects）等。

For lovers of facts, students of popular culture, history buffs, and science enthusiasts, the fascinating stories behind 500 everyday items, expressions, and customs--from Kleenex to steak sauce, Barbie Dolls to honeymoons.

In this trenchant volume, Rollo May helps all of us find those creative impulses that, once liberated, offer new possibilities for achievement. A renowned therapist and inspiring guide, Dr. May draws on his experience to show how we can break out of old patterns in our lives. His insightful book offers us a way through our fears into a fully realized self. 点击链接进入中文版： 创造的勇气...(展开全部)

We like to think of ourselves as rational. This idea is the foundation for classical economic analysis of human behavior, including the awesome achievements of game theory. But as behavioral economics shows, most behavior doesn’t seem rational at all—which, unfortunately, to cast doubt on game theory’s real-world credibility. InHidden Games,Moshe Hoffman and Erez Yoeli find a s...(展开全部)

It's the latest book of Eric Klinenberg, published in February 2012 by Penguin Press. Eric Klinenberg is an American sociologist and a scholar of urban studies, culture, and media. This book talks bout the recent rise of living-alone-lifestyle in the United States.

A revelatory examination of the most significant demographic shift since the Baby Boom—the sharp increase in the number of people who live alone—that offers surprising insights on the benefits of this epochal change In 1950, only 22 percent of American adults were single. Today, more than 50 percent of American adults are single, and 31 million—roughly one out of every seven ad...(展开全部)

What is it about the top tech product companies such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Netflix and Tesla that enables their record of consistent innovation? Most people think it’s because these companies are somehow able to find and attract a level of talent that makes this innovation possible. But the real advantage these companies have is not so much who they hire, but rather how the...(展开全部)