From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classes--this is a look at how humans acquire, retain, and pass on information and data, and how technology continues to change our lives and our minds. With the advent of the internet, any topic we want to know about is instantly available with the touch of a smartphone button...(展开全部)

马库斯•杜•桑托伊（Marcus du Sautoy） ◇ 英国皇家学会会士 ◇ 美国数学会会士 ◇ 牛津大学西蒙尼公众理解科学教授 ◇ 大英帝国勋章获得者 ◇ 英国皇家学会迈克尔•法拉第奖获得者 ◇ 伦敦数学协会贝维克奖获得者

乔纳森•海特（Jonathan Haidt） 著名心理学家，TED大会演讲人。 1992年，于宾夕法尼亚大学获得哲学博士学位。 在弗吉尼亚大学心理学系任教16年。自2012年8月起，任职于纽约大学斯特恩商学院，主要研究如何在组织中运用积极心理学和道德心理学。 2001年，荣获坦普尔顿积极心理学奖，该奖项是坦普尔顿基金会设置的一个分支奖。 美国脱口秀节目《科尔伯特报告》（The Colbert Report）嘉宾。该节目被《纽约时报》称为“年度最好的电视节目之一，每周必看的娱乐节目之一”。

作者简介： [英]史蒂芬·康纳 Steven Connor 英国剑桥大学英语系名誉教授以及艺术、社会科学和人文研究中心主任。他的著作繁多，包括《肤之书》（The Book of Skin）、《苍蝇》（Fly）、《空气这种物质：空气的科学与艺术》（The Matter of Air: Science and the Art of the Ethereal）、《运动哲学》（A Philosophy of Sport）、《言外之意：呜咽、闷哼、结巴与其他发声》（Beyond Words: Sobs, Hums, Stutters and Other Vocalizations）。

In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But through our remarkable successes in acquiring knowledge we have learned how much we have yet to learn: the science we have, for example, addresses just 5% of the universe; pre-history is still being revealed, with thousands of historical sites yet to be explored; and the new neu...(展开全部)

2014: A great poem is read aloud and never heard again. For generations, people speculate about its message, but no copy has yet been found. 2119: The lowlands of the UK have been submerged by rising seas. Those who survive are haunted by the richness of the world that has been lost. Tom Metcalfe, an academic at the University of the South Downs, part of Britain’s remaining isl...(展开全部)

"Think Again is a must-read for anyone who wants to create a culture of learning and exploration, whether at home, at work, or at school... In an increasingly divided world, the lessons in this book are more important than ever." --Bill and Melinda Gates The bestselling author of Give and Take and Originals examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your opin...(展开全部)

From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,000 years What does the face of power look like? Who gets commemorated in art and why? And how do we react to statues of politicians we deplore? In this book―against a background of t...(展开全部)

Whether hailed as heroes or cast as threats to social order, entrepreneurs - and their innovations - have had an enormous influence on the growth and prosperity of nations. The "Invention of Enterprise" gathers together, for the first time, leading economic historians to explore the entrepreneur's role in society from antiquity to the present. Addressing social and institutiona...(展开全部)

In Attributing Knowledge, Jody Azzouni challenges philosophical conventions about what it means to know something. He argues that the restrictive conditions philosophers place on knowers only hold in special cases; knowledge can be attributed to babies, sophisticated animals (great apes, orcas), unsophisticated animals (bees), and machinery (drones, driverless cars). Azzouni al...(展开全部)