What is memory? It is at the same time ephemeral, unreliable and essential to everything we do. Without memory we lose our sense of identity, reasoning, even our ability to perform simple physical tasks. Yet it is also elusive and difficult to define, and throughout the ages philosophers and psychologists have used metaphors as a way of understanding it. First published in 2000...(展开全部)

"The Mind of a Mnemonist is a rare phenomenon - a scientific study that transcends its data and, in the manner of the best fictional literature, fashions a portrait of an unforgettable human being.

戴维·R.奥尔德罗伊德，澳大利亚新南威尔大学科学史与科学哲学学院名誉教授，澳大利亚人文科学院院士，国际地质学史委员会前秘书长（任期1996-2004年），现任该会副主席。他还是大洋洲科学史、科学哲学和科学社会学会会长，国际科学史研究院通信院士。他因在地质学史研究方面的卓越成就，荣获1994年英国伦敦地质学会颁发的弗里德曼奖章、1999年美国地质学会的科学史研究奖、2003年澳大利亚联邦政府授予的“世纪奖”。奥尔德罗伊德的著作包括《达尔文主义的影响》、《知识之弓》和《高地论占》，主编了《地球之内外——20世纪地质学之主要贡献》等书。

戴维·R.奥尔德罗伊德，澳大利亚新南威尔大学科学史与科学哲学学院名誉教授，澳大利亚人文科学院院士，国际地质学史委员会前秘书长（任期1996-2004年），现任该会副主席。他还是大洋洲科学史、科学哲学和科学社会学会会长，国际科学史研究院通信院士。他因在地质学史研究方面的卓越成就，荣获1994年英国伦敦地质学会颁发的弗里德曼奖章、1999年美国地质学会的科学史研究奖、2003年澳大利亚联邦政府授予的“世纪奖”。奥尔德罗伊德的著作包括《达尔文主义的影响》、《知识之弓》和《高地论占》，主编了《地球之内外——20世纪地质学之主要贡献》等书。

Iran often appears in the media as a hostile and difficult country. But beneath the headlines there is a fascinating story of a nation of great intellectual variety and depth, and enormous cultural importance. A nation whose impact has been tremendous, not only on its neighbours in the Middle East but on the world as a whole - and through ideas and creativity rather than by the...(展开全部)

Prospect “His account of modern Iranian politics and culture is more gripping than most novels…. Consistently intelligent, notably up to date and lucidly written.”

Iran often appears in the media as a hostile and difficult country. But beneath the headlines there is a fascinating story of a nation of great intellectual variety and depth, and enormous cultural importance. A nation whose impact has been tremendous, not only on its neighbours in the Middle East but on the world as a whole - and through ideas and creativity rather than by the...(展开全部)

Prospect “His account of modern Iranian politics and culture is more gripping than most novels…. Consistently intelligent, notably up to date and lucidly written.”

Human cultures generate meanings, and the history of ideas, broadly conceived, is the study of these meanings. An adequate theory of culture must therefore rest on a suitable philosophical enquiry into the nature of the history of ideas. Mark Bevir's book explores the forms of reasoning appropriate to the history of ideas, enhancing our understanding by grappling with central q...(展开全部)