A watershed book that masterfully integrates insights from evolutionary biology, genetics, psychology, economics, and more to explore the development and workings of human societies “There is no good reason why human societies should not be described and explained with the same precision and success as the rest of nature.” Thus argues evolutionary psychologist Pascal Boyer in t...(展开全部)

From prompting a transition from hunter-gatherer, to an agrarian lifestyle in ancient Mesopotamia, to bankrolling Britain's imperialist conquests, strategic taxation and the regulation of beer has played a pivotal role throughout history. Beeronomics: How Beer Explains the World tells these stories, and many others, whilst also exploring the key innovations that propelled the i...(展开全部)

From prompting a transition from hunter-gatherer, to an agrarian lifestyle in ancient Mesopotamia, to bankrolling Britain's imperialist conquests, strategic taxation and the regulation of beer has played a pivotal role throughout history. Beeronomics: How Beer Explains the World tells these stories, and many others, whilst also exploring the key innovations that propelled the i...(展开全部)

汤姆·奇弗斯（Tom Chivers） 著名科普作者、出版人，他擅长解释复杂理论在日常生活中的实际应用，因而成为了科学写作领域广受欢迎的作家之一。2018年、2020年两次获得皇家统计学会卓越奖；2021年荣获英国科学作家协会的年度科学记者奖。

汤姆·奇弗斯（Tom Chivers） 著名科普作者、出版人，他擅长解释复杂理论在日常生活中的实际应用，因而成为了科学写作领域广受欢迎的作家之一。2018年、2020年两次获得皇家统计学会卓越奖；2021年荣获英国科学作家协会的年度科学记者奖。

In treating memory as a cultural rather than an individual faculty, this book provides an account of how bodily practices are transmitted in, and as, traditions. Most studies of memory as a cultural faculty focus on written, or inscribed transmissions of memories. Paul Connerton, on the other hand, concentrates on bodily (or incorporated) practices, and so questions the current...(展开全部)

"The Evolutionary World" presents a new argument for evolution's broader importance. Adaptation plays a role not only in the development of new species but the development of human civilization, and by understanding how evolutionary theory has played out in areas such as our economic system, our preparation for catastrophes, and even the development of communities, we can learn...(展开全部)

"The Evolutionary World" presents a new argument for evolution's broader importance. Adaptation plays a role not only in the development of new species but the development of human civilization, and by understanding how evolutionary theory has played out in areas such as our economic system, our preparation for catastrophes, and even the development of communities, we can learn...(展开全部)