马丁·戴维斯是计算机科学发展史上的先驱人物，其《可计算性与不可解性》一书被誉为计算机科学领域极少数真正的经典著作之一。他是纽约大学库朗数学科学研究所的荣誉退休教授，目前在加州大学伯克利分校做访问学者。

马丁·戴维斯是计算机科学发展史上的先驱人物，其《可计算性与不可解性》一书被誉为计算机科学领域极少数真正的经典著作之一。他是纽约大学库朗数学科学研究所的荣誉退休教授，目前在加州大学伯克利分校做访问学者。

Numbers are an important feature of almost all known cultures. In this detailed anthropological study, Thomas Crump examines how people from a wide range of diverse cultures, and from different historical backgrounds, use and understand numbers. By looking at the logical, psychological and linguistic implications, he analyses how numbers operate within different contexts. The a...(展开全部)

"Numbers in the Dark" is a collection of short stories covering the length of Italo Calvino's extraordinary writing career, from when he was a teenager to shortly before his death. They include witty allegories and wise fables; a town where everything has been forbidden apart from the game of tip-cat; a pitiable tribe watching the flight paths of guided missiles from outside th...(展开全部)

"Numbers in the Dark" is a collection of short stories covering the length of Italo Calvino's extraordinary writing career, from when he was a teenager to shortly before his death. They include witty allegories and wise fables; a town where everything has been forbidden apart from the game of tip-cat; a pitiable tribe watching the flight paths of guided missiles from outside th...(展开全部)

Numbers are an important feature of almost all known cultures. In this detailed anthropological study, Thomas Crump examines how people from a wide range of diverse cultures, and from different historical backgrounds, use and understand numbers. By looking at the logical, psychological and linguistic implications, he analyses how numbers operate within different contexts. The a...(展开全部)

史蒂芬·平克（Steven Pinker） 出生于加拿大蒙特利尔，1976年取得麦吉尔大学心理学学士学位，1979年取得哈佛大学实验心理学博士学位。 1982年—2003年，在麻省理工学院脑与认知科学系任教，并专心研究儿童的语言学习模式，并最终成为麻省理工学院认知神经学中心的掌门人。1994年，他的《语言本能》一经出版，就成为轰动一时的畅销书，并入选《美国科学家》（American Scientist）评出的20世纪100本最佳科学书籍。 2003年，被聘为哈佛大学心理学教授。2008年—2013年，被授予哈佛学院荣誉教授头衔。 2004年，当选《时代》杂志全球100位最有影响力人物。2010年—2011年，两度被《外交政策》杂志评为全球顶尖思想家。在2013年《前景》杂志“最伟大思想家”的评选中，平克名列第3。