A New York Times-bestselling author explains how the physical world shaped the history of our species When we talk about human history, we often focus on great leaders, population forces, and decisive wars. But how has the earth itself determined our destiny? Our planet wobbles, driving changes in climate that forced the transition from nomadism to farming. Mountainous terrain ...(展开全部)

路易斯·达特内尔（Lewis Dartnell），莱斯特大学和英国航天局（UKSA）研究员，也是屡获殊荣的科普作家。1980年生于英国伦敦，毕业于牛津大学生物学系，后在伦敦大学学院获得天体生物学博士学位，主要从事天体生物学和火星微生物生命的研究。在科研工作以外，他出版过多部科普作品，包括《宇宙中的生命》《我的太阳系旅游指南》《原点：地球如何塑造我们》等。此外，他经常为《卫报》《泰晤士报》《新科学家》等媒体撰写科普文章，也主持过英国广播公司（BBC）的多档科普节目。

For almost four billion years, microbes had the primordial oceans all to themselves. The stewards of Earth, these organisms transformed the chemistry of our planet to make it habitable for plants, animals, and us. Life's Engines takes readers deep into the microscopic world to explore how these marvelous creatures made life on Earth possible – and how human life today would cea...(展开全部)

In Catching Fire, renowned primatologist Richard Wrangham argues that our evolutionary success is the result of cooking. Once our hominid ancestors began cooking, the human digestive tract shrank and the brain grew; and pair bonding, marriage, the household, and even the sexual division of labor emerged. A pathbreaking theory of human evolution, Catching Fire will fascinate a...(展开全部)

Ever since Darwin and The Descent of Man , the existence of humans has been attributed to our intelligence and adaptability. But in Catching Fire , renowned primatologist Richard Wrangham presents a startling alternative: our evolutionary success is the result of cooking. In a groundbreaking theory of our origins, Wrangham shows that the shift from raw to cooked foods was the...(展开全部)

亚当．罗杰斯，《纽约时报》畅销书作者，《连线》杂志高级记者，曾任麻省理工学院科学新闻项目研究员。作品《酒的科学》（Proof: The Science of Booze）是《纽约时报》2014 年畅销书，获得2014 年国际美食家大奖最佳酒类图书奖，并被亚马逊、《连线》、《卫报》评为2014 年最佳科普图书。

亚当．罗杰斯，《纽约时报》畅销书作者，《连线》杂志高级记者，曾任麻省理工学院科学新闻项目研究员。作品《酒的科学》（Proof: The Science of Booze）是《纽约时报》2014 年畅销书，获得2014 年国际美食家大奖最佳酒类图书奖，并被亚马逊、《连线》、《卫报》评为2014 年最佳科普图书。

Why do three out of four professional football players go bankrupt? How can illiterate jungle dwellers pass a test that tricks Harvard philosophers? And why do billionaires work so hard--only to give their hard-earned money away? When it comes to making decisions, the classic view is that humans are eminently rational. But growing evidence suggests instead that our choices are...(展开全部)