「人文科學已經發展了一段時日，我們走過的路程預示了當往之方向。所有的過去僅是一個開始的開始；所有人類心智的成就僅是甦醒前的夢。」這是年輕威爾斯(H. G. Wells)在上個世紀的一段預言式風格的講演。他還強調了全球災難性的危機：「為何不會有某些事物把人類的種族及歷史毀滅殆盡？……某種來自太空的物體、瘟疫、空氣中的惡疾、隨彗星而來的毒素、地球內部噴發的氣體、新物種把我們當作獵物、藥物，或者人類的心智陷入毀滅性的瘋狂狀態。」對科學悲觀的他如果至今依然在世，眼前更甚於以往的科學進展恐怕更會讓他憂心忡忡。二十一世紀遺傳學、機器人學，以及奈米科技固然勾勒出令人興奮的前景，但新發現的影響良窳互見，科學強大力量所引發的威脅，真實得令人不安，而且不斷尖銳化。擺在眼前的事實是：人類不僅具備了以核戰毀滅文明的能力，並逐漸獲得同樣致命的生物學專業知識。電腦網路的風險威脅...(展开全部)

From world-renowned astrophysicist Sir Martin Rees, a timely, brisk, and alarming look at the way today's technology could spell the end of tomorrow. Bolstered by unassailable science and delivered in eloquent style, Our Final Hour 's provocative argument that humanity has a mere 50-50 chance of surviving the next century has struck a chord with readers, reviewers, and opinio...(展开全部)

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雷蒙德·布里格斯，1934年出生于英国伦敦南郊的一个工人家庭，15岁进入温布尔顿艺术学校，接受正规的艺术教育。作品丰富，曾两次获得凯特·格林威大奖，并获得过荷兰银画笔奖、英国弗朗西斯·威廉奖等多项大奖。作品被翻译成多种文字，并被改编成动画片。

"In a sequence of enchanting vignettes, Father Christmas makes careful preparations for his annual sleigh ride. . . . One of the most irresistible yuletide books to appear in many years."--Horn Book. A Kate Greenaway Medal Book.

Luigi Zoja views the origin and evolution of the father from a Jungian perspective. He argues that the father's role in bringing up children is a social construction that has been subject to change throughout history - and looks at the consequences of this, along with the crisis facing fatherhood today. The Father will be welcomed by people from a wide variety of disciplines, i...(展开全部)

Mark Strand is the author of nine books of poems, including Blizzard of One , winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize. He was the Poet Laureate of the United States in 1990, and currently teaches at the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. He lives in Chicago.

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The family routine is upset during Ramona's year in second-grade when her father unexpectedly loses his job.

Ramona Quimby is a character intimately known by Beverly Cleary readers. In this story of Ramona's year in second grade they will come to know Mr. Quimby equally well. As it opens he loses his job without warning, and Ramona's seven-year-old view of this all-too-frequently family crisis rings every change of mood from tears to laughter.Not surprisingly, Ramona takes an active h...(展开全部)