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)

「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)

Published in conjunction with the History Channel and the BBC, this prizewinning volume, now back in print, contains previously unpublished material and photographs documenting the reality of life under Nazi rule and the evolution of the ruthless slaughter of millions of people in Germany. In this handsome edition, BBC producer and renowned historian Laurence Rees has collected...(展开全部)

During the past 16 years, acclaimed author and documentary-maker, Laurence Rees has met and interviewed a large number of former Nazis, and his unique insights into the Nazi psyche and the Second World War have received enormous praise. Following the success of Rees's bestselling "Auschwitz", this substantially revised and updated edition of "The Nazis - A Warning from History"...(展开全部)

Multiple award winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman returns to dazzle, captivate, haunt, and entertain with this third collection of short fiction following Smoke and Mirrors and Fragile Things—which includes a never-before published American Gods story, “Black Dog,” written exclusively for this volume. In this new anthology, Neil Gaiman pierces the veil of...(展开全部)

The hero of The Poet and The Scarecrow is back in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. Jack McEvoy, the journalist who never backs down, tracks a serial killer who has been operating completely under the radar--until now. Veteran reporter Jack McEvoy has taken down killers before, but when a woman he had a one-night stand with is murdered...(展开全部)

The Nobel Prize-winning physicist describes the quest for a unifying theory of nature--one that explains events such as the pull of gravity and the cohesion inside of an atom. By the author of The First Three Minutes. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

The Nobel Prize-winning physicist describes the quest for a unifying theory of nature--one that explains events such as the pull of gravity and the cohesion inside of an atom. By the author of The First Three Minutes. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

S·温伯格 1933年出生，1954年毕业于康奈尔大学。1979年因弱电统一理论与格拉肖和萨拉姆分享当年诺贝尔物理学奖。他是美国科学院院士、文学和科学院士，英国皇家学会外籍会员，国际天文学会会员，美国哲学和科学史学会会员，美国中世纪学会会员。曾任美国军备控制和裁军机构顾问，美国防御分析研究所顾问等职。他的《广义相对论与引力论》、《最初三分钟》等书曾风行世界。