When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Fungi provide a key to understanding the planet on which we live, and the ways we think, feel, and behave. In Entangle...(展开全部)

When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Fungi provide a key to understanding the planet on which we live, and the ways we think, feel, and behave. In Entangle...(展开全部)

Neither plant nor animal, it is found throughout the earth, the air and our bodies. It can be microscopic, yet also accounts for the largest organism ever recorded – covering ten square kilometres, weighing 35,000 tons and estimated to be over 2,000 years old. Its ability to digest rock enabled the first life on land, and for 40 million years its towering structures dominated e...(展开全部)

Neither plant nor animal, it is found throughout the earth, the air and our bodies. It can be microscopic, yet also accounts for the largest organism ever recorded – covering ten square kilometres, weighing 35,000 tons and estimated to be over 2,000 years old. Its ability to digest rock enabled the first life on land, and for 40 million years its towering structures dominated e...(展开全部)

作者简介 菲奥娜·麦卡锡（1940—2020），英国知名传记作家、艺术史学家。尤以19—20世纪艺术和设计史研究为专长。著有《拜伦传 : 传记与传奇》《最后的拉斐尔前派：爱德华·伯恩-琼斯传》《埃里克·吉尔传》《格罗皮乌斯：包豪斯缔造者》等，广获奖誉。菲奥娜是英国皇家艺术学院高级研究员，皇家文学会会员，牛津大学玛格 丽特·霍尔夫人学会荣誉会员；2009年获赐英帝国官佐勋衔（OBE）。 —————————————— 译者简介 彭凌玲，武汉大学美学博士，大连理工大学建筑与艺术学院副教授。

 进化生物学先驱，蚂蚁研究方面的权威，殿堂级的科学巨星，有 “社会生物学之父”“当代达尔文”之称。  哈佛大学荣誉教授，哈佛大学昆虫馆荣誉馆长。  提出了生物多样性、知识大融通等概念，创立了岛屿生物地理学、社会生物学等学科。  累计获得过100多项国际大奖，其中包括美国国家科学奖、“生态学诺贝尔奖”克拉福德奖等。被《时代周刊》评为“对当代美国影响最大的25位美国人”之一。  截至目前出版了20余部权威著作，代表作有《社会生物学》《论人性》《蚂蚁》等，两度问鼎普利策奖。

Half-Earth resoundingly concludes the best-selling trilogy begun by The Social Conquest of Earth and The Meaning of Human Existence, a National Book Award finalist. History is not a prerogative of the human species, Edward O. Wilson declares in Half-Earth, a brave work that becomes a radical redefinition of human history. Demonstrating that we blindly ignore the histories of mi...(展开全部)

How should you live? Should you devote yourself to perfecting a single talent or try to live a balanced life? Should you lighten up and have more fun, or buckle down and try to achieve greatness? Should you try to be a better friend? Should you be self-critical or self-accepting? And how should you decide among the possibilities open to you? Should you consult experts, li...(展开全部)

For centuries, agricultural practices have eroded the soil that farming depends on, stripping it of the organic matter vital to its productivity. Now conventional agriculture is threatening disaster for the world’s growing population. In Growing a Revolution, geologist David R. Montgomery travels the world, meeting farmers at the forefront of an agricultural movement to restore...(展开全部)