Italian courts and churches began employing castrato singers in the late sixteenth century. By the eighteenth century, the singers occupied a celebrity status on the operatic stage. Constructed through surgical alteration and further modified by rigorous training, castrati inhabited human bodies that had been “mechanized” to produce sounds in ways that unmechanized bodies could...(展开全部)

AGI - New Voice Editor+Design: Jianping He Staff: Hongbiao Zhao, Tim Fessner Measures: 21 x 15 Place and date: Berlin, 2006 Publisher: Hesign Publishing Berlin, Germany ISBN: 3-9810544-5-8 Description: featuring the AGI New members 2004/2005 with their work and reports about AGI Congress in Beijing (2004) and Berlin (2005). Photo by Phillip Birau (Berlin) 2007

From the critically acclaimed author of Solaris comes a classic sci-fi tale about scientists who must decode a message from intelligent beings in outer space—for fans of Arrival By pure chance, scientists detect a signal from space that may be communication from rational beings. How can people of Earth understand this message, knowing nothing about the senders—including whethe...(展开全部)

A pulsating stream of neutrino radiation from a source with the power of a sun has been detected on earth and a team of scientists assembled to study and decode the mysterious message. As the scientists wranle among themselves, clashing and conspiring while jockeying for favor and position, Lem produces a witty and inventive satire of “men of science” and their thinking. In the...(展开全部)

Originally published in 1968, His Master's Voice is a transitional work between Stanislaw Lem's more or less straightforward science fiction of the earlier years and the searching, difficult, and frequently experimental works of later decades. The novel takes the form of a posthumously published diary by an eminent mathematician, Peter Hogarth, a key participant in the His Mast...(展开全部)

伊桑·克罗斯（Ethan Kross），实验心理学家兼神经科学家，控制大脑意识的专家，密歇根大学罗斯商学院的获奖教授。2008年，他在密歇根大学创立了“情绪与自我控制实验室”，研究内省科学，探究人们的自我对话如何影响他们的健康、表现、决策和人际关系。他把自己的工作称为“大脑的修理工”，即使用心理学和其他学科－医学、哲学、生物学和计算机科学来解决情绪和思维产生的问题。 他曾参与美国白宫的政策讨论，其开创性的研究文章曾发表于《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《纽约客》《哈佛商业评论》《经济学人》《大西洋月刊》《福布斯》《时代》等。 目前他与妻子和两个女儿住在美国。

An award-winning psychologist reveals the hidden power of our inner voice and shows how we can harness it to live a healthier, more satisfying, and more productive life. “This book is going to fundamentally change some of the most important conversations in your life—the ones you have with yourself.”—Adam Grant, bestselling author of Give and Take One of the best new books of t...(展开全部)

An award-winning psychologist reveals the hidden power of our inner voice and shows how we can harness it to live a healthier, more satisfying, and more productive life. “This book is going to fundamentally change some of the most important conversations in your life—the ones you have with yourself.”—Adam Grant, bestselling author of Give and Take One of the best new books of t...(展开全部)

How can a voice whose source is never seen--such as Hal in 2001: A Space Odyssey or the mother of Norman Bates in Psycho--have such a powerful hold on an audience? When does "synchronized sound" fail to link bodies to their voices, and how do such great stylists of sound film as Jacques Tati, Kenji Mizoguchi, and Marguerite Duras deploy the power of the voice? In this brillia...(展开全部)

第五卷继续讲述了石田将也和西宫硝子的故事。在经历了过去的紧张关系后，将也开始接受曾经欺负硝子的朋友们。暑假期间，他们一起拍摄友人永束的古怪电影。每一天都充满了欢乐，但将也的内心仍然充满了疑虑，他努力抓住那些珍贵的瞬间，不让它们从指缝中溜走。 这本书通过细腻的情感描写和深刻的主题，探讨了友谊、悔恨和自我救赎。