【作者简介】 弗雷德•斯皮尔（Fred Spier）,国际大历史协会创始人之一，曾任该协会主席，大历史学派理论重要的贡献者，荷兰阿姆斯特丹大学高级讲师（Senior Lecturer）。最初研习生物化学，后转向文化人类学和社会史，全身心投入到大历史研究和普及事业中。1994年至2016年在阿姆斯特丹大学组织并教授大历史课程；2003年至2013年在埃因霍温理工大学开办大历史系列讲座；2009年至2018年在阿姆斯特丹大学学院开办大历史课程。斯皮尔进行了广泛的学术研究，包括植物的遗传操作、秘鲁的宗教，政治和生态。已出版《秘鲁的宗教制度》（Religious Regimes in Peru）、《大历史的结构：从大爆炸到今天》（The Structure of Big History: From the Big Bang until Today）、《大历史...(展开全部)

Big History and the Future of Humanity presents an original theoretical approach that makes “big history” – the placing of the human past within the history of life, the Earth, and the Universe -- accessible to general readers while revealing insights into what the future may hold for humanity. Provides an accessible and original overview of the entire sweep of history that pla...(展开全部)

Big History and the Future of Humanity presents an original theoretical approach that makes “big history” – the placing of the human past within the history of life, the Earth, and the Universe -- accessible to general readers while revealing insights into what the future may hold for humanity. Provides an accessible and original overview of the entire sweep of history that pla...(展开全部)

Innovators of all stripes―like Airbnb and Uber―are increasingly using new technological capabilities to circumvent traditional regulatory systems, or at least put pressure on public policymakers to reform laws and regulations that are outmoded, inefficient, or illogical. Other disruptive innovators are emerging in other fields using technologies as wide-ranging as 3-D printers,...(展开全部)

Continued public outcries over such issues as young models in sexually suggestive ads and intimate relationships between teachers and students speak to one of the most controversial fears of our time: the entanglement of children and sexuality. In this book, Steven Angelides confronts that fear, exploring how emotional vocabularies of anxiety, shame, and even contempt not only ...(展开全部)

A riveting tale of the battle over genetically engineered foods, and an inside look at a biotech food empire. Ultimately a story of idealism, and conflicting dreams about the shape of a better world. Softcover.

A riveting tale of the battle over genetically engineered foods, and an inside look at a biotech food empire. Ultimately a story of idealism, and conflicting dreams about the shape of a better world. Softcover.

Traditional network television programming has always followed the same script: executives approve a pilot, order a trial number of episodes, and broadcast them, expecting viewers to watch a given show on their television sets at the same time every week. But then came Netflix's House of Cards. Netflix gauged the show's potential from data it had gathered about subscribers' pre...(展开全部)