John von Neumann invented the digital computer, played a key role in the development of the atom bomb, constructed a branch of mathematics known as game theory, and became a defender of a movement to bomb the Russians before they could bomb us. Now comes a biography of this controversial genius and an exploration of his greatest idea--one that nearly triggered a nuclear war in ...(展开全部)

John von Neumann invented the digital computer, played a key role in the development of the atom bomb, constructed a branch of mathematics known as game theory, and became a defender of a movement to bomb the Russians before they could bomb us. Now comes a biography of this controversial genius and an exploration of his greatest idea--one that nearly triggered a nuclear war in ...(展开全部)

埃德蒙德·西尔斯·摩根（1916-2013），美国著名历史学家，主要研究美国早期历史。生前是耶鲁大学教授，在耶鲁执教31年，一生从事美国殖民史及相关英国史的研究。 摩根一生著述颇丰，获奖无数，包括美国历史学家协会颁发的历史写作终身成就奖巴顿奖，普利策终身成就奖，以及美国艺术与文学学院颁发的终身成就金奖。主要著作有《可见圣徒：一个清教观念的历史》、《罗杰·威廉斯：国家与教会》、《逃离英格兰：约翰·温思罗普传》、《美国奴隶，美国自由》等。 译者，张瑞华，南京师范大学外国语学院教授，主要从事美国文明与英美文学研究。出版专著《清教与美国——美国精神的寻根之旅》、《菲利普·拉夫》（纽约知识分子论丛）、《美国通史》，参与编写《美国文明读本》等，发表学术论文二十余篇。

埃德蒙德·西尔斯·摩根（1916-2013），美国著名历史学家，主要研究美国早期历史。生前是耶鲁大学教授，在耶鲁执教31年，一生从事美国殖民史及相关英国史的研究。 摩根一生著述颇丰，获奖无数，包括美国历史学家协会颁发的历史写作终身成就奖巴顿奖，普利策终身成就奖，以及美国艺术与文学学院颁发的终身成就金奖。主要著作有《可见圣徒：一个清教观念的历史》、《罗杰·威廉斯：国家与教会》、《逃离英格兰：约翰·温思罗普传》、《美国奴隶，美国自由》等。 译者，张瑞华，南京师范大学外国语学院教授，主要从事美国文明与英美文学研究。出版专著《清教与美国——美国精神的寻根之旅》、《菲利普·拉夫》（纽约知识分子论丛）、《美国通史》，参与编写《美国文明读本》等，发表学术论文二十余篇。

When Professor Isidore Cantor reveals his latest breakthrough in cancer research, the scientific community is galvanized. Cantor's most promising research fellow, Dr. Jeremiah Stafford, has only to conduct the experiment that will prove the brilliant hypothesis and win cantor the Nobel Prize. But how far will the young assistant go to guarantee the results?

From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, a passionate, provocative, blisteringly smart interrogation of how we make and experience art in the age of #MeToo, and of the link between genius and monstrosity. In this unflinching, deeply personal book that expands on her instantly viral Paris Review essay, "What Do We Do with...(展开全部)

When Professor Isidore Cantor reveals his latest breakthrough in cancer research, the scientific community is galvanized. Cantor's most promising research fellow, Dr. Jeremiah Stafford, has only to conduct the experiment that will prove the brilliant hypothesis and win cantor the Nobel Prize. But how far will the young assistant go to guarantee the results?

From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, a passionate, provocative, blisteringly smart interrogation of how we make and experience art in the age of #MeToo, and of the link between genius and monstrosity. In this unflinching, deeply personal book that expands on her instantly viral Paris Review essay, "What Do We Do with...(展开全部)

In "Psychology and the Human Dilemma," Rollo May, the distinguished psychoanalyst, presents his penetrating views of the conflicts involved in being a person in our modern socitey. Here he deals with man's loss of identity in the contemporary world, the sources of his anxiety, and the ultimate paradox of the concepts of freedom and responsibility. Even as he acknowledges that t...(展开全部)