Rules order almost every aspect of our lives. They set our work hours, dictate how we drive and set the table, tell us whether to offer an extended hand or cheek in greeting, and organize the rites of life, from birth through death. We may chafe under the rules we have, and yearn for ones we don’t, yet no culture could do without them. In Rules, historian Lorraine Daston traces...(展开全部)

洛兰·达斯顿是马克斯·普朗克科学史研究所荣誉院长。她的作品涉猎科学史的诸多话题，包括概率统计史、早期现代科学奇迹、科学事实的出现、科学模型、科学探究的对象、自然的道德权威和科学客观性的历史。近期出版书籍包括《反自然》（Gegen die Natur，2018；英文版，Against Nature, 2019），《档案馆里的科学》（Science in the Archives，2017）和《理性是如何疯掉的》（2014）。 达斯顿目前的研究方向包括规则史、现代性在科学史上的意义、19世纪末以来科学领域的国际治理，以及道德和自然秩序之间的关系。达斯顿获得过辉瑞奖（1989年，《启蒙时期的古代概率论》）和萨顿科学史学会奖章、巴伐利亚科学院谢林奖、格丁根科学院的利钦伯格奖章、比勒费尔德大学卢曼奖，以及普林斯顿大学和希伯来大学荣誉博士学位。2018年，她获得...(展开全部)

This monograph by the award-winning Dutch-born photographer Sassen features photographs from throughout West and East Africa. Sassen's overriding theme is parasomnia, a sleep disorder involving strange movements, behaviours, emotions, and dreams. The otherworldly feel of these photographs, involving both human and inanimate subjects, aptly conveys an altered-consciousness point...(展开全部)

洛兰·达斯顿是马克斯·普朗克科学史研究所荣誉院长。她的作品涉猎科学史的诸多话题，包括概率统计史、早期现代科学奇迹、科学事实的出现、科学模型、科学探究的对象、自然的道德权威和科学客观性的历史。近期出版书籍包括《反自然》（Gegen die Natur，2018；英文版，Against Nature, 2019），《档案馆里的科学》（Science in the Archives，2017）和《理性是如何疯掉的》（2014）。 达斯顿目前的研究方向包括规则史、现代性在科学史上的意义、19世纪末以来科学领域的国际治理，以及道德和自然秩序之间的关系。达斯顿获得过辉瑞奖（1989年，《启蒙时期的古代概率论》）和萨顿科学史学会奖章、巴伐利亚科学院谢林奖、格丁根科学院的利钦伯格奖章、比勒费尔德大学卢曼奖，以及普林斯顿大学和希伯来大学荣誉博士学位。2018年，她获得...(展开全部)

Rules order almost every aspect of our lives. They set our work hours, dictate how we drive and set the table, tell us whether to offer an extended hand or cheek in greeting, and organize the rites of life, from birth through death. We may chafe under the rules we have, and yearn for ones we don’t, yet no culture could do without them. In Rules, historian Lorraine Daston traces...(展开全部)

This monograph by the award-winning Dutch-born photographer Sassen features photographs from throughout West and East Africa. Sassen's overriding theme is parasomnia, a sleep disorder involving strange movements, behaviours, emotions, and dreams. The otherworldly feel of these photographs, involving both human and inanimate subjects, aptly conveys an altered-consciousness point...(展开全部)

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY J.M. COETZEE A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Seventeen-year-old Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has killed a man. Believing he can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the courageous, life-embracing Ida Arnold.Greene’s gripping thriller, exposes a world of loneliness and fear, of life lived on the ‘dangerous edge of th...(展开全部)

Penguin celebrates the centennial of Graham Greene's birth with commemorativeeditions of his greatest works.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY J.M. COETZEE A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Seventeen-year-old Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has killed a man. Believing he can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the courageous, life-embracing Ida Arnold.Greene’s gripping thriller, exposes a world of loneliness and fear, of life lived on the ‘dangerous edge of th...(展开全部)