What is the role of scientists in society? What should we think when they talk about more than just science? Mary Midgley discusses the high spiritual ambitions which tend to gather around the notion of science.

The riveting true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, Toms River melds hard-hitting investigative reporting, a fascinating scientific detective story, and an unforgettable cast of characters into a sweeping narrative in the tradition of A Civil Action, The Emperor of All Maladies, and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. One of New Jersey’s seemingly innumer...(展开全部)

The true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, Toms River won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize and has been hailed by The New York Times as "a new classic of science reporting." Now available in paperback with a new afterword by acclaimed author Dan Fagin, the book masterfully blends hard-hitting investigative journalism, scientific discovery, and unforgettable characte...(展开全部)

In this new work Michel Serres, France's foremost philosopher of science, explores how traditional images of angels in art and legend foretell the preoccupations of modern life. Divided, as between Heaven and Hell, into First and Third Worlds, our societies search for ways to make contact, both by means of the most basic interpersonal relations and high-tech communications. The...(展开全部)

艾伦·查尔默斯1939年生于英格兰布里斯托尔，起先是物理学家，后来转向研究物理学哲学和物理学史。在此论题上，他撰写了三十几篇文章，著有《科学究竟是什么?》。这本著作现已译成包括中文在内的15种语言出版，使其赢得了国际性的声誉。查尔默斯1987—1999年任悉尼大学科学史与科学哲学系主任、教授，1997年当选为澳大利亚人文科学院院士，并于2003年因“在科学史和科学哲学领域中人文学科的贡献”获得由澳大利亚政府以女王名义颁发的百年奖章。

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

This major survey features the work of 18 outstanding mathematicians. Primary subjects include analytic geometry, algebra, ordinary and partial differential equations, the calculus of variations, functions of a complex variable, prime numbers, and theories of probability and functions. Other topics include linear and non-Euclidean geometry, topology, functional analysis, more. ...(展开全部)

约瑟夫•列文森（Joseph R. Levenson，1920—1969），青年时期就读于哈佛大学，二战时应征入伍，战后回到哈佛大学攻读博士学位。1951年，经费正清推荐，赴加州大学伯克利分校任教。1969年不幸溺水身亡。列文森是20世纪五六十年代美国中国学研究领域的代表人物，美国中国近代思想史研究领域的开拓者。他视野广阔、才华横溢，被同仁誉为“莫扎特式的历史学家”。以他名字命名的“列文森中国研究最佳著作奖”，是美国中国学领域最重要的奖项之一。代表作为《梁启超与中国近代思想》（1953）、《儒教中国及其现代命运》（1965）、《革命与世界主义》（1971）。