“全新改进”这样的宣传语确实能帮助很多手机和咖啡机畅销，恐怕也能让很多教科书卖得很好。但我们并不会使用这样的宣传语。毕竟，这是我们这套教科书的第六版了；如果书中的所有内容都真的是“全新改进”的，那么之前的版本就都应该被视为过时了，或者急需修订才行。但事实并非如此。我们花了超过15年的时间来编写这套教科书，在这个过程中我们学到了很多——不仅是从反复修改教材的过程中获得的经验，也来自于全国各地许多教师和学生们的反馈：他们告诉了我们哪些地方他们喜欢，哪些地方他们不满意，以及我们该如何把那些不满意的地方改进成他们喜欢的部分。 需要强调的是，第六版绝不是在保留第五版内容的基础上 merely更换了封面而已。在每一章中，我们都对所涉及的基础科学知识进行了数十处的更新，同时还加入了许多旨在反映当前时代快速变化的内容，比如COVID-19大流行所带来的影响。在本书编...(展开全部)

梅洛－庞蒂：法国著名哲学家。主要著作：《知觉现象学》、《行为的结构》、《可见的与不可见的》、《意义与无意义》等。 张颖，哲学博士，主要研究方面，法国哲学。

"Common Sense "combines extravagantly lurid and luscious colour with Parr's trademark sense of irony. Though hilariously funny there is a sharp and biting edge to the humor. He highlights the minutiae of everyday contemporary life-hamburgers, cigarette butts, tacky gifts and dime store combs-that have been taken around the world.

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas s...(展开全部)

"Common Sense "combines extravagantly lurid and luscious colour with Parr's trademark sense of irony. Though hilariously funny there is a sharp and biting edge to the humor. He highlights the minutiae of everyday contemporary life-hamburgers, cigarette butts, tacky gifts and dime store combs-that have been taken around the world.

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas s...(展开全部)

作者 西奥多·P. 斯诺（Theodore P. Snow）：科罗拉多大学博尔德分校天体物理学和空间天文学中心名誉教授，国际天文学联合会（IAU）活跃成员，宇宙起源光谱仪科学团队成员；他是获奖教材《动态宇宙》的作者。 唐·布朗利（Don Brownlee）：华盛顿大学天文学名誉教授、天体生物学项目成员，美国宇航局“星尘”任务的首席研究员；科普作家，此前他与华盛顿大学古生物学家彼得·沃德合著了《稀有地球》。 译者 王文浩，清华大学工程物理系高级工程师，专业方向是聚变与等离子体物理，近年主要从事科普著作翻译，译有贝尔纳的《科学的社会功能》、维纳的《控制论》等。

Alessandra Sanguinetti’s vivid photographs depicting the coexistence of people and animals might at first sight seem brutal, images to be viewed quickly and erased from the memory. But that would be not only impossible but also a great loss, for here is an arrestingly honest portrayal of the relationship between man and beast as the one raises the other for the ultimate sacrifi...(展开全部)

Understanding the experiences of men in U.S. society Edited by two of the field’s most prominent researchers, Men’s Lives, 9th edition, reflects on the question “What does it mean to be a man in contemporary U.S. society?” Organized around themes that define masculinity, this reader uses a social-constructionist view to examine how men construct masculinity within a social an...(展开全部)

Understanding the experiences of men in U.S. society Edited by two of the field’s most prominent researchers, Men’s Lives, 9th edition, reflects on the question “What does it mean to be a man in contemporary U.S. society?” Organized around themes that define masculinity, this reader uses a social-constructionist view to examine how men construct masculinity within a social an...(展开全部)