We’re often told that swearing is outrageous or even offensive, that it’s a sign of a stunted vocabulary or a limited intellect. Dictionaries have traditionally omitted it and parents forbid it. But the latest research by neuroscientists, psychologists, sociologists, and others has revealed that swear words, curses, and oaths―when used judiciously―can have surprising benefits. ...(展开全部)

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Mind Wide Open comes a groundbreaking assessment of popular culture as it's never been considered before: through the lens of intelligence. The $10 billion video gaming industry is now the second-largest segment of the entertainment industry in the United States, outstripping film and far surpassing books. Reality television ...(展开全部)

Forget everything you've read about the age of dumbed-down, instant-gratification culture. In this provocative, intelligent, and convincing endorsement of today's mass entertainment, national bestselling author Steven Johnson argues that the pop culture we soak in every day-from The Lord of the Rings to Grand Theft Auto to The Simpsons -has been growing more and more sophi...(展开全部)

Forget everything you've read about the age of dumbed-down, instant-gratification culture. In this provocative, intelligent, and convincing endorsement of today's mass entertainment, national bestselling author Steven Johnson argues that the pop culture we soak in every day-from The Lord of the Rings to Grand Theft Auto to The Simpsons -has been growing more and more sophi...(展开全部)

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Mind Wide Open comes a groundbreaking assessment of popular culture as it's never been considered before: through the lens of intelligence. The $10 billion video gaming industry is now the second-largest segment of the entertainment industry in the United States, outstripping film and far surpassing books. Reality television ...(展开全部)

戴夫·特朗伯，Collider.com网站的编辑，也是一名自由科学作家。 唐娜·J·纳尔逊，博士，俄克拉何马大学的化学教授，曾任美国化学学会主席，也是《绝命毒师》的科学顾问。 译者简介 单雯，西安外国语大学文学学士、应用语言学及测试学硕士，硕士期间于加州州立大学学习英语写作与应用语言学。中美富布莱特外语助教项目—犹他谷大学访问学者。现任西安建筑科技大学英语教师。 柯遵科，北京大学哲学博士，中国科学院大学人文学院副教授，中科院《自然辩证法通讯》杂志社编辑部副主任。主要从事科学史和科学哲学的研究。著作有《博尔赫斯与科学史》。

戴夫·特朗伯，Collider.com网站的编辑，也是一名自由科学作家。 唐娜·J·纳尔逊，博士，俄克拉何马大学的化学教授，曾任美国化学学会主席，也是《绝命毒师》的科学顾问。 译者简介 单雯，西安外国语大学文学学士、应用语言学及测试学硕士，硕士期间于加州州立大学学习英语写作与应用语言学。中美富布莱特外语助教项目—犹他谷大学访问学者。现任西安建筑科技大学英语教师。 柯遵科，北京大学哲学博士，中国科学院大学人文学院副教授，中科院《自然辩证法通讯》杂志社编辑部副主任。主要从事科学史和科学哲学的研究。著作有《博尔赫斯与科学史》。

Number is an eloquent, accessible tour de force that reveals how the concept of number evolved from prehistoric times through the twentieth century. Tobias Dantzig shows that the development of math—from the invention of counting to the discovery of infinity—is a profoundly human story that progressed by "trying and erring, by groping and stumbling." He shows how commerce...(展开全部)

The author of The Willpower Instinct delivers a controversial and groundbreaking new book that overturns long-held beliefs about stress. More than forty-four percent of Americans admit to losing sleep over stress. And while most of us do everything we can to reduce it, Stanford psychologist and bestselling author Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., delivers a startling message: Stress isn...(展开全部)