In 1980, the iconoclastic economist Julian Simon challenged celebrity biologist Paul Ehrlich to a bet. Their wager on the future prices of five metals captured the public's imagination as a test of coming prosperity or doom. Ehrlich, author of the landmark book The Population Bomb, predicted that rising populations would cause overconsumption, resource scarcity and famine - wit...(展开全部)

保罗·萨宾（Paul Sabin） 耶鲁大学历史系教授，主要讲授美国在环境与能源、政治与法律方面的历史。进入耶鲁之前，曾任非营利组织环境领导项目的创办执行总监。著有《较量：乐观的经济学与悲观的生态学》和《原油政治：加利福尼亚原油市场》。

In 1980, the iconoclastic economist Julian Simon challenged celebrity biologist Paul Ehrlich to a bet. Their wager on the future prices of five metals captured the public's imagination as a test of coming prosperity or doom. Ehrlich, author of the landmark book The Population Bomb, predicted that rising populations would cause overconsumption, resource scarcity and famine - wit...(展开全部)

The phenomenal bestseller, with more than 500,000 copies sold worldwide, now with a new epilogue from the author-- The Chalice and the Blade has inspired a generation of women and men to envision a truly egalitarian society by exploring the legacy of the peaceful, goddess-worshipping cultures from our prehistoric past.

威廉·C.伯格（William C. Burger）是美国芝加哥自然博物馆植物馆馆长，也是备受赞誉的《花：它们如何改变了世界》《完美的星球，智慧的物种》的作者，几十年来一直致力于生物多样性重组与保护等研究，尤其擅长用通俗的语言讲深刻的原理，帮助非生物学专业的读者更好地理解生物世界的运行规律。

威廉·C.伯格（William C. Burger）是美国芝加哥自然博物馆植物馆馆长，也是备受赞誉的《花：它们如何改变了世界》《完美的星球，智慧的物种》的作者，几十年来一直致力于生物多样性重组与保护等研究，尤其擅长用通俗的语言讲深刻的原理，帮助非生物学专业的读者更好地理解生物世界的运行规律。

Three of the world’s most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it is transforming human society—and what this technology means for us all. An AI learned to win chess by making moves human grand masters had never conceived. Another AI discovered a new antibiotic by analyzing molecular properties human scientists did not...(展开全部)

Three of the world’s most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it is transforming human society—and what this technology means for us all. An AI learned to win chess by making moves human grand masters had never conceived. Another AI discovered a new antibiotic by analyzing molecular properties human scientists did not...(展开全部)

一场机器人革命正在进行。目前，工厂里有创纪录的310万台机器人在工作，从组装电脑到包装货物，再到监测空气质量和性能，无所不包。更多的智能机器以无数其他方式影响着我们的生活——提高外科医生的精准度、清洁我们的房屋、拓展我们与遥远世界的联系——而且，我们正处于更多激动人心的机遇的风口浪尖。 在《心脏与芯片》一书中，机器人学家丹妮拉·鲁斯和科普作家格雷戈里·莫内概述了机器人技术、人工智能和机器学习等相互关联的领域，并重新定义了我们对智能机器的思考方式，同时权衡了它们在社会中扮演的角色所带来的道德和伦理后果。机器人不会抢走我们的工作：它们会让我们更有能力、更高效、更精准。 罗斯和莫内既乐观又务实，他们设想了一个这样的世界：这些技术能够增强和提升我们作为个体和物种的技能和才能——一个机器人的普及让我们所有人都能变得更像人类的世界。 There is a rob...(展开全部)

Daniela Rus, a leading roboticist and computer scientist, explores how we can use a new generation of smart machines to help humankind. There is a robotics revolution underway. A record 3.1 million robots are working in factories right now, doing everything from assembling computers to packing goods and monitoring air quality and performance. A far greater number of smart machi...(展开全部)