The Japanese believe that until the age of three, children are gods, each one a 'Lord Child'. On their third birthday they fall from grace and join the rest of humanity. Narrated by a child - from the age of two and a half up until her third birthday - this novel reveals that the move from deity to ordinary member of the human race can be a very difficult thing indeed from whic...(展开全部)

The Japanese believe that until the age of three children, whether Japanese or not, are gods, each one an okosama, or "lord child." On their third birthday they fall from grace and join the rest of the human race. In Amelie Nothomb's new novel "The Character of Rain," we learn that divinity is a difficult thing from which to recover.

What is consciousness? How does the subjective character of consciousness fit into an objective world? How can there be a science of consciousness? In this sequel to his groundbreaking and controversial The Conscious Mind, David Chalmers develops a unified framework that addresses these questions and many others. Starting with a statement of the "hard problem" of consciousness...(展开全部)

What is consciousness? How does the subjective character of consciousness fit into an objective world? How can there be a science of consciousness? In this sequel to his groundbreaking and controversial The Conscious Mind, David Chalmers develops a unified framework that addresses these questions and many others. Starting with a statement of the "hard problem" of consciousness...(展开全部)

In these Messenger Lectures, originally delivered at Cornell University and recorded for television by the BBC, Richard Feynman offers an overview of selected physical laws and gathers their common features into one broad principle of invariance. He maintains at the outset that the importance of a physical law is not "how clever we are to have found it out, but . . . how clever...(展开全部)

In these Messenger Lectures, originally delivered at Cornell University and recorded for television by the BBC, Richard Feynman offers an overview of selected physical laws and gathers their common features into one broad principle of invariance. He maintains at the outset that the importance of a physical law is not "how clever we are to have found it out, but . . . how clever...(展开全部)

In these Messenger Lectures, originally delivered at Cornell University and recorded for television by the BBC, Richard Feynman offers an overview of selected physical laws and gathers their common features into one broad principle of invariance. He maintains at the outset that the importance of a physical law is not "how clever we are to have found it out, but...how clever nat...(展开全部)

In these Messenger Lectures, originally delivered at Cornell University and recorded for television by the BBC, Richard Feynman offers an overview of selected physical laws and gathers their common features into one broad principle of invariance. He maintains at the outset that the importance of a physical law is not "how clever we are to have found it out, but...how clever nat...(展开全部)

媒體推薦 「在蒙古，狗死後會被埋在最高的山頭，這樣，就沒有任何人可以從牠的墳上踩過。狗的主人會在牠的耳邊輕聲許下願望，希望狗兒來世化成一個人，回到這個世界上。牠的尾巴會被會切下來擺在頭的下面，牠的嘴裡會擺著一塊肉，好讓牠有力氣旅行。在狗轉世之前，牠的靈魂可以自由地到處旅行，在高原沙漠上盡情奔馳。」 這是我在國家地理頻道的一個節目上看到的，我相信這是真的。節目上說，並不是所有的狗都會化為人回到世上，只有那些準備好的靈魂才會。 「我準備好了。」 Enzo 知道自己是一隻不一樣的狗，牠是一個哲學家，有著近似人類智慧的靈魂。他從電視節目中學習，也會仔細聆聽主人所說的話；牠的主人 Denny 是一名賽車手，Enzo 從主人身上學到許多人生的深刻體悟。人生就像賽車一樣，並不是只要「快」就好了；這件事在賽車場上非常重要，而能夠看透這一點的話，也就能看透人生遭遇的各...(展开全部)

媒體推薦 「在蒙古，狗死後會被埋在最高的山頭，這樣，就沒有任何人可以從牠的墳上踩過。狗的主人會在牠的耳邊輕聲許下願望，希望狗兒來世化成一個人，回到這個世界上。牠的尾巴會被會切下來擺在頭的下面，牠的嘴裡會擺著一塊肉，好讓牠有力氣旅行。在狗轉世之前，牠的靈魂可以自由地到處旅行，在高原沙漠上盡情奔馳。」 這是我在國家地理頻道的一個節目上看到的，我相信這是真的。節目上說，並不是所有的狗都會化為人回到世上，只有那些準備好的靈魂才會。 「我準備好了。」 Enzo 知道自己是一隻不一樣的狗，牠是一個哲學家，有著近似人類智慧的靈魂。他從電視節目中學習，也會仔細聆聽主人所說的話；牠的主人 Denny 是一名賽車手，Enzo 從主人身上學到許多人生的深刻體悟。人生就像賽車一樣，並不是只要「快」就好了；這件事在賽車場上非常重要，而能夠看透這一點的話，也就能看透人生遭遇的各...(展开全部)