The West's centuries-old status as the center of global wealth and power is coming to an end. As the new powers—China and India from Asia and others from Africa and Latin America—rise to the top of the world's pecking order, how should the West react? Kishore Mahbubani argues passionately and provocatively that the West can no longer impose its power and ideals on the world at ...(展开全部)

Where does our mathematical ability come from? Our prehistoric ancestors' brains were essentially the same as ours, so they must have had the same underlying ability. What purpose could it serve in 50,000 BC? And what exactly goes on in our brains when we multiply 15 by 36 or prove Fermat's Last Theorem? The answer, according to Keith Devlin, is closely related to the evolution...(展开全部)

Where does our mathematical ability come from? Our prehistoric ancestors' brains were essentially the same as ours, so they must have had the same underlying ability. What purpose could it serve in 50,000 BC? And what exactly goes on in our brains when we multiply 15 by 36 or prove Fermat's Last Theorem? The answer, according to Keith Devlin, is closely related to the evolution...(展开全部)

An amazing, enlightening, and endlessly entertaining look at how weather has shaped our world. Throughout history, great leaders have fallen, the outcomes of mighty battles have been determined, and the tides of earth-shattering events have been turned by a powerful, inscrutable force of nature: the weather. In Blame It on the Rain , author Laura Lee explores the amazing a...(展开全部)

Twenty-two stories from the "wildly imaginative" #1 Bestselling Author In this brilliant collection of stories, Stephen King takes readers down paths that only he could imagine....A supermarket becomes the place where humanity takes its last stand against unholy destruction...a trip to the attic turns into a journey to hell...a woman driver finds a scary shortcut to paradise.....(展开全部)

Twenty-two stories from the "wildly imaginative" #1 Bestselling Author In this brilliant collection of stories, Stephen King takes readers down paths that only he could imagine....A supermarket becomes the place where humanity takes its last stand against unholy destruction...a trip to the attic turns into a journey to hell...a woman driver finds a scary shortcut to paradise.....(展开全部)

In the course of more than sixty years spent covering Washington politics, Helen Thomas has witnessed a raft of fundamental changes in the way news is gathered and reported. Gone are the days of frequent firsthand contact with the president. Now, the press sees the president only at tightly controlled and orchestrated press conferences. In addition, Thomas sees a growing -- and...(展开全部)

In the course of more than sixty years spent covering Washington politics, Helen Thomas has witnessed a raft of fundamental changes in the way news is gathered and reported. Gone are the days of frequent firsthand contact with the president. Now, the press sees the president only at tightly controlled and orchestrated press conferences. In addition, Thomas sees a growing -- and...(展开全部)

As part of his attempt to secure a place for women in scientific culture, the Cartesian Francois Poullain de la Barre asserted as long ago as 1673 that "the mind has no sex?" In this rich and comprehensive history of women's contributions to the development of early modem science, Londa Schiebinger examines the shifting fortunes of male and female equality in the sphere of the ...(展开全部)

手边放一本《做》，你就可以动手做艺术。1993年至今，“做”（do it）邀请了200余位最重要的当代艺术家为此项目撰写“如何去做”的方案。书中绝大部分方案是专为“做”这一项目而做，其中一些方案已是当代艺术史上的经典之做。“做”已在欧洲、美洲、亚洲和澳大利亚的近50家美术馆和文化中心展出，并由此不断发展壮大。呈现在你眼前的这本书，是《做》独家授权中文版，共收录了201位当代艺术家撰写的方案，这些艺术家包括：玛丽娜·阿布拉莫维奇、马修·巴尼、路易斯·布尔乔亚、批判艺术组合、奥利弗·埃利亚森、吉尔伯特与乔治、理查德·汉密尔顿、小野洋子、艾伦·卡普洛、白南准、米开朗基罗·皮斯托莱托、夏维耶·勒·罗伊、保罗·麦卡锡等。《做》并特别邀请了20为中国艺术家参与新版本的创作，他们收录在本书中的方案也是《做》的最新升级。 你可以把《做》看成是一本关于当代艺术的手册，...(展开全部)