Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch liken science to the Golem, a creature from Jewish mythology, powerful yet potentially dangerous, a gentle, helpful creature that may yet run amok at any moment. Through a series of intriguing case studies the authors debunk the traditional view that science is the straightforward result of competent theorisation, observation and experimentation. ...(展开全部)

Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and #1 bestselling author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, David and Goliath, and What the Dog Saw, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers---and why they often go wrong. How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why a...(展开全部)

Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers -- and why they often go wrong. How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do televi...(展开全部)

· 代表作《异类》《引爆点》中文版累计销量破百万册 · 畅销榜常客，屡屡创造书市神话， 人称“《纽约客》怪才” · 《纽约客》特约撰稿人，会讲故事的非虚构作家 2005 年，被《时代》周刊评为“全球影响力100 人”之一 2011 年，被授予加拿国民殊荣“加拿大勋章” 2011 年，被《快公司》誉为“21 世纪的彼得·德鲁克”

* Do taxes help more than they hurt?* What effect does redistributing wealth have on our economy---and those who participate in its redistribution?* What is the role of government?* How does an economy work?James Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, and Dwight R. Lee are three of the most prominent economists today, and in Common Sense Economics they show us why economic understanding ...(展开全部)

“The authors tell us what everyone should know about economics in language we can all understand. It’s refreshing when four of the best in the profession avoid the all-too-common practice of writing in a code that only other economists can comprehend.” ---Robert McTeer, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas With the global economy recovering from a steep rec...(展开全部)

The Book That Every Citizen and Journalist Should Read “What this book does better than any single book on media history, ethics, or practice is weave . . . [together] why media audiences have fled and why new technology and megacorporate ownership are putting good journalism at risk.” —Rasmi Simhan, Boston Globe “Kovach and Rosenstiel’s essays on each [element] are concis...(展开全部)

比尔•科瓦齐（Bill Kovach）是热心新闻工作者委员会的主席。他曾任《亚特兰大宪章报》的编辑和《纽约时报》华盛顿分社的社长。 汤姆•罗森斯蒂尔（Tom Rosenstiel）是卓越新闻项目的负责人，曾任《洛杉矶时报》的媒体评论员和《新闻周刊》国会记者团团长。他和科瓦齐合作过两部著作。 本书中译者刘海龙为中国人民大学新闻学院副教授，连晓东为《中国电子报》信息通信版主编。

芭芭拉．安吉丽思 (Barbara De Angelis) 安吉丽思博士是当代个人成长与灵性成长领域，最有影响力的导师之一，美国知名的人际关系专家，也是重要的畅销书作家，所著的《活在当下》、《爱是一切的答案》、《男人都该知道女人的秘密》、《女人都该知道男人的秘密》等书，分别在《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜上高居榜首。25年以来，她出了14本书，被译成20余种文字出版，芭芭拉曾在美国有线电视台（CNN）、哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）与美国公共广播网（PBS）主持自己的节目。她的得奖节目「让爱行得通」（Making Love Work）专门探讨人际关系，拥有极佳的收视率，且经常受邀为著名脱口秀节目的特别来宾，她散播爱、快乐与追寻人生意义的讯息，影响了全球各地的数千万人。 目前定居在美国洛杉矶。

In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But through our remarkable successes in acquiring knowledge we have learned how much we have yet to learn: the science we have, for example, addresses just 5% of the universe; pre-history is still being revealed, with thousands of historical sites yet to be explored; and the new neu...(展开全部)