From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. What is the nature of the transaction between Google's computer algorithms and its millions of human users? Are we heading down a path toward a more enlightened age, or are we approaching a dystopia of social control and surveillance? With these and other questions, University of Virginia media studies and law professor Vaidhyanathan thoug...(展开全部)

当今，已经没有什么事儿会比吃什么喝什么还让美国人焦虑的问题了。鸡蛋是最好的蛋白质吗，或者是胆固醇炸弹吗？红酒对我的心脏有益还是对我的肝脏有害？农药、添加剂和食物生产过程会杀死我吗？在这里，食物历史学家哈维·莱文斯坦(Harvey Levenstein) 给出了很少见和受欢迎的建议：不必担心！ 在本书中，莱文斯坦揭露了产生和利用这些忧虑的人和利益方如何导致相当一部分美国人在陈述自己选择食品时的恐惧已经压倒了快乐。他讲述了一些卓越科学家曾警告人们食物含有致命细菌和毒物的故事，以及他们的继承者如何指责在食品加工的过程中剥夺了哪些重要的维生素和矿物质。这些人包括诺贝尔奖获得者梅契尼科夫(Eli Metchnikoff)，他认为酸奶将杀死在人们肠子里威胁生命的细菌，而使人活到140岁。埃尔默·科勒姆(Elmer McCollum)是维生素的发现者，他警告说如何...(展开全部)

In the perspective-altering tradition of Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point and Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s The Black Swan comes a provocative challenge to how we think our world works—and why small, chance events can divert our lives and change everything, by social scientist and Atlantic writer Brian Klaas. If you could rewind your life to the very beginning and then press play...(展开全部)

In the perspective-altering tradition of Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point and Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s The Black Swan comes a provocative challenge to how we think our world works—and why small, chance events can divert our lives and change everything, by social scientist and Atlantic writer Brian Klaas. If you could rewind your life to the very beginning and then press play...(展开全部)

Humor, like pornography, is famously difficult to define. We know it when we see it, but is there a way to figure out what we really find funny—and why? In this fascinating investigation into the science of humor and laughter, cognitive neuroscientist Scott Weems uncovers what’s happening in our heads when we giggle, guffaw, or double over with laughter. While we typically thin...(展开全部)

Humor, like pornography, is famously difficult to define. We know it when we see it, but is there a way to figure out what we really find funny—and why? In this fascinating investigation into the science of humor and laughter, cognitive neuroscientist Scott Weems uncovers what’s happening in our heads when we giggle, guffaw, or double over with laughter. While we typically thin...(展开全部)

塞缪尔•阿贝斯曼（Samuel Arbesman） 知名的应用数学家、网络科学学家、考夫曼基金会（Kaufmann Foundation）的资深学者、哈佛大学定量社会科学研究所研究员。文章屡见于《纽约时报》、《大西洋月刊》、《连线》、《新科学家》、《波士顿城市杂志》等重要报章。

The first sleep book by a leading scientific expert—Professor Matthew Walker, Director of UC Berkeley’s Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab—reveals his groundbreaking exploration of sleep, explaining how we can harness its transformative power to change our lives for the better. Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity. Until v...(展开全部)

The question of how and why organisms age has teased scientists for centuries. There are myriad competing theories, from the idea that aging is a simple wear and tear process, like the rusting of a car, to the belief that aging and death are genetically programmed and controlled. In fact, there is no clearly defined limit to life, and no single, predictable program playing itse...(展开全部)