Are our lives meaningful, or meaningless? Is our inevitable death a bad thing? Would immortality be an improvement? Would it be better, all things considered, to hasten our deaths by suicide? Many people ask these big questions -- and some people are plagued by them. Surprisingly, analytic philosophers have said relatively little about these important questions about the meanin...(展开全部)

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “An informed and entertaining guide to what science can and cannot tell us.” —The Wall Street Journal “Stimulating . . . encourage[s] readers to push past well-trod assumptions […] and have fun doing so.” —Science Magazine From renowned physicist and creator of the YouTube series “Science without the Gobbledygook,” a book that takes a no-nonsense app...(展开全部)

德斯蒙德·莫里斯

德斯蒙德·莫里斯

What is the one thing everyone wants? Happiness. But where do we find it? French Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard has been working with scientists and Buddhist scholars to explore the effects of meditation on the brain and its correlation with happiness. What he discovered: Happiness is not something you seek, but rather it is a skill you develop. On Happiness, the former cellular...(展开全部)

马特·西蒙｜Matt Simon 《连线》（Wired）杂志科普专栏作家，美国图书馆协会亚历克斯奖得主，专攻动物学科普，尤其了解那些奇异的物种。西蒙是一名媒体工作者，也是科普及科技作家，由他撰写的《连线》杂志科学专栏“怪诞生物每周科考”（Absurd Creature of the Week）颇受好评。另外，他在《连线》的第二个专栏“难以置信的错误”（Fantastically Wrong）则探讨了民间文学和科学中那些最稀奇古怪的错误。

马特·西蒙｜Matt Simon 《连线》（Wired）杂志科普专栏作家，美国图书馆协会亚历克斯奖得主，专攻动物学科普，尤其了解那些奇异的物种。西蒙是一名媒体工作者，也是科普及科技作家，由他撰写的《连线》杂志科学专栏“怪诞生物每周科考”（Absurd Creature of the Week）颇受好评。另外，他在《连线》的第二个专栏“难以置信的错误”（Fantastically Wrong）则探讨了民间文学和科学中那些最稀奇古怪的错误。

Bringing order and relevance to the cascade of recent brain findings, Dr John Ratey explains the brain's most important systems, the role they play in determining how we interact with the world and the ways in which we can influence their operations for the better. Throughout, he illustrates his points with vivid and often surprising examples drawn from his own practice, resear...(展开全部)

It's time for an introduction to philosophy textbook that you can relate to and enjoy reading! THE BIG QUESTIONS: A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY, International Edition tackles the tough issues and helps you form your own opinions about course topics while presenting the best philosophical selections available.

罗伯特•所罗门（1942—2007），世界著名哲学家和哲学教师，尤精于尼采、存在主义哲学和情感理论的研究，特别擅长用日常生活中的例子来解释大哲学家复杂的思想，同时又不失其严格性。他生前是美国得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的“Quincy Lee百年纪念” 讲席教授和杰出授课教授。他在密歇根大学获得博士学位，曾在普林斯顿大学、匹兹堡大学和加州大学执教。他出版过四十多本著作。 凯思林•希金斯（Kathleen M. Higgins），美国得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的哲学教授，耶鲁大学哲学博士，曾在奥克兰大学、加州大学河滨分校和得克萨斯大学任教，是所罗门的妻子。她也出版、编写或与人合编了很多著作。