In "The Knowledge Web, " James Burke, the bestselling author and host of television's "Connections" series, takes us on a fascinating tour through the interlocking threads of knowledge running through Western history. Displaying mesmerizing flights of fancy, he shows how seemingly unrelated ideas and innovations bounce off one another, spinning a vast, interactive web on which ...(展开全部)

This book discusses the importance of knowledge as an intangible asset, separate from physical entities, that can enable us to understand and/or change the world. It provides a thorough treatment of knowledge, one that is free of ideological and philosophical preconceptions, and which relies exclusively on concepts and principles from the theory of computing and logic. It start...(展开全部)

World-famous psychic and New York Times bestselling author Sylvia Browne takes readers on an unprecedented and comprehensive "tour" of the afterlife-a world-changing revelation that has helped millions live for today, tomorrow, and forever... Includes how spirit guides and angels "talk" to us daily the truth about ghosts and hauntings solving "unsolvable" missing persons c...(展开全部)

With a new preface by the author, this reissue of Thomas Sowell's classic study of decision making updates his seminal work in the context of The Vision of the Anointed . Sowell, one of America's most celebrated public intellectuals, describes in concrete detail how knowledge is shared and disseminated throughout modern society. He warns that society suffers from an ever-widen...(展开全部)

Now in its third edition, Narration and Knowledge is a classic work exploring the nature of historical knowledge and its reliance on narrative. Analytical philosopher Arthur C. Danto introduces the concept of "narrative sentences," in which an event is described with reference to later events (for example, "the Thirty Years' War began in 1618") and discusses why such sentences...(展开全部)

恩斯特·马赫(Ernst Mach)，1838年～1916年，奥地利物理学家、哲学家、生物学家，1838年2月18日生于奇尔利茨。 马赫在研究气体中物体的高速运动时，发现了激波。马赫确定了以物速与声速的比值（即马赫数）为标准，来描述物体的超音速运动，在力学上做出了历史性贡献。 在哲学上，马赫是逻辑实证论者，并提出经验主义。