迈克尔·布兰斯兰德，作家、记者，在英国广播公司（BBC）供职近20年，在第4台主持“或多或少”和“我们为什么这么做”等节目。与安德鲁·迪尔诺特合著畅销书《数字唬人》，另著有《唯一的男孩：一个父亲探索自闭症的奥秘》等。

伊塔洛•卡尔维诺(Italo Calvino,1923—1985) 意大利当代最具有世界影响的作家。于1985年获得诺贝尔文学提名，却因于当年猝然去世而与该奖失之交臂。但其人其作早已在意大利文学界乃至世界文学界产生巨大影响。 卡尔维诺从事文学创作40年，一直尝试着用各种手法表现当代人的生活和心灵。他的作品融现实主义、超现实主义与后现代主义于一身，以丰富的手法、奇特的角度构造超乎想像的、富有浓厚童话意味的故事，深为当代作家推崇，并给他们带来深刻影响。《我们的祖先》三部曲、《命运交叉的城堡》、《帕洛马尔》等达到惊人的艺术高度和思想深度。《意大利童话》最大限度地保持了意大利民间口头故事的原貌，艺术价值和学术价值兼具，是再现意大利“民族记忆”之深厚积淀的不可多得的作品。《美国讲稿》是卡尔维诺对自己近40年小说创作实践的丰富经验进行的系统回顾和理论上的总结与阐...(展开全部)

For the first time in paperback--a volume of thirty-seven diabolically inventive stories, fables, and "impossible interviews" from one of the great fantasists of the 20th century, displaying the full breadth of his vision and wit. Written between 1943 and 1984 and masterfully translated by Tim Parks, the fictions in Numbers in the Dark display all of Calvino's dazzling gifts: w...(展开全部)

For the first time in paperback--a volume of thirty-seven diabolically inventive stories, fables, and "impossible interviews" from one of the great fantasists of the 20th century, displaying the full breadth of his vision and wit. Written between 1943 and 1984 and masterfully translated by Tim Parks, the fictions in Numbers in the Dark display all of Calvino's dazzling gifts: w...(展开全部)

伊塔洛•卡尔维诺(Italo Calvino,1923—1985) 意大利当代最具有世界影响的作家。于1985年获得诺贝尔文学提名，却因于当年猝然去世而与该奖失之交臂。但其人其作早已在意大利文学界乃至世界文学界产生巨大影响。 卡尔维诺从事文学创作40年，一直尝试着用各种手法表现当代人的生活和心灵。他的作品融现实主义、超现实主义与后现代主义于一身，以丰富的手法、奇特的角度构造超乎想像的、富有浓厚童话意味的故事，深为当代作家推崇，并给他们带来深刻影响。《我们的祖先》三部曲、《命运交叉的城堡》、《帕洛马尔》等达到惊人的艺术高度和思想深度。《意大利童话》最大限度地保持了意大利民间口头故事的原貌，艺术价值和学术价值兼具，是再现意大利“民族记忆”之深厚积淀的不可多得的作品。《美国讲稿》是卡尔维诺对自己近40年小说创作实践的丰富经验进行的系统回顾和理论上的总结与阐...(展开全部)

The loss of lesbian spaces, as well as ideas of the lesbian as anachronistic, has called into question the place of lesbian identity within our current culture. In Lesbian Death, Mairead Sullivan probes the perception that lesbian status is in retreat, exploring the political promises—and especially the failures—of lesbian feminism and its usefulness today. Lesbian Death reads ...(展开全部)

The loss of lesbian spaces, as well as ideas of the lesbian as anachronistic, has called into question the place of lesbian identity within our current culture. In Lesbian Death, Mairead Sullivan probes the perception that lesbian status is in retreat, exploring the political promises—and especially the failures—of lesbian feminism and its usefulness today. Lesbian Death reads ...(展开全部)

How can a company that has never turned a profit have a multibillion dollar valuation? Why do some start-ups attract large investments while others do not? Aswath Damodaran, finance professor and experienced investor, argues that the power of story drives corporate value, adding substance to numbers and persuading even cautious investors to take risks. In business, there are th...(展开全部)

How can a company that has never turned a profit have a multibillion dollar valuation? Why do some start-ups attract large investments while others do not? Aswath Damodaran, finance professor and experienced investor, argues that the power of story drives corporate value, adding substance to numbers and persuading even cautious investors to take risks. In business, there are th...(展开全部)

Ordinary language and scientific language enable us to speak about, in a singular way (using demonstratives and names), what we recognize not to exist: fictions, the contents of our hallucinations, abstract objects, and various idealized but nonexistent objects that our scientific theories are often couched in terms of. Indeed, references to such nonexistent items-especially in...(展开全部)