Following the extraordinary success of The Meaning of Human Existence, Edward O. Wilson offers a philosophically probing work on the origins of human creativity. “Creativity is the unique and defining trait of our species; and its ultimate goal, self-understanding,” begins Edward O. Wilson’s sweeping examination of the humanities and its relationship to the sciences. By studyin...(展开全部)

●进化生物学家，殿堂级科学巨星，有“社会生物学之父”“当代达尔文”之称，提出了生物多样性、知识大融通等概念，创立了岛屿生物地理学、社会生物学等学科。 ●累计获得过100多项国际大奖，其中包括美国国家科学奖、“生态诺贝尔奖”克拉福德奖等。被《时代周刊》评为“对当代美国影响最大的25位美国人”之一。 ●哈佛大学荣誉教授，哈佛大学昆虫馆荣誉馆长，截止目前出版了20余部权威著作，代表作有《社会生物学》《半个地球》《人类存在的意义》等，两度问鼎普利策奖。

Following the extraordinary success of The Meaning of Human Existence, Edward O. Wilson offers a philosophically probing work on the origins of human creativity. “Creativity is the unique and defining trait of our species; and its ultimate goal, self-understanding,” begins Edward O. Wilson’s sweeping examination of the humanities and its relationship to the sciences. By studyin...(展开全部)

●进化生物学家，殿堂级科学巨星，有“社会生物学之父”“当代达尔文”之称，提出了生物多样性、知识大融通等概念，创立了岛屿生物地理学、社会生物学等学科。 ●累计获得过100多项国际大奖，其中包括美国国家科学奖、“生态诺贝尔奖”克拉福德奖等。被《时代周刊》评为“对当代美国影响最大的25位美国人”之一。 ●哈佛大学荣誉教授，哈佛大学昆虫馆荣誉馆长，截止目前出版了20余部权威著作，代表作有《社会生物学》《半个地球》《人类存在的意义》等，两度问鼎普利策奖。

How can we account for the sudden appearance of such dazzling artists and scientists as Mozart, Shakespeare, Darwin, or Einstein? How can we define such genius? What conditions or personality traits seem to produce exceptionally creative people? Is the association between genius and madness really just a myth? These and many other questions are brilliantly illuminated in The Or...(展开全部)

How can we account for the sudden appearance of such dazzling artists and scientists as Mozart, Shakespeare, Darwin, or Einstein? How can we define such genius? What conditions or personality traits seem to produce exceptionally creative people? Is the association between genius and madness really just a myth? These and many other questions are brilliantly illuminated in The Or...(展开全部)

奈杰尔•斯皮维（Nigel Spivey） 英国剑桥大学古典艺术与考古学学者。著有《青铜上的歌》《古代奥运会》等书，曾担任BBC/PBS纪录片《艺术创世记》主持人。 盛夏（译者） 独立撰稿人、翻译工作者。美国艾奥瓦州立大学博士。2013年起从事艺术领域翻译工作，与《艺术新闻》《艺术界》等媒体以及豪瑟沃斯画廊等知名艺术机构长期合作。

By the charismatic host of the PBS miniseries "How Art Made the World," a compelling and gorgeously illustrated account of how humans made art and how art makes us human. In the late nineteenth century, the first discoveries of prehistoric painting were greeted with incredulity. How could there have been such deft and skillful artists in the world over 30,000 years ago? ...(展开全部)

The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity is a comprehensive scholarly handbook on creativity from the most respected psychologists, researchers and educators. This handbook serves both as a thorough introduction to the field of creativity and as an invaluable reference and current source of important information. It covers such diverse topics as the brain, education, business, and ...(展开全部)

'How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present moment? The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times' Washington Post Hannah Arendt's chilling analysis of the conditions that led to the Nazi and Soviet totalitarian regimes is a warning from history about the fragility of freedom, exploring how propaganda, scapegoats, terror and political isolation all aided th...(展开全部)