Most people are baffled by how computers work and assume that they will never understand them. What they don't realize—and what Daniel Hillis's short book brilliantly demonstrates—is that computers' seemingly complex operations can be broken down into a few simple parts that perform the same simple procedures over and over again. Computer wizard Hillis offers an easy-to-follow ...(展开全部)

高罗佩（1910—1967），荷兰外交官，著名汉学家，先后在荷兰驻日本、中国、印度、马来西亚等国的使馆工作，精通多种欧亚语言，是中西文化交流史上的传奇人物。他曾评价自己一身三任：外交官是他的职业，汉学是他的终身事业，写小说是他的业余爱好。代表作有《琴道》《秘戏图考》《中国古代房内考》等，而大型推理探案小说系列“大唐狄公案”在东西方读者中影响巨大。

T.H.怀特（特伦斯•韩伯瑞•怀特），1906年出生于印度孟买，毕业于剑桥大学，曾在白金汉郡担任教职，后隐居于英国乡间专职写作。著有《吾身属英格兰》（1936年），这部乡间生活传记奠定了他在文坛的名声。之后，他全心研究亚瑟王传奇，创作了永恒之王四部曲，成为其创作上一座重要的里程碑。

The extraordinary story of a boy called Wart -- ignored by everyone except his tutor, Merlyn -- who goes on to become King Arthur. When Merlyn the magician comes to tutor Sir Ector's sons Kay and the Wart, schoolwork suddenly becomes much more fun. After all, who wouldn't enjoy being turned into a fish, or a badger, or a snake? But Merlyn has very particular plans for the Wart...(展开全部)

From an obesity and neuroscience researcher with a knack for engaging, humorous storytelling, The Hungry Brain uses cutting-edge science to answer the questions: why do we overeat, and what can we do about it? No one wants to overeat. And certainly no one wants to overeat for years, become overweight, and end up with a high risk of diabetes or heart disease--yet two thirds of A...(展开全部)

Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart invites readers to embark on a new journey into a land of rationality that differs from the familiar territory of cognitive science and economics. Traditional views of rationality tend to see decision makers as possessing superhuman powers of reason, limitless knowledge, and all of eternity in which to ponder choices. To understand decisions...(展开全部)

Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart invites readers to embark on a new journey into a land of rationality that differs from the familiar territory of cognitive science and economics. Traditional views of rationality tend to see decision makers as possessing superhuman powers of reason, limitless knowledge, and all of eternity in which to ponder choices. To understand decisions...(展开全部)

A satisfactory comprehensive history of the social and economic development of pre-modern China, the largest country in the world in terms of population, and with a documentary record covering three millennia, is still far from possible. The present work is only an attempt to disengage the major themes that seem to be of relevance to our understanding of China today. In particu...(展开全部)

伊懋可（Mark Elvin，1938— ），剑桥大学博士，澳大利亚国立大学历史系荣休教授，当代著名历史学家。主要研究领域为：中国经济史、文化史、环境史。代表作有：《中国的历史之路》（另译《中国历史的模式》）、《大象的退却》等。

What if, one day, Europe was to crack along the length of the Pyrenees, separating Spain and Portugal from the rest of Europe? In Saramago's fable, a new island is sent spinning through the ocean like a great stone raft. While the authorities panic and tourists flee, three men, two women and a dog are drawn together by omens that burden them with a peculiar responsibility. In t...(展开全部)