Here Paulo Coelho details his journey across Spain along the legendaryroad of San Tiago, which pilgrims have travelled since Middle Ages. On this contemporary quest, he encounters a Chaucerian variety of mysterious guides and devilish opponents and learns to understand the nature of truth through the simplicity of life. The Pilgrimage holds an important place in Paulo Coelho'...(展开全部)

In this re-titled and substantially revised update of his Classical Philosophy (2003), Christopher Shields expands his coverage to include the Hellenistic era, and now offers an introduction to more than 1,000 years of ancient philosophy. From Thales and other Pre-Socratics through Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, and on to Epicureanism, Stoicism, and Scepticism, Ancient Phil...(展开全部)

In Ancient Philosophy (2012), Christopher Shields expanded on the coverage of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle in his earlier book, Classical Philosophy (2003), to include the philosophy of the Hellenistic era. In this new edition (2023), Shields reaches even further to include material on Neoplatonism and on Augustine and Proclus, capturing—from Thales of Miletus to the end of t...(展开全部)

克里斯托夫·科赫（Christof Koch） 美国加州理工学院认知和行为生物学教授，从事计算生物物理以及视知觉、注意和意识的神经基础研究。他是DNA双螺旋结构发现者之一和1962年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖得主弗朗西斯·克里克（F.Crick）的主要合作者，共同开拓了对意识的科学研究。

克里斯托夫·科赫（Christof Koch） 美国加州理工学院认知和行为生物学教授，从事计算生物物理以及视知觉、注意和意识的神经基础研究。他是DNA双螺旋结构发现者之一和1962年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖得主弗朗西斯·克里克（F.Crick）的主要合作者，共同开拓了对意识的科学研究。

Consciousness is one of science's last great unsolved mysteries. How can the salty taste and crunchy texture of potato chips, the unmistakable smell of dogs after they have been in the rain, or the exhilarating feeling of hanging on tiny fingerholds many feet above the last secure foothold on a cliff, emerge from networks of neurons and their associated synaptic and molecular p...(展开全部)

Consciousness is one of science's last great unsolved mysteries. How can the salty taste and crunchy texture of potato chips, the unmistakable smell of dogs after they have been in the rain, or the exhilarating feeling of hanging on tiny fingerholds many feet above the last secure foothold on a cliff, emerge from networks of neurons and their associated synaptic and molecular p...(展开全部)

艾伦·贾德（Alan Judd），著名小说家、传记作家，英国皇家文学学会会员。原名艾伦·埃德文·佩蒂（Alan Edwin Petty），1946年出生于英国，毕业于牛津大学。曾在英国陆军、外交部任职。著有“查尔斯·索罗古德（Charles Thoroughgood）”系列间谍小说［《英雄传奇》（A Breed of Heroes, 1981）、《遗产》（Legacy, 2001）、《罕见对手》（Uncommon Enemy, 2012）、《潜入敌营》（Inside Enemy, 2014）、《深蓝计划》（Deep Blue, 2016）、《临时特工》（The Accidental Agent, 2019）］，人物传记《英国情报之父卡明爵士》（The Quest for C, 1999），长篇小说《德皇的最后一吻》（The Kaiser’s Last...(展开全部)