“The authors look at art and science together to examine how innovations―from Picasso’s initially offensive paintings to Steve Jobs’s startling iPhone―build on what already exists and rely on three brain operations: bending, breaking and blending. This manifesto . . . shows how both disciplines foster creativity.” ―The Wall Street Journal “The Runaway Species approach[es] creat...(展开全部)

The Runaway Species: How human creativity remakes the world is a deep-dive into the creative mind, a celebration of the human spirit, and a vision of how humanity can improve our future by understanding and embracing our ability to innovate. Anthony Brandt and David Eagleman rifle through the inventions of human society like paleontologists ransacking the fossil record. Explori...(展开全部)

[美] 艾克纳恩·戈德堡（Elkhonon Goldberg） 享誉国际的认知神经科学家，师从20世纪俄裔神经心理学家大师卢里亚。现为卢里亚神经科学研究所（Luria Neuroscience Institute）负责人和纽约大学医学院临床神经学教授。 戈德堡著有多部广受赞誉的作品，已被翻译成多种语言。代表作《创新大脑》（Creativity:The Human Brain in the Age of Innovation）、《智慧大脑》（The Wisdom Paradox：How Your Mind Can Grow Stronger as Your Brain Grows Older）《决策大脑》（The New Executive Brain：Frontal Lobes in a Complex World）。

Shortlisted for the 2018 Royal Society Investment Science Book Prize and 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize. ‘One of the best books yet written on data and algorithms. . .deserves a place on the bestseller charts.’ (The Times) You are accused of a crime. Who would you rather determined your fate – a human or an algorithm? An algorithm is more consistent and less prone to error of judge...(展开全部)

A look inside the algorithms that are shaping our lives and the dilemmas they bring with them. If you were accused of a crime, who would you rather decide your sentence—a mathematically consistent algorithm incapable of empathy or a compassionate human judge prone to bias and error? What if you want to buy a driverless car and must choose between one programmed to save as many ...(展开全部)

一个小兔子和妈妈玩语言捉迷藏的简单故事： 　　小兔子对妈妈说：“我要跑走啦！” 　　“如果你跑走了，”妈妈说，“我就去追你，因为你是我的小宝贝呀！” 　　一场爱的捉迷藏就此展开：小兔子上天入地，可不管他扮成小河里的一条鱼、花园里的一朵花、……，身后那个紧追不舍的妈妈总是能够抓住他。最后，小兔子逃累了，依偎在妈妈的身边说我不再逃了，于是妈妈便喂了他一根象征爱的胡萝卜。 　　 穿越时间、跨越空间，屹立儿童图书界的经典之作！出版60年来，仍然是亚马逊网路书店（www.amazon.com)最爱妈妈们欢迎的亲子共读图画书！ 　　《逃家小兔》总是能让年幼的小读者感到一种安详宁静的愉快。因为几乎每个幼小的孩子都曾经在游戏中幻想过像小兔子一样离开家，用这样的方式来考验妈妈对自己的爱，而这个小兔子的经历就像他们自己的游戏一样，给他们带来了一种妙不可言的安全感。 　...(展开全部)

2021 Cundill History Prize Finalist “Outstanding, original, and revolutionary. Favereau subjects the Mongols to a much-needed re-evaluation, showing how they were able not only to conquer but to control a vast empire. A remarkable book.” ―Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads The Mongols are widely known for one thing: conquest. In the first comprehensive history of the Hor...(展开全部)

2021 Cundill History Prize Finalist “Outstanding, original, and revolutionary. Favereau subjects the Mongols to a much-needed re-evaluation, showing how they were able not only to conquer but to control a vast empire. A remarkable book.” ―Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads The Mongols are widely known for one thing: conquest. In the first comprehensive history of the Hor...(展开全部)

The author of The Lives of a Cell and The Medusa and the Snail now raises challenging questions about some of the major issues of our time--AIDS, drug abuse, and aging. With extraordinary perception, he discusses topics such as evolutionary biology, the development of language, the therapeutic aspects of medicine, and his love for his profession.

Our Earth is more beautiful and more diverse than we can possibly conceive of. The Book of Vanishing Species is a stunning homage to the planet’s most mysterious, bizarre and wondrous creatures and plants. Their stories are captivating, from the eyeless and tiny dragonlike olm to the hawksbill turtle, whose gender will be determined by the temperature of the sand it is born in....(展开全部)