“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)

“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)

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)

Maternal instinct--the all-consuming, utterly selfless love that mothers lavish on their children--has long been assumed to be an innate, indeed defining element of a woman's nature. But is it? In this provocative, groundbreaking book, renowned anthropologist (and mother) Sarah Blaffer Hrdy shares a radical new vision of motherhood and its crucial role in human evolution. Hrdy...(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）。

[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）。

关于作者 诺姆•乔姆斯基（Noam Chomsky，1928－），美国著名学者和政治活动家，学术领域里的领袖人物，政治活动中的旗手。在学术领域里，他兴趣众多，涉猎广泛，著述丰厚，成就卓越，语言学、哲学、心理学和逻辑学等，均有其不灭的足迹；他的影响还遍及人工智能、认知科学、数学、音乐理论等方面。在政治活动中，他以“自由意志的社会主义”为基石，以博大的人道主义情怀，关心民众的疾苦和国家的命运，是欧美20世纪著名的“公共知识分子”。他反对越南战争，抨击霸权主义行径，批判美国内政和外交，多次被捕。他不仅被美国前总统尼克松列入“仇敌录”，还被恐怖分子列入“黑名单”。2011年，他因其“经久不衰的勇气、对强权的批判分析和对人权的促进”荣获悉尼和平奖。 本书淋漓尽致地展示了作为“现代语言学之父”和“我们时代的英雄”的乔姆斯基的政治理念和人格魅力。 关于译者 季广...(展开全部)