The idea of the self is immediately familiar to everyone, yet elusive to define and understand. From pioneering researcher Roy F. Baumeister, this volume synthesizes a vast body of knowledge to provide a panoramic view of the human self--how it develops and functions, why it exists, and what problems it encounters on the journey through life. What are the benefits of self-knowl...(展开全部)

Amazon.com A middle-aged neuroscientist walking down Bourbon Street spots a T-shirt that reads, "I don't know, so maybe I'm not." This stimulus zooms from eyes to brain, neuron by neuron, via tiny junctions called synapses. The results? An immediate chuckle and (sometime later) a groundbreaking book titled The Synaptic Self. To Joseph LeDoux, the simple question, "What makes us...(展开全部)

Amazon.com A middle-aged neuroscientist walking down Bourbon Street spots a T-shirt that reads, "I don't know, so maybe I'm not." This stimulus zooms from eyes to brain, neuron by neuron, via tiny junctions called synapses. The results? An immediate chuckle and (sometime later) a groundbreaking book titled The Synaptic Self. To Joseph LeDoux, the simple question, "What makes us...(展开全部)

Two summers ago, scientists removed a tiny piece of flesh from Philip Ball’s arm and turned it into a rudimentary “mini-brain.” The skin cells, removed from his body, did not die but were instead transformed into nerve cells that independently arranged themselves into a dense network and communicated with each other, exchanging the raw signals of thought. This was life—but whos...(展开全部)

Two summers ago, scientists removed a tiny piece of flesh from Philip Ball’s arm and turned it into a rudimentary “mini-brain.” The skin cells, removed from his body, did not die but were instead transformed into nerve cells that independently arranged themselves into a dense network and communicated with each other, exchanging the raw signals of thought. This was life—but whos...(展开全部)

弗朗斯•德瓦尔（Frans de Waal），荷兰灵长类动物学家、动物行为学家。现为美国埃默里大学灵长类动物行为学教授、耶基斯国家灵长类研究中心现存演化联系中心主任，荷兰乌得勒支大学特聘教授。从1993年开始，陆续入选荷兰皇家艺术与科学院院士、美国国家科学院院士以及美国艺术与科学院院士。2007年当选《时代》周刊评选的全球百大影响力人物。其著作已被翻译成十多种语言，在世界各个地方出版发行。代表作有《黑猩猩的政治》（Chimpanzee Politics，1982）、《灵长类的和解行为》（Peacemaking Among Primates，1989）、《巴诺布猿：被遗忘的猿类》（Bonobo：The Forgotten Ape，1997）、《类人猿与寿司大师》（The Ape and the Sushi Master，2001）、《灵长类动物和哲学家...(展开全部)

From Boy Scouts to soldiers, nurses to UPS workers, chefs to nuns, Paul Fussell describes, in sharp and telling anecdotes, the history and meanings of various uniforms. He reveals their secret language and unfolds their cultural significance. Focusing on the American scene, he holds up a mirror to the folks who head off to work each morning in regulated clothing and charts the ...(展开全部)