马特·西蒙｜Matt Simon 《连线》（Wired）杂志科普专栏作家，美国图书馆协会亚历克斯奖得主，专攻动物学科普，尤其了解那些奇异的物种。西蒙是一名媒体工作者，也是科普及科技作家，由他撰写的《连线》杂志科学专栏“怪诞生物每周科考”（Absurd Creature of the Week）颇受好评。另外，他在《连线》的第二个专栏“难以置信的错误”（Fantastically Wrong）则探讨了民间文学和科学中那些最稀奇古怪的错误。

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “An informed and entertaining guide to what science can and cannot tell us.” —The Wall Street Journal “Stimulating . . . encourage[s] readers to push past well-trod assumptions […] and have fun doing so.” —Science Magazine From renowned physicist and creator of the YouTube series “Science without the Gobbledygook,” a book that takes a no-nonsense app...(展开全部)

Johnny Orchard brings home a playful bear cub that soon becomes huge and a nuisance to the neighbors.

From the host of EconTalk, a guide to decision-making when you can't crunch the numbers Algorithms and apps analyze data and tell you how to beat the traffic, what books to buy, what music to listen to, and even who to date—often with great results. But what do you do when you face the big decisions of life—the "wild problems" of who to marry, whether to have children, where to...(展开全部)

饥饿的毛毛虫，从周一到周日，从一个苹果两个梨……到十种杂食到一大片叶子，最后蜕变成美丽花蝴蝶。 On Monday he ate through one apple. But he was still hungry. On Tuesday he ate through two pears, but he was still hungry. On Wednesday he ate though three plums, but he was still hungry. On Thursday he ate through four strawberries, but he was still hungry.......' On Saturday, he eats so much he has a stomachache....but puts it r...(展开全部)

This textbook covers all the standard introductory topics in classical mechanics, including Newton's laws, oscillations, energy, momentum, angular momentum, planetary motion, and special relativity. It also explores more advanced topics, such as normal modes, the Lagrangian method, gyroscopic motion, fictitious forces, 4-vectors, and general relativity. It contains more than 2...(展开全部)

马修·科布 Matthew Cobb 英国曼彻斯特大学动物学教授、神经科学家、科学作家，出版过多部科学史题材的作品，其中面向大众读者的神经科学全史《大脑传》获中国国家图书馆第十八届文津图书奖，入选《泰晤士报》《泰晤士报文学副刊》《大众科学》等多家英美著名媒体的年度书单，并获得美国五院院士（会士）、美国科学促进会前主席、美国国家科学基金会前主席理查德·C. 阿特金森等多位英美科学院院士以及鲁白、仇子龙等中国神经科学家的高度赞誉。他讲述17世纪的科学家探索性别和生命体生长与发育的作品《卵子与精子的竞赛》获伦敦动物学会2007年度科学传播奖。 2021年，英国最具影响力的遗传学学术组织英国遗传学会将该年度的霍尔丹奖（JBS Haldane Lecture Award）授予科布，表彰他在向公众普及遗传学方面的杰出贡献。

Life's Greatest Secret is the story of the discovery and cracking of the genetic code. This great scientific breakthrough has had far-reaching consequences for how we understand ourselves and our place in the natural world. The code forms the most striking proof of Darwin's hypothesis that all organisms are related, holds tremendous promise for improving human well-being, and h...(展开全部)

马修·科布 Matthew Cobb 英国曼彻斯特大学动物学教授、神经科学家、科学作家，出版过多部科学史题材的作品，其中面向大众读者的神经科学全史《大脑传》获中国国家图书馆第十八届文津图书奖，入选《泰晤士报》《泰晤士报文学副刊》《大众科学》等多家英美著名媒体的年度书单，并获得美国五院院士（会士）、美国科学促进会前主席、美国国家科学基金会前主席理查德·C. 阿特金森等多位英美科学院院士以及鲁白、仇子龙等中国神经科学家的高度赞誉。他讲述17世纪的科学家探索性别和生命体生长与发育的作品《卵子与精子的竞赛》获伦敦动物学会2007年度科学传播奖。 2021年，英国最具影响力的遗传学学术组织英国遗传学会将该年度的霍尔丹奖（JBS Haldane Lecture Award）授予科布，表彰他在向公众普及遗传学方面的杰出贡献。

The Tuesday Night Club is a venue where locals challenge Miss Marple to solve recent crimes...One Tuesday evening a group gathers at Miss Marple's house and the conversation turns to unsolved crimes! The case of the disappearing bloodstains; the thief who committed his crime twice over; the message on the death-bed of a poisoned man which read 'heap of fish'; the strange case ...(展开全部)