In its first two decades, much of cognitive science focused on such mental functions as memory, learning, symbolic thought, and language acquisition -- the functions in which the human mind most closely resembles a computer. But humans are more than computers, and the cutting-edge research in cognitive science is increasingly focused on the more mysterious, creative aspects of ...(展开全部)

The Celtic Myths That Shape the Way We Think brings a new look at the stories at the heart of Celtic mythology, exploring their cultural impact right up to the present day. How do myths that were deeply embedded in the customs and beliefs of their original culture find themselves retold and reinterpreted across the world, centuries or even millennia later? Focusing on ten myths...(展开全部)

A timely examination by a leading scientist of the physical, psychological, and moral effects of inequality. The levels of inequality in the world today are on a scale that have not been seen in our lifetimes, yet the disparity between rich and poor has ramifications that extend far beyond mere financial means. In The Broken Ladder psychologist Keith Payne examines how inequali...(展开全部)

大卫﹒麦考利：教育家、作家、画家、建筑师。曾获得多项国际大奖，包括“凯迪克金奖”、“波士顿环球报号角书奖”、“美国建筑师协会特别奖”、“华盛顿知识类儿童读物奖”、“荷兰银铅笔奖”，还曾经两度提名“国际安徒生大奖”，并于2006年被授予“麦克阿瑟基金学者”。他曾在罗得岛设计学院授课，培养出众多著名设计师和童书作者，其中包括也曾经6次获得凯迪克大奖的绘本大师大卫﹒威斯纳。 大卫﹒麦考利简化了艰涩的生理学知识，深入浅出地画出人体运作的故事，并以工程师和建筑师的眼睛与好奇心，将身体的建筑之美呈现在读者眼前。在他眼中，人体其实是世界建筑的原型：牙齿是罗马竞技场的拱门，髋骨彷彿威尼斯的叹息桥，鼻尖则是你无须攀登的山岭。他让我们的身体以非常美丽、人性而幽默的方式与我们见面。 理查德﹒沃克：科普作家，作品九十余册。曾荣获“艾凡提斯青少年科学图书奖”等多项大奖，他拥有...(展开全部)

In this comprehensive and entertaining resource, David Macaulay reveals the inner workings of the human body as only he could. In order to present this complicated subject in an accurate and entertaining way, he put in years of research. He sat in on anatomy classes, dissections, and even reached inside the rib cages of two cadavers to compare their spleen sizes. He observed nu...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 'Trollope did not write for posterity,' observed Henry James. 'He wrote for the day, the moment; but these are just the writers whom posterity is apt to put into its pocket.' Considered by contemporary critics to be Trollope's greatest novel, The Way We Live Now is a satire of the literary world of London in the 1870s and a bold indictment of the new power of specul...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 'Trollope did not write for posterity,' observed Henry James. 'He wrote for the day, the moment; but these are just the writers whom posterity is apt to put into its pocket.' Considered by contemporary critics to be Trollope's greatest novel, The Way We Live Now is a satire of the literary world of London in the 1870s and a bold indictment of the new power of specul...(展开全部)

From one of the world's leading experts on unconscious racial bias, a personal examination of one of the central controversies and culturally powerful issues of our time, and its influence on contemporary race relations and criminal justice. We do not have to be racist to be biased. With a perspective that is both scientific, investigative, and also informed by personal experie...(展开全部)

'Trollope did not write for posterity,' observed Henry James. 'He wrote for the day, the moment; but these are just the writers whom posterity is apt to put into its pocket.' Considered by contemporary critics to be Trollope's greatest novel, The Way We Live Now is a satire of the literary world of London in the 1870s and a bold indictment of the new power of speculative finan...(展开全部)

At first savagely reviewed, The Way We Live Now (1875) has since emerged as Trollope's masterpiece and the most admired of his works. When Trollope returned to England from the colonies in 1872 he was horrified by the immorality and dishonesty he found. In a fever of indignation he sat down to write The Way We Live Now, his longest novel. Nothing escaped the satirist's whip: p...(展开全部)