"The questions he poses about the relationship between technical change and political power are pressing ones that can no longer be ignored, and identifying them is perhaps the most a nascent 'philosophy of technology' can expect to achieve at the present time."--David Dickson, "New York Times Book Review" ""The Whale and the Reactor" is the philosopher's equivalent of superb ...(展开全部)

We live in an age saturated with surveillance. Our personal and public lives are increasingly on display for governments, merchants, employers, hackers—and the merely curious—to see. In Windows into the Soul, Gary T. Marx, a central figure in the rapidly expanding field of surveillance studies, argues that surveillance itself is neither good nor bad, but that context and compor...(展开全部)

We live in an age saturated with surveillance. Our personal and public lives are increasingly on display for governments, merchants, employers, hackers—and the merely curious—to see. In Windows into the Soul, Gary T. Marx, a central figure in the rapidly expanding field of surveillance studies, argues that surveillance itself is neither good nor bad, but that context and compor...(展开全部)

汉斯·约纳斯，1903年生于德国门兴格拉德巴赫一个犹太家庭。师从胡塞尔、海德格尔和布尔特曼学习。1928年、在海德格尔和布尔特曼那里以论文《诺斯替的概念》（Der Begriff der Gnosis）获得博士学位。1933年，约纳斯迫于“反犹”浪潮离开德国，发誓不征服纳粹绝不返 回祖国。他到了到英格兰、1935年来到巴勒斯坦。1949年移居加拿大、1955年来到美国。在耶路撒冷、加拿大和美国任讲师和教授。1969年，约纳斯参与创立Hastings Center，这个中心致力于从多学科角度研究现代医学与生命技术发展所带来的伦理问题。作为该中心的哲学代言人，约纳斯积极参与到科技伦理的公共讨论当中。1955-1976年间任教于美国纽约的社会研究新学院（New School for Social Research）。1982年至1983年第一次在慕尼黑的路...(展开全部)

Do all questions have answers? How much can we know about the world? Is there such a thing as an ultimate truth? To be human is to want to know, but what we are able to observe is only a tiny portion of what’s “out there.” In The Island of Knowledge, physicist Marcelo Gleiser traces our search for answers to the most fundamental questions of existence. In so doing, he reaches a...(展开全部)

The author recounts his dramatic struggle to save a pregnant fin whale trapped in a tidal pond on the southern coast of Newfoundland

法利•莫厄特（1921—2014），加拿大国宝级作家，坚定的环保主义者，一生出版著作44本，有2500多万册远销世界60多个国家。他透过极具热情和洞察力的写作启发世人，不同的选择对人类和生态会有重大影响：曾经的选择影响当下的生态系统，现在的抉择将左右人类和所有地球生命的未来。其代表作有：《与狼共度》《鲸之殇》《鹿之民》《屠海》等。其中《鲸之殇》被世界反捕鲸组织奉为经典，后改编成电影 ；而由于他对海洋保护的卓越贡献，海洋守护者协会将一艘负责监控非法捕鱼活动的海洋守护船命名为“法利•莫厄特”号。

The author recounts his dramatic struggle to save a pregnant fin whale trapped in a tidal pond on the southern coast of Newfoundland

法利•莫厄特（1921—2014），加拿大国宝级作家，坚定的环保主义者，一生出版著作44本，有2500多万册远销世界60多个国家。他透过极具热情和洞察力的写作启发世人，不同的选择对人类和生态会有重大影响：曾经的选择影响当下的生态系统，现在的抉择将左右人类和所有地球生命的未来。其代表作有：《与狼共度》《鲸之殇》《鹿之民》《屠海》等。其中《鲸之殇》被世界反捕鲸组织奉为经典，后改编成电影 ；而由于他对海洋保护的卓越贡献，海洋守护者协会将一艘负责监控非法捕鱼活动的海洋守护船命名为“法利•莫厄特”号。

The digital revolution in education is well under way, with more and more learners plugged into the online world. How can schools make the most of both the technology and the learning potential of today’s “born digital” students? In this new edition of their groundbreaking book, Collins and Halverson argue that new technologies have transformed our workplaces, our lives, and ou...(展开全部)