A century ago, thoughtful people questioned how reality could agree with physical theories that keep changing, from a mechanical model of the ether to electric and magnetic fields, and from homogeneous matter to electrons and atoms. Today, concepts like dark matter and dark energy further complicate and enrich the search for objective reality. The Whole Truth is a personal refl...(展开全部)

P.J.E.皮布尔斯（P.J.E. Peebles，1935.4.25— ），美国物理学家和理论宇宙学家，现代理论宇宙学创始人之一，美国艺术与科学院院士，美国国家科学院院士，普林斯顿大学阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦科学荣誉教授和物理学荣誉教授。 2004年获得邵逸夫天文学奖。2005年获得克拉福德奖。2019年获得诺贝尔物理学奖，以表彰其在“使我们理解宇宙的演化和地球在宇宙中的位置方面”的贡献。这主要包括他在大爆炸模型，宇宙微波背景辐射，暗物质、暗能量，以及宇宙结构形成等方面的理论成就。他的《物理宇宙学》《宇宙的大尺度结构》《物理宇宙学原理》等已成为宇宙学领域的经典教科书。另著有《宇宙学的世纪》等。 他为理论和观察方面的几乎所有现代宇宙学研究奠定了基础，将高度猜测性的领域转变为精密科学。 ——2004年邵逸夫天文学奖颁奖词 没有人比他更能推进我们对宇宙的基本...(展开全部)

Lewis writes here about the difficulties he has met or the joys he has gained in reading the Psalms. He points out that the Psalms are poems, intended to be sung, not doctrinal treatises or sermons. Proceeding with his characteristic grace, he guides readers through both the form and the meaning of these beloved passages in the Bible.

Soon to be the Netflix Limited Series Unbelievable, starring Toni Collette, Merritt Wever, and Kaitlyn Dever • Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists tell the riveting true crime story of a teenager charged with lying about having been raped—and the detectives who followed a winding path to arrive at the truth. On August 11, 2008, eighteen-year-old Marie reported that a masked ...(展开全部)

Hacking tells the fascinating tale of Albert Dadas, a native of France's Bordeaux region and the first diagnosed mad traveler. Dadas suffered from a strange compulsion that led him to travel obsessively, often without identification, not knowing who he was or why he traveled. Using the records of Philippe Tissie, Dadas's physician, Hacking attempts to make sense of this strange...(展开全部)

作者简介： 伊恩·哈金（IanHacking，1936—2023），现代科学思想巨擘，加拿大著名科学史家、科学哲学家，“新实验主义”开创者，加拿大皇家学会会士，英国国家学术院院士，曾获加拿大勋章、霍尔贝格奖、巴赞奖等荣誉。研究方向横跨概率学、实验物理学、语言哲学、逻辑学、精神病学等多个领域，开创性著作包括《概率的突现》《表征与干预》《驯服偶然》《重写灵魂》《疯狂旅行者》等。凭借卓越的创造力，他不仅架起了多个学科之间的沟通桥梁，更改变了公众对人类生活中科学问题的讨论：要理解现今科学为何如此，仅知道它是“真实”或被“确证”是不够的，还必须了解它在什么样的历史背景下诞生。 译者简介： 傅益东（1987—），江苏宜兴人，历史学博士，南通大学文学院讲师。主要研究方向为英国史、医疗史、精神卫生史。

In this major study, now available in paperback, Lyotard develops his analysis of the phenomenon of postmodernity, and examines the philosophy of Kant, Heidegger, Adorno and Derrida. Lyotard claims that it is the task of literature, philosophy and the arts to bear witness to and explain the links between modernity, progress and humanity, and the difficult transition to postmode...(展开全部)

A clear-sighted and entertaining defence of literary realism, and an account of its key practitioners Realist fiction is one of the most enduring artforms history has ever witnessed. By describing the intricate inner life of its characters, or widening its focus to set their experience in context, it can evoke the reader’s sympathies as few other forms can. Yet it is also by a...(展开全部)