凯文•达顿（Kevin Dutton），1967年出生于英国伦敦，心理学博士。现为牛津大学实验心理学系的研究型心理学家。他是享誉世界的心理学、精神病专家，英国皇家医学会和精神病科学研究学会成员。他的父亲是精神病患者，至交也患有精神病，他常常感慨自己过得“太正常”。达顿一生专注于精神病学领域，潜心钻研近30年，为了获得真实的资料，不惜将自己伪装成患者，与真正的精神病患者共处一室。他在精神病研究领域的发现频频被《泰晤士报》、BBC和Discovery探索频道等知名媒体报道，是英国乃至世界不可或缺的研究“不正常人格”的专家。

In the spring of 2005, cardiologist Barbara Natterson-Horowitz was called to consult on an unusual patient: an Emperor tamarin at the Los Angeles Zoo. While examining the tiny monkey’s sick heart, she learned that wild animals can die of a form of cardiac arrest brought on by extreme emotional stress. It was a syndrome identical to a human condition but one that veterinarians c...(展开全部)

迈克尔•普鸣（Michael Puett）：哈佛大学东亚语言与文化系中国历史方向教授、宗教研究委员会主席。他为本科生开设的中国伦理与政治课是哈佛大学最受欢迎的课程之一。他因在本科生教育中的出色表现获得哈佛大学教授职位。 克里斯蒂娜•格罗斯-洛（Christine Gross-Loh）：作家和自由撰稿人，哈佛大学东亚历史专业博士，其作品见于包括《华尔街日报》《大西洋月刊》《赫芬顿邮报》在内的众多出版物。

凯文•达顿（Kevin Dutton），1967年出生于英国伦敦，心理学博士。现为牛津大学实验心理学系的研究型心理学家。他是享誉世界的心理学、精神病专家，英国皇家医学会和精神病科学研究学会成员。他的父亲是精神病患者，至交也患有精神病，他常常感慨自己过得“太正常”。达顿一生专注于精神病学领域，潜心钻研近30年，为了获得真实的资料，不惜将自己伪装成患者，与真正的精神病患者共处一室。他在精神病研究领域的发现频频被《泰晤士报》、BBC和Discovery探索频道等知名媒体报道，是英国乃至世界不可或缺的研究“不正常人格”的专家。

Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder at the age of eight, Camilla Pang struggled to understand the world around her and the way people worked. Desperate for a solution, Camilla asked her mother if there was an instruction manual for humans that she could consult. But, without the blueprint to life she was hoping for, Camilla began to create her own. Now armed with a PhD in b...(展开全部)

David Hume (1711–1776) is perhaps best known for his ideas about cause and effect and his criticisms of religion, but he is rarely thought of as a philosopher with practical wisdom to offer. Yet Hume’s philosophy is grounded in an honest assessment of nature—human nature in particular. The Great Guide is an engaging and eye-opening account of how Hume’s thought should serve as ...(展开全部)

The comprehensive examination into the frightening history of serial homicide. In this unique book, Peter Vronsky documents the psychological, investigative, and cultural aspects of serial murder, beginning with its first recorded instance in Ancient Rome, through fifteenth-century France, up to such notorious contemporary cases as cannibal/necrophile Ed Kemper, Henry Lee ...(展开全部)

● 医生、记者兼作家。耶鲁大学及加州大学旧金山医学院的双料高材生。33岁成为加州大学锡安山医院最年轻有为的神经科主任。 ● 擅长把尖端神经科学、实验数据和趣闻轶事相结合，提出极具挑战性、开创性的观点。 ● 常常受邀为《纽约时报》《旧金山纪事报》和《沙龙网络杂志》撰写文章，还经常被邀请做有关大脑、思维、神经科学与科学哲学方面的演讲。著有《人类思维中最致命的错误》以及三本深受评论界好评的小说。目前居住在旧金山湾区。

From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Former foreign editor of Time, Ramo pushes the reader into uncomfortable yet exhilarating places with controversial ways of thinking about global challenges (e.g., studying why Hezbollah is the most efficiently run Islamic militant group). His book, which lays bare the flaws in current thinking on everything from American political influen...(展开全部)

Review When we feel defined by the past we can struggle to see a different future. With its mix of compelling stories and persuasive evidence, Second Act will make you realise that, far from being done, you haven't even got started yet. -- Ian Leslie, author of Born Liars and Curious This fascinating well-researched book sparks insights into how talent blooms across all ages an...(展开全部)