Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley have been researching quarantine since long before the COVID-19 pandemic. With Until Proven Safe, they bring us a book as compelling as it is definitive, not only urgent reading for social-distanced times but also an up-to-the-minute investigation of the interplay of forces–––biological, political, technological––that shape our modern world. Qua...(展开全部)

杰夫•马纳夫：作家、记者、建筑师，经营科技网站BLDGBLOG，也是《纽约客》《纽约时报杂志》《连线》等杂志的固定撰稿人。 妮古拉•特莉：作家，播客Gastropod 的联合主持人，《纽约客》撰稿人。

安．特魯貝克Anne Trubek 目前為《BELT》雜誌的總編輯，撰寫眾多文章刊於《紐約時報》、《大西洋雜誌》、《WIRED連線雜誌》等處。她的文筆以風趣流暢著稱，其間不時穿插大小知識，出道作《A Skeptic's Guide to Writer's Houses》就是一本以導覽形式敘述小書迷參觀大作家故居的有趣書籍。而在本書《The History and Uncertain Future of Handwriting》裡，她也像個導航員般，以深入淺出的文字帶領讀者瀏覽幾千年的西方手寫歷史。 想更了解作者，可見：http://www.annetrubek.com

【作者简介】 弗雷德•斯皮尔（Fred Spier）,国际大历史协会创始人之一，曾任该协会主席，大历史学派理论重要的贡献者，荷兰阿姆斯特丹大学高级讲师（Senior Lecturer）。最初研习生物化学，后转向文化人类学和社会史，全身心投入到大历史研究和普及事业中。1994年至2016年在阿姆斯特丹大学组织并教授大历史课程；2003年至2013年在埃因霍温理工大学开办大历史系列讲座；2009年至2018年在阿姆斯特丹大学学院开办大历史课程。斯皮尔进行了广泛的学术研究，包括植物的遗传操作、秘鲁的宗教，政治和生态。已出版《秘鲁的宗教制度》（Religious Regimes in Peru）、《大历史的结构：从大爆炸到今天》（The Structure of Big History: From the Big Bang until Today）、《大历史...(展开全部)

Big History and the Future of Humanity presents an original theoretical approach that makes “big history” – the placing of the human past within the history of life, the Earth, and the Universe -- accessible to general readers while revealing insights into what the future may hold for humanity. Provides an accessible and original overview of the entire sweep of history that pla...(展开全部)

Big History and the Future of Humanity presents an original theoretical approach that makes “big history” – the placing of the human past within the history of life, the Earth, and the Universe -- accessible to general readers while revealing insights into what the future may hold for humanity. Provides an accessible and original overview of the entire sweep of history that pla...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 [奥]瓦尔特·沙伊德尔（Walter Scheidel），生于奥地利，目前在斯坦福大学教授古代历史，主要研究领域是古代历史和经济史、前现代历史人口学，以及世界史比较和跨学科研究方法。 【译者简介】 祁长保，毕业于国际关系学院，曾从事医药贸易工作。译有《黑斯巴达克斯：海地国父杜桑·卢维杜尔传》《苍白的骑士：西班牙流感如何改变了世界》。

Spying has never been more ubiquitous—or less understood. The world is drowning in spy movies, TV shows, and novels, but universities offer more courses on rock and roll than on the CIA and there are more congressional experts on powdered milk than espionage. This crisis in intelligence education is distorting public opinion, fueling conspiracy theories, and hurting intelligenc...(展开全部)

Alister E. McGrath envisions a pivotal role for evangelicalism in shaping the future of Christianity.

A consensus-shattering account of automation technologies and their effect on workplaces and the labor market Silicon Valley titans, politicians, techno-futurists and social critics have united in arguing that we are living on the cusp of an era of rapid technological automation, heralding the end of work as we know it. But does the much-discussed “rise of the robots” really ex...(展开全部)