绘本作家、插画家，1973 年出生于日本神奈川县。吉竹伸介小时候是个怕生、内向的孩子，觉得“自己做什么都不行”，后来因为想当一名制作电影道具或玩偶的手工艺人，学了筑波大学艺术研究科的综合造型专业。毕业后，他进入一家游戏公司，为了缓解压力，常在工作间隙画插画，30 岁时出版了自己第一本插画集。 在成为两个孩子的爸爸之后，吉竹伸介 40 岁时出版了第一部绘本作品《这是苹果吗也许是吧》，孩子能从中感受到“自由想象”的乐趣，一个人也可以乐呵呵地读下去。这部绘本获得 3000 位日本一线店员评选的“MOE 绘本书店大奖”第一名、12 万日本小学生评选的“我喜欢的童书”总决选第三名、日本产经儿童出版文化奖·美术奖。由此，吉竹伸介成为绘本界备受瞩目的作家。 此后，他又陆续出版了《好无聊啊好无聊》《做个机器人假装是我》《后来呢后来怎么了》《脱不下来啦》《揉一揉啊捏一...(展开全部)

Explores the transformation humans undergo when they do metaphysics. Author Michael Gelven suggests that thinking metaphysically transforms us, and consequently the nature of metaphysics it self is transformational, Using concrete existential phenomena such as the learning process, how children mature into adults, and how fear can develop into courage, he establishes an underst...(展开全部)

Live Longer with AI examines how the latest cutting-edge developments are helping us to live longer, healthier and better too. It compels us to stop thinking that health is about treating disease and start regarding it as our greatest personal and societal asset to protect.The book discusses the impact that AI has on understanding the cellular basis of aging and how our genes are influenced by our environment – with the pandemic highlighting the interconnectedness of human and planetary health.Author Tina Woods, founder and CEO of Collider Health and Collider Science, and the co-founder of Longevity International, has curated a panel of deeply insightful interviews with some of today’s brightest and most innovative thought leaders at the crossroads of health, technology and society.Read what leading experts in health and technology are saying about the book:"This is a handbook for the revolution!"—Sir Muir Gray, Director, Optimal Ageing."You can live longer and be happier if you make some changes – that is the theme of this book. Well-written and compelling."—Ben Page, CEO, Ipsos Mori."Tina's book is a must-read for those who want to discover the future of health."—José Luis Cordeiro, Fellow, World Academy of Art & Science; Director, The Millennium Project; Vice Chair, Humanity Plus; Co-Author of The Death of Death.About the consultant editor.Melissa Ream is a leading health and care strategist in the UK, leveraging user-driven design and artificial intelligence to design systems and support people to live healthier, longer lives.

Live Longer with AI examines how the latest cutting-edge developments are helping us to live longer, healthier and better too. It compels us to stop thinking that health is about treating disease and start regarding it as our greatest personal and societal asset to protect.The book discusses the impact that AI has on understanding the cellular basis of aging and how our genes are influenced by our environment – with the pandemic highlighting the interconnectedness of human and planetary health.Author Tina Woods, founder and CEO of Collider Health and Collider Science, and the co-founder of Longevity International, has curated a panel of deeply insightful interviews with some of today’s brightest and most innovative thought leaders at the crossroads of health, technology and society.Read what leading experts in health and technology are saying about the book:"This is a handbook for the revolution!"—Sir Muir Gray, Director, Optimal Ageing."You can live longer and be happier if you make some changes – that is the theme of this book. Well-written and compelling."—Ben Page, CEO, Ipsos Mori."Tina's book is a must-read for those who want to discover the future of health."—José Luis Cordeiro, Fellow, World Academy of Art & Science; Director, The Millennium Project; Vice Chair, Humanity Plus; Co-Author of The Death of Death.About the consultant editor.Melissa Ream is a leading health and care strategist in the UK, leveraging user-driven design and artificial intelligence to design systems and support people to live healthier, longer lives.

Award-winning author Robert J. Sawyer continues his "wildly though- provoking" science fiction saga of a sentient World Wide Web. Webmind is an emerging consciousness that has befriended Caitlin Decter and grown eager to learn about her world. But Webmind has also come to the attention of WATCH-the secret government agency that monitors the Internet for any threat to the Unite...(展开全部)

From the famed author of the bestselling The Second Shift and The Time Bind, a pathbreaking look at the transformation of private life in our for-profit world The family has long been a haven in a heartless world, the one place immune to market forces and economic calculations, where the personal, the private, and the emotional hold sway. Yet as Arlie Russell Hochschild shows i...(展开全部)

From the famed author of the bestselling The Second Shift and The Time Bind, a pathbreaking look at the transformation of private life in our for-profit world The family has long been a haven in a heartless world, the one place immune to market forces and economic calculations, where the personal, the private, and the emotional hold sway. Yet as Arlie Russell Hochschild shows i...(展开全部)

Join Professor Helen Vendler in her course lecture on the Yeats poem "Among School Children." View her insightful and passionate analysis along with a condensed reading and student comments on the course. Helen Vendler has become one of our most trusted companions in reading poetry. Among critics today she has an unrivaled ability to show--lucidly and invitingly--just what a ...(展开全部)

Like people, buildings change with age, forced to adapt to the needs of current occupations. This provocative examination of buildings that have adapted well, and some that haven't, calls for a dramatic rethinking in the way new buildings are designed, one that allows structures to grow and change easily with the environment. Photos.

Join Professor Helen Vendler in her course lecture on the Yeats poem "Among School Children." View her insightful and passionate analysis along with a condensed reading and student comments on the course. Helen Vendler has become one of our most trusted companions in reading poetry. Among critics today she has an unrivaled ability to show--lucidly and invitingly--just what a po...(展开全部)