石黑一雄，日裔英国小说家，1954年生于日本长崎，与奈保尔、拉什迪并称为“英国文坛移民三雄”。石黑一雄的作品并不多，但几乎每部作品都获得重要的文学奖项：《远山淡影》获温尼弗雷德•霍尔比纪念奖，《浮世画家》获惠特布莱德年度最佳小说奖，《长日将尽》获布克奖，《无可慰藉》获切尔特纳姆文学艺术奖，《浮世画家》《我辈孤雏》和《莫失莫忘》均入围布克奖决选名单；1995年英女王授予石黑一雄文学领域的大英帝国勋章，1998年获法国文学艺术骑士勋章，2017年因“以其巨大的情感力量，发掘了隐藏在我们与世界的虚幻联系之下的深渊”而获诺贝尔文学奖。

石黑一雄，日裔英国小说家，1954年生于日本长崎，与奈保尔、拉什迪并称为“英国文坛移民三雄”。石黑一雄的作品并不多，但几乎每部作品都获得重要的文学奖项：《远山淡影》获温尼弗雷德•霍尔比纪念奖，《浮世画家》获惠特布莱德年度最佳小说奖，《长日将尽》获布克奖，《无可慰藉》获切尔特纳姆文学艺术奖，《浮世画家》《我辈孤雏》和《莫失莫忘》均入围布克奖决选名单；1995年英女王授予石黑一雄文学领域的大英帝国勋章，1998年获法国文学艺术骑士勋章，2017年因“以其巨大的情感力量，发掘了隐藏在我们与世界的虚幻联系之下的深渊”而获诺贝尔文学奖。

Albert Einstein opens a letter sent to him from the Eastern Front of World War I. Inside, he finds the first exact solution to the equations of general relativity, unaware that it contains a monster that could destroy his life's work. The great mathematician Alexander Grothendieck tunnels so deeply into abstraction that he tries to cut all ties with the world, terrified of the ...(展开全部)

Albert Einstein opens a letter sent to him from the Eastern Front of World War I. Inside, he finds the first exact solution to the equations of general relativity, unaware that it contains a monster that could destroy his life's work. The great mathematician Alexander Grothendieck tunnels so deeply into abstraction that he tries to cut all ties with the world, terrified of the ...(展开全部)

A Guardian and New Statesman book of the year, now in paperback - the fast-paced, mind-expanding literary work about scientific discovery and the unsettled distinction between genius and madness 'A monstrous and brilliant book' - Philip Pullman When We Cease to Understand the World shows us great minds striking out into dangerous, uncharted terrain. Fritz Haber, Alexander Groth...(展开全部)

Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize A fictional examination of the lives of real-life scientists and thinkers whose discoveries resulted in moral consequences beyond their imagining. When We Cease to Understand the World is a book about the complicated links between scientific and mathematical discovery, madness, and destruction. Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothend...(展开全部)

Humor, like pornography, is famously difficult to define. We know it when we see it, but is there a way to figure out what we really find funny—and why? In this fascinating investigation into the science of humor and laughter, cognitive neuroscientist Scott Weems uncovers what’s happening in our heads when we giggle, guffaw, or double over with laughter. While we typically thin...(展开全部)

The noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will transform the human race in the decades to come 这位著名发明家和未来学家的里程碑式著作《奇点临近》的继任者探讨了技术将如何在未来几十年改变人类 Since it was first published in 2005, Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity Is Near and its vision of an exponential future have spawned a worldwide movement. Kurzweil's pre...(展开全部)

The noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will transform the human race in the decades to come 这位著名发明家和未来学家的里程碑式著作《奇点临近》的继任者探讨了技术将如何在未来几十年改变人类 Since it was first published in 2005, Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity Is Near and its vision of an exponential future have spawned a worldwide movement. Kurzweil's pre...(展开全部)

Humor, like pornography, is famously difficult to define. We know it when we see it, but is there a way to figure out what we really find funny—and why? In this fascinating investigation into the science of humor and laughter, cognitive neuroscientist Scott Weems uncovers what’s happening in our heads when we giggle, guffaw, or double over with laughter. While we typically thin...(展开全部)