Technology has made us healthier and wealthier, but we aren't necessarily happier in our zealously engineered surroundings. Edward Tenner is a connoisseur of what he calls "revenge effects" - the unintended, ironic consequences of the mechanical, chemical, biological, and medical forms of ingenuity that have been hallmarks of the progressive, improvement-obsessed twentieth cent...(展开全部)

Technology has made us healthier and wealthier, but we aren't necessarily happier in our zealously engineered surroundings. Edward Tenner is a connoisseur of what he calls "revenge effects" - the unintended, ironic consequences of the mechanical, chemical, biological, and medical forms of ingenuity that have been hallmarks of the progressive, improvement-obsessed twentieth cent...(展开全部)

Technology permeates nearly every aspect of our daily lives. Cars enable us to travel long distances, mobile phones help us to communicate, and medical devices make it possible to detect and cure diseases. But these aids to existence are not simply neutral instruments: they give shape to what we do and how we experience the world. And because technology plays such an active rol...(展开全部)

From ideas and infections to financial crises and "fake news," why the science of outbreaks is the science of modern life These days, whenever anything spreads, whether it's a YouTube fad or a political rumor, we say it went viral. But how does virality actually work? In The Rules of Contagion, epidemiologist Adam Kucharski explores topics including gun violence, online manipul...(展开全部)

亚当·库哈尔斯基（Adam Kucharski），伦敦卫生与热带医学院传染病流行病学系副教授，致力于使用数学模型研究传染病和社会行为的传播。 他曾参与过对西非埃博拉病毒、南美寨卡病毒等疫情的流行病学研究，研究结果被BBC、《华盛顿邮报》等世界著名媒体广泛报道。在2020年的新型冠状病毒疫情期间，库哈尔斯基的团队是全球流行病学领域最活跃的研究团队之一，目前已在《柳叶刀》《自然–医学》等世界顶级医学期刊发表多篇论文。此外，他还为英国政府制定疫情防控政策提供专家建议。 除了从事科学研究外，库哈尔斯基还积极参与科学传播，在《金融时报》《卫报》《科学美国人》《新科学家》等媒体发表了大量文章，介绍模型方法在各个领域的应用，题材涉及博弈论、人工智能以及社交媒体上的信息传播等。他还是TED的资深演讲者，并获得过惠康基金会“科学写作奖”和英国科学协会“罗莎琳德·富兰克...(展开全部)

萨拉·E.希尔（Sarah E. Hill），生于美国威斯康星州，进化心理学家、作家。威斯康星大学密尔沃基分校人类学学士、得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校进化心理学博士，现为得克萨斯克里斯汀大学心理学教授。她关注女性与健康，其研究与写作集中在进化生物学、社会心理学与神经科学的交叉领域，旨在了解激素、免疫系统与环境在人际关系和健康行为中的作用。 万尘尘，“85后”英语译者，上海外国语大学信息管理与法语文学双学士。毕业后从事广告行业近十年，2016年移居台北，业余从事翻译工作。 即使本书所研究的对象与你无关，请相信这里一定有你的位置，希望你能在这本书中看到你自己故事的一部分。（萨拉·E.希尔）

史普罗 (R.C. Sproul, 1939-2017) 美国神学家,阿姆斯特丹自由大学博士，怀特菲尔德神学院博士，曾任教于美国改革宗神学院和诺克斯神学院，林格尼尔事工 (Ligonier Ministries) 创办人。

史普罗 (R.C. Sproul, 1939-2017) 美国神学家,阿姆斯特丹自由大学博士，怀特菲尔德神学院博士，曾任教于美国改革宗神学院和诺克斯神学院，林格尼尔事工 (Ligonier Ministries) 创办人。

In this major theoretical statement, the author offers a new and provoctive interpretation of institutional transformations associated with modernity. What is modernity? The author suggests, "As a first approximation, let us simply say the following: 'modernity' refers to modes of social life or organization which emerged in Europe from about the seventeenth century onwards and...(展开全部)

In this highly original book David Wills rethinks not only our nature before all technology but also what we understand to be technology. Rather than considering the human being as something natural that then develops technology, Wills argues, we should instead imagine an originary imbrication of nature and machine that begins with a dorsal turn—a turn that takes place behind o...(展开全部)