内容简介 本书是关于我们如何从科学的视角重新认识这个世界的科普读物，阐述了宇宙、世界、生命科学视角下，对世界本源的认识，并结合生物学、数学、物理学和计算机科学知识，更加细致入微地解释我们观察到的世界中的各类现象。 在这本书中，作者希望表明我们的宇宙不仅仅是一座没有生命、毫无意义的数学机器。在我们真正了解意识和人类思想的奇迹之前，我们能真正了解宇宙吗？为了做到这一点，作者超越了物理世界去寻找答案。对于对生命、宇宙和一切事物的深层问题感到好奇的读者来说，《世界本身》是一本必不可少的读物。

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《芬兰》将向读者讲述芬兰奇迹和荣誉背后那一个个鲜活的故事，引导读者徜徉在如诗如画的美丽国度中。芬兰，一个人口只有530万的北欧小国，却拥有“森林王国”、“欧洲绿色之肺”、“千岛之国”和“圣诞老人故乡”等诸多的美称。2000-2004提。芬兰连续四年被评为世界上腐败程度、廉洁程度最高的国家。在世界经济论坛公布的全球竞争力报告中，芬兰三度蝉联榜首。芬兰还是全球移动电话产品市场的头号，2003年诺基亚公司手机的发货量达1.8亿部，占全球市场份额的35％。

Cosmic Coupling is a fun, fast-paced exploration of every?possible relationship between star signs, both straight and gay,from the authors’ unique sextrological perspective. With richknowledge, expert wordsmithing, and signature wry humor, celebritycosmic consultants Stella Starsky + Quinn Cox delve into thespecific rules of attraction inherent in each bond and the perksand pitfalls particular to each partnership. Whether addressingenduring alliances or fleeting dalliances, Starsky + Cox don’t shyaway from the juicier bits in profiling the romantic and sexualnature of each star-sign combination on the astrological block.Smart, sexy, and sophisticated, with a wink, Cosmic Coupling?profiles couples in a threefold manner: ? Chemistry—describes the sparks, clashes, andunderlying motivations of the couple’s mutual attraction ? Compatibility—depicts the relationship needs ofeach sign and explains how the pair best meshes ? Carnality—details the sexual dynamics of thebond, right on down to the

Chantel Hobbs lost two hundred pounds without the help ofsurgery, pills, point systems, or a trendy diet. And just asimportant, she kept the weight off. Her dramatic turnaround began with five decisions–personal,no-excuses commitments that kept her from losing sight of hergoals. It worked for Chantel and it will work for you. Once youunconditionally change your mind your body will follow, and yourlife will never be the same. In this book you will discover: ·How to move beyond past failures and get over your oldexcuses ·How changing your eating patterns can break food’s hold overyou ·Why winning the weight-loss battle must come from the insideout ·The simple workouts that deliver lasting results and are fun todo ·How to overcome the naysayers, the diet police, and your ownnagging doubts ·How to prioritize your health, juggle family and career, andstay motivated when life takes unexpected turns ·Why the diet industry wants you to keep comin

In this profound and fascinating book, the authors revisit anoverlooked Supreme Court decision that changed forever how justiceis carried out in the United States. In 1906, Ed Johnson was the innocnet black man found guilty ofthe brutal rape of Nevada Taylor, a white woman, and sentenced todie in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Two black lawyers, not even part ofthe original defense, appealed to the Supreme Court for a stay ofexecution, and the stay, incredibly, was granted. Frenzied withrage at the deision, locals responded by lynching Johnson, and whatensued was a breathtaking whirlwind of groundbreaking legal actionwhose import, Thurgood Marshall would claim, "has never been fullyexplained." Provocative, thorough, and gripping, Contempt of Courtis a long-overdue look at events that clearly depict the peculiarand tenuous relationship between justice and the law.

For William Ayers, noted educator and activist, "the allure ofteaching, that ineffable magic drawing me back to the classroomagain and again, issues from an ideal that lies directly at itsheart: Teaching, at its best, is an enterprise that helps humanbeings reach the full measure of their humanity." In Teaching Toward Freedom, Ayers illuminates the hope as well asthe conflict that characterize the entire project of education: howit can be used in authoritarian and dehumanizing ways in theservice of the state, the church, or a restrictive existing socialorder-an idea he abhors-or, as he envisions it, as an undertakingto help students become more fully human, more engaged, moreparticipatory, more free. Drawing on his own classroom experiencesand those of his many colleagues, as well as on popular culture,film, poetry, and novels, Ayers redraws the lines concerning how weteach and why, and the surprising things we uncover when we allowstudents to become visible, vocal authors of their own texts andcreators of