内容简介 Table of Contents: "A complex, smart and ambitious book that at first reads like a self-help manual, then blossoms into a wide-ranging political manifesto." Jonah Engel Bromwich, The New York Times Book Review NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY: Time ? NPR ? GQ ? Elle ? Vulture ? Fortune ? Boing Boing ? The Irish Times ? The New York Public Library Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity . . . doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. So argues artist and critic Jenny Odell in this field guide to doing nothing (at least as capitalism defines it). Odell sees our attention as the most precious and overdrawn resource we have. Once we can start paying a new kind of attention, she writes, we can undertake bolder forms of political action, reimagine humankind s role in the environment, and arrive at more meaningful understandings of happiness and progress.

Learn about everything in the world from animals to art with this book of extraordinary figures and number-based facts for children aged 9-12! DK's cool compendium puts the fun back into learning, taking children on a number crunching journey around the wonders of our world. With zillions of fun figures at your fingertips, you are sure to expand your horizons and impress your friends with incredible statistics! Ever wondered how many stone blocks there are in the Great Pyramids at Giza? How long it takes to put on a spacesuit? Or what percentage of your brain you really use? Well look no further! This world fact book will keep both you and the kids entertained, arming you with nuggets of number knowledge and memorable information proving that data doesn't have to be boring. Tuck into a feast of fantastic figures and you will find:

Behold the brilliant bugs that lurk beneath every log and leaf - from bright butterflies to organised ants - in this illustrated guide. Become an eyewitness to the many different varieties of insects in this picture-led reference guide that will take you on a visual tour of the world of creepy-crawlies. Children will be mesmerised by their different varieties, body-structures, life cycles, and behaviours - from why bees make honey to which insects have ears on their knees. This illustrated guide for kids aged 9+ reveals what the earliest insects looked like, how insects fly, and what a wasp's-eye-view looks like. Learn how insects - often seen as pests by humans - perform a vital role as pollinators of food crops. Throughout the pages of this newly-revised book on insects, you can expect to find: - A fresh new look; new photographs, updated information, and a new "eyewitness" feature. - Amazing fa

We often think of science as continuously advancing. In thiscollection of essays, five world-renowned writers explore obscureand neglected episodes in the history of science which suggestinstead that the process of understanding the significance ofscientific discoveries can be erratic, contradictory, evenirrational. Jonathan Miller, Oliver Sacks, and Daniel Kevles showhow promising new ideas may at first fail to be noticed oraccepted, and then, years after they have been dismissed orforgotten, are recognized in a different form as important. R.C.Lewontin and Stephen Jay Gould discuss the ways that words andimages used by scientists and popularizers alike, from the muralson the walls of natural history museums to such ubiquitous terms as"adaptation" and "environment," reflect serious and oftenunacknowledged distortions in the way we conceive of bothindividual organisms and the natural history of the world. These essays demonstrate that science is, in the words of OliverSacks, "a human enterprise through