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。

In this riveting and relentless nonfiction thriller,award-winning investigative reporter William C. Rempel tells theharrowing story of former Cali cartel insider Jorge Salcedo, anordinary man facing an extraordinary dilemma—a man forced to riskeverything to escape the powerful and treacherous Cali crimesyndicate. Colombia in the 1990s is a country in chaos, as a weak governmentbattles guerrilla movements and narco-traffickers, including thenotorious Pablo Escobar and his rivals in the Cali cartel. EnterJorge Salcedo, a part-time soldier, a gifted engineer, a respectedbusinessman and family man—and a man who despises Pablo Escobar forpatriotic and deeply personal reasons. He is introduced to thegodfathers of the Cali cartel, who are at war with Escobar anddesperately want their foe dead. With mixed feelings, Jorge agreesto help them. Once inside, Jorge rises to become head of security for MiguelRodríguez Orejuela, principal godfather of the $7-billion-a-yearCali drug cartel. Jorge tries

People speak different languages, and always have. The AncientGreeks took no notice of anything unless it was said in Greek; theRomans made everyone speak Latin; and in India, people learnedtheir neighbours' languages - as did many ordinary Europeans intimes past. But today, we all use translation to cope with thediversity of languages. Without translation there would be no worldnews, not much of a reading list in any subject at college, norepair manuals for cars or planes, and we wouldn't even be able toput together flat pack furniture. "Is That a Fish in Your Ear?"ranges across the whole of human experience, from foreign films tophilosophy, to show why translation is at the heart of what we doand who we are. What's the difference between translatingunprepared natural speech, and translating Madame Bovary? How doyou translate a joke? What's the difference between a native tongueand a learned one? Can you translate between any pair of languages,or only between some? What really goes on when world leade

Here’s the skinny: After a lifetime of yo-yo dieting withpills, hypnosis, and ill-informed half-measures, Carol Lay finallyshed her excess pounds and kept them off. Now this Californiacartoonist shares her experiences in a funny, genuine, andeye-popping graphic memoir that tells Carol’s story and shows youhow you can do it, too.

Wouldn’t you rather savor a buttery croissant instead ofinhaling an artificially flavored diet shake? Isn’t taking arelaxing stroll preferable to pounding out early morning miles onthe treadmill? The French live this way, yet stay thin and healthy.Now, with The French Don’t Diet Plan, you can, too! In his groundbreaking book, The Fat Fallacy, Dr. Will Clower wasthe first to present a theory of how the French maintain lowobesity and heart disease rates despite their seemingly “unhealthy”lifestyle. Dr. Clower learned that the French don’t worry aboutdieting but rather are more concerned with how they eat. That meanspaying attention to the taste, pacing, and enjoyment of meals,instead of counting calories, cutting fat and carbs, or takingguilt trips to the gym. With The PATH, his revolutionary weight-loss plan, Dr. Clower hashelped thousands of people lose weight, lower cholesterol, andincrease energy. Now, in The French Don’t Diet Plan, Dr. Clowershows how easy it is to incorpor

Since the advent of file-sharing technology in the late 1990s,the music industry has been challenged to reinvent itself. What hasit done? How have tSince the advent of file-sharing technology inthe late 1990s, the music industry has been challenged to reinventitself. What has it done? How have the record labels repositionedthemselves to cope with these massive changes? How does all thisaffect creative artists? No one understands the music industry -- from the technology, tothe legalities, to the new industry practices -- better thanveteran music lawyer Donald Passman. In this completely revised andupdated seventh edition of All You Need to Know About the MusicBusiness, which the Los Angeles Times called "the industry bible"and which has sold hundreds of thousands of copies over the lasteighteen years, Passman offers executives and artists, experts andnovices alike the essential information they need not only tosurvive in these volatile and exciting times, but also tothrive. Drawing on his unique, up-to-the-m

Through the best-selling ScreamFree Parenting, Hal Runkelshowed thousands of parents how keeping their cool canrevolutionize their family life. In his groundbreaking new book,ScreamFree Marriage, Runkel now shows couples how learning to staycalm, in the face of common marital conflicts, is the key tocreating and enjoying a deep, lifelong connection. Every committed couple strives to hold on to the marriage theyenvisioned back when they first said "I do"--before the end of thehoneymoon phase, before kids, mortgages, health crises, and alllife's inescapable issues. But the truth is this: conflict isunavoidable--it's impossible for two people to see every singlething, face every issue, and experience every situation in exactlythe same way. What results are couples "screaming" at eachother--sometimes literally yelling out loud, sometimes shuttingthemselves down and shutting their partners out, and sometimesavoiding the issue altogether--none of which leads to thepassionate, intimate connection we all

This comprehensive guide introduces Body-Mind Centering, theinternationally recognized field pioneered by dancer andoccupational therapist Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen. Devotingthirty-five years to a systematic investigation of the relationsbetween bodily experience and the anatomical maps of science,Bainbridge Cohen independently discovered many of the principlesthat underlie Feldenkrais work, cranial osteopathy, Rolfing, dancetherapy, and Zero Balancing. Experienced BMC practitioner LindaHartley demonstrates the basic philosophy and key elements ofBody-Mind Centering. Drawing on animal and infant movements, shetakes readers through the wondrous realms of Bainbridge Cohen’spantheon—from the 'minds' of the skeletal and muscular systems tothe quite different inner lives of digestive, lymphatic, urinary,respiratory, vocal, circulatory, endocrine, and reproductiveorgans. Her choreography ultimately brings us into the states ofconsciousness of skins, cells, blood, fat, cerebrospinal fluid,nervous system, an

Dr. Keith Block is at the global vanguard of innovative cancercare. As medical director of the Block Center for IntegrativeCancer Treatment in Evanston, Illinois, he has treated thousands ofpatients who have lived long, full lives beyond their originalprognoses. Now he has distilled almost thirty years of experienceinto the first book that gives patients a systematic,research-based plan for developing the physical and emotionalvitality they need to meet the demands of treatment andrecovery.

In his million-copy bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, JaredDiamond examined how and why Western civilizations developed thetechnologies and immunities that allowed them to dominate much ofthe world. Now in this brilliant companion volume, Diamond probesthe other side of the equation: What caused some of the greatcivilizations of the past to collapse into ruin, and what can welearn from their fates? As in Guns, Germs, and Steel, Diamond weaves anall-encompassing global thesis through a series of fascinatinghistorical-cultural narratives. Moving from the Polynesian cultureson Easter Island to the flourishing American civilizations of theAnasazi and the Maya and finally to the doomed Viking colony onGreenland, Diamond traces the fundamental pattern of catastrophe.Environmental damage, climate change, rapid population growth, andunwise political choices were all factors in the demise of thesesocieties, but other societies found solutions and persisted.Similar problems face us today and have already brought

《南来的挑战》是大众报业集团（大众日报社）社长梁国典从事新闻工作30年来的作品选集，精选了作者撰写的通讯和论文的代表作品。作者从记者干起，全身心投入新闻工作，紧跟时代发展潮流，采写和组织策划了孔繁森、李登海、朱彦夫、王乐义等重大典型人物报道，推出了如莱芜市乡镇简政放权、莱西市村级组织建设、文登农村精神文明建设、荣成市实践“三个代表”的经验以及海尔经验、“南巡第三春的汇报系列述评”等等重大经验性报道，挖掘重大典型、新闻事件、英模人物身上的时代价值，捕捉新闻背后的丰盈内涵，多篇作品获得中国新闻奖。实践证明，这些通讯报道的典型，经住了时间的检验，到现在仍具有典型意义，是做好新时期典型宣传的生动教材。作者走上管理岗位后，注重加强对新闻实践的总结提升，撰写了大量业务论文，内容涉及采编业

Physical play - what some might call roughhousing - is beingmarginalized. Gym classes are getting shorter. Recess periods arebeing eliminated. Some new schools don't even have playgrounds. ButDrs. Anthony T. DeBenedet and Lawrence Cohen are here to shakethings up-literally! "The Art of Roughhousing" teaches parents howrough - and -tumble play can nurture close connections, solvebehavior problems, boost confidence, and more. Drawing fromgymnastics, martial arts, ballet, traditional sports, and evenanimal behavior, the authors present fifty illustrated activitiesfor children and parents to enjoy together - everything from theSumo Deadlift to the Rogue Dumbo. Arriving just in time forFather's Day, "The Art of Roughhousing" is the perfect gift forrowdy dads everywhere.

In Up from Slavery, Washington recounts the story of hislife—from slave to educator. The early sections deal with hisupbringing as a slave and his efforts to get an education.Washington details his transition from student to teacher, andoutlines his own development as an educator and founder of theTuskegee Institute in Alabama. In the final chapters of Up FromSlavery, Washington describes his career as a public speaker andcivil rights activist.