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Society Of Mind 内容简介 Marvin Minsky -- one of the fathers of computer science and cofounder of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT -- gives a revolutionary answer to the age-old question: "How does the mind work?" Minsky brilliantly portrays the mind as a "society" of tiny components that are themselves mindless. Mirroring his theory, Minsky boldly casts The Society of Mind as an intellectual puzzle whose pieces are assembled along the way. Each chapter -- on a self-contained page -- corresponds to a piece in the puzzle. As the pages turn, a unified theory of the mind emerges, like a mosaic. Ingenious, amusing, and easy to read, The Society of Mind is an adventure in imagination. 编辑推荐 For some artificial intelligence researchers, Minsky's book is too far removed from hard science to be useful. For others, the high-level approach of The Society of Mind makes it a gold mine of ideas waiting to be implemented. The author, one of the undisputed

The Second Curve: Thoughts on Reinventing Society 内容简介 Charles Handy is one of the giants of contemporary thought. His books on management including Understanding Organizations and Gods of Management have changed the way we view business. His work on broader issues and trends such as Beyond Certainty has changed the way we view society. In The Second Curve, Handy builds on a life's work to glimpse into the future and see what challenges and opportunities lie ahead. He looks at current trends in capitalism and asks whether it is a sustainable system. He explores the dangers of a society built on credit. He challenges the myth that remorseless growth is essential. He even asks whether we should rethink our roles in life as students, parents, workers and voters and what the aims of an ideal society of the future should be. Provocative and thoughtful as ever, he sets out the questions we all need to ask ourselves and points us in the direction of some of the a

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Despite its indifferent reception when it was first published in1851, Moby Dick is now a central work in the American literarycanon. This introduction offers readings of Melville's masterpiece,but it also sets out the key themes, contexts, and criticalreception of his entire oeuvre. The first chapters cover Melville'slife and the historical and cultural contexts. Melville'sindividual works each receive full attention in the third chapter,including Typee, Moby Dick, Billy Budd and the short stories.Elsewhere in the chapter different themes in Melville are explainedwith reference to several works: Melville's writing process,Melville as letter writer, Melville and the past, Melville andmodernity, Melville's late writings. The final chapter analysesMelville scholarship from his day to ours. Kevin J. Hayes providescomprehensive information about Melville's life and works in anaccessible and engaging book that will be essential for studentsbeginning to read this important author.

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