by Pierre Levy (2011)
"The new digital media offers us an unprecedented memory capacity, an ubiquitous communication channel and a growing computing power. How can we exploit this medium to augment our personal and social cognitive processes at the service of human development? Combining a deep knowledge of humanities and social sciences as well as a real familiarity with computer science issues, this book explains the collaborative construction of a global hypercortex coordinated by a computable metalanguage. By recognizing fully the symbolic and social nature of human cognition, we could transform our current opaque global brain into a reflexive collective intelligence"--
Paul McAuley
In a world teeming with surveillance cameras and with censors patrolling the Internet, a young woman is murdered before an audience of avid voyeurs, and a policeman who is determined to solve her murder faces a world where people will do anything to control information.
Steve Jones
"Charles Darwin's masterpiece, The Origin of Species, is probably the best-known, least-read book. Unquestionably one of the most important achievements of the millennium, the book caused a sensation when it was published in 1859, because it forced mankind to see itself as part of the animal world - a notion that hundreds of millions still deny. Writing as "Darwin's ghost," the well-known geneticist Steve Jones has drawn on our ever-expanding scientific knowledge and the brilliant logic set out in The Origin to restate evolution's case for the twenty-first century." "Using contemporary examples - the AIDS virus, the rules of the American Kennel Club, the sheep who never forget a face and the garbage that floats in the Pacific - he shows the power and immediacy of Darwin's great argument."--BOOK JACKET.
Bradford Angier
This illustrated guide to North American wild medicinals has been a nature classic for over thirty years. In this new edition, David K. Foster revises Bradford Angier's invaluable handbook, updating the taxonomy and adding more than a dozen species, including the purple coneflower, popularly known as echinacea, as well as ephedra, jewelweed, goldenseal, and more. Scientific information for a general audience and full-color illustrations combine with intriguing accounts of the plants' uses, making this a practical guide for anyone interested in the medicinal uses of wild plants.--Publisher description.
Sha le mei zhu
Ben shu jiang shu:"qing gan bai chi"gong xiao lan ju ran wu da wu zhuang jie jiu le chuan shuo zhong shen yi ban de diao xiang shi yue hua yu. Cheng wei diao xiang shi, Ke shi gong xiao lan zui da de meng xiang. Ping jie zhe gou pi gao yao de jing shen he tian sheng you ru shen quan ban ling min de xiu jue, Gong xiao lan cheng gong lai shang le yue hua yu, Geng zhu jin le zhu ming de lian ai xiang fen guan, Kai shi le lu man man qi xiu yuan xi de xue xi diao xiang zhi lu. Mei tian bu guang yao xue xi diao xiang zhi shi, Hai de ying fu pi qi gu guai de mei mao guan zhu da ren, Yi ji xing ge jiong yi de shuang bao tai mei shao nian, Shi zai you dian li bu cong xin a. Er qie, Gan qing chi dun jian zhi shi ta cheng wei diao xiang shi de dao lu shang zui da zhang ai. Dang ta nu li wan cheng wei tuo ren de ren wu, Jian jian ti hui dao shen me shi guo wei ban de chu lian, Shen me shi wan ru lü cha ban de an lian, Shen me shi dai zhe cao mu qing xiang de xie hou shi, Yi ge ju da de yi tuan que man man fu chu shui mian.