Nanocrystals and Quantum Dots of Group IV Semiconductors Edited by T. V. Torchynska, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico Yu. V. Vorobiev, CINVESTAV-IPN, Unidad Queretaro, Mexico July 2010 300 pages, Hardcover ISBN: 1-58883-154-X US$399.00 国家图书馆正在订,还没到。进来后上架,然后才可以通过我校图书馆复印。 这样至少得一个月吧,考虑到放假,二个月能复印到吗? 不知有没有其它办法更快地搞到这本2010年出的书。
Thursday, July 14, 2011 01:20 July 2011 Take a break and view the latest books reviewed in the pages of PHYSICS TODAY . Grab a latté and see what's new. BCS: 50 Years World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2011. $135.00, $65.00 paper (575 pp.). ISBN 978-981-430-464-1, ISBN 978-981-430-465-8 paper Leon N. Cooper and Dmitri Feldman Reviewed by Malcolm Beasley Galaxy Formation and Evolution Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010. $85.00 (820 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-85793-2 Houjun Mo, Frank van den Bosch, and Simon White Reviewed by Joseph Silk How Did the First Stars and Galaxies Form? Princeton U. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2010. $24.95 paper (193 pp.). ISBN 978-0-691-14516-7 Abraham Loeb Reviewed by Joseph Silk Observational Cosmology Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010. $60.00 (324 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-15715-5 Stephen Serjeant Reviewed by Kevin M. Huffenberger Aberration-Corrected Imaging in Transmission Electron Microscopy: An Introduction Imperial College Press, London, 2010. $88.00 (354 pp.). ISBN 978-1-84816-536-6 Rolf Erni Reviewed by Lew Rabenberg New Books Topics ranging from acoustics to theory and mathematical models Soap, Science, and Flat-Screen TVs: A History of Liquid Crystals David Dunmur and Tim Slukin, reviewed by Peter Collings Oxford University Press, New York, 2011. $53.95, (345 pp.). ISBN 978-0-19-954940-5 Structure and Properties of Liquid Crystals Lev M. Blinov, reviewed by Peter Collings Springer Science and Business Media, Heidelberg, Germany, 2011. $129.00, (439 pp.). ISBN 978-90-481-8828-4 The Pursuit of Quantum Gravity: Memoirs of Bryce DeWitt from 1946 to 2004 Cecile DeWitt-Morette, reviewed by Leonard Parker Springer, New York, 2011. $49.95 (151 pp.). ISBN 978-3-642-14269-7 Science in the Age of Computer Simulation Eric Winsberg, reviewed by Francis Sullivan University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2010. $24.00 paper (168 pp.). ISBN 978-0-226-90204-3 The Dark Matter Problem: A Historical Perspective Robert H. Sanders, reviewed by Liliya L. R. Williams Cambridge U. Press, New York, 2010. $60.00 (205 pp.). ISBN 978-0-521-11301-4 You are currently subscribed to receive PHYSICS TODAY BOOKS alert e-mail. You can unsubscribe at any time by visiting our site at http://contact.physicstoday.org Please read our privacy policy .
那天说康师傅的“ 纯粹理性 ”,其核心是我们的理性需要接过它一切任务中最重要的那件,就是 认识自我 ,这当然是任何时代的任务——特别是我们的时代。 刚收到一个书目,是 Brockman, Inc . 在 London Book Fair 2011 的 Hot List ,其中好几部都是关于认识我们自己的: WHO’S IN CHARGE? FREE WILL AND THE SCIENCE OF THE BRAIN by Michael S. Gazzaniga 副标题里的 free will 令人想起量子论,作者是著名的实验神经学家,也不相信决定论。他在书里 提出了 an alternative interpretation of the relationship between brain, mind, and behavior . 他说,物理过程生成的思想也在约束( constrains )大脑,正如汽车形成的交通约束汽车一样。 Gazzaniga shows how the determinist view immeasurably weakens our views of human responsibility: “It wasn’t me—it was my brain.” He convincingly argues that, despite the latest insights into the physical mechanisms of the mind, there is an undeniable, human reality: We are responsible agents and should be held accountable for our actions. ATTENTION: THE HIDDEN PATTERN IN EXCELLENCE by Daniel Goleman 作者是 internationally known psychologist ,他 1995 年的 Emotional Intelligence 已经在全球卖了 600 万册。本书说明了出类拔萃的人们有着某种被“小看”( under-appreciated )了精神力量( mental ability )。题目里的 attention ,说的是 Self-reflexive attention ,也就是对自己精神状态的觉悟( awareness of our mental states ),它潜伏在很多意识活动中,如 concentration, learning, recognizing how we feel and why, managing our emotional responses, sensing emotions in other people and reading their intentions while interacting smoothly, as well as countless other mental basics. Self-reflexive attention 能预言谁能当领导者,谁能做好员工,谁能唱独角戏 。 THE ARGUMENTATIVE THEORY: HUMAN REASON AND IRRATIONALITY (WORKING TITLE) by Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber 人是理性的动物吗?心理学家在 1960 年代的实验,结果令人泄气:人是 非理性 的动物。作者认为被实验者是因为偏见才导致了“非理性的”结果。他们提出了 Argumentative Theory ,认为“理性”是 为了在论战中战胜别人 。他们认为这个理论“新奇、简单而令人信服地”回答了理性与非理性的问题。 Our hypothesis which we have been developing and present in our book is that that reasoning is not a tool of individual cognition, designed to help the lone thinker. Instead, natural selection has shaped reasoning as an argumentative device . Its main function is to help people use communication to their advantage: as communicators, by producing persuasive arguments; as audience, by evaluating arguments rather than accept gullibly what they are told. From this perspective, many baffling findings start making sense and can be explained with unprecedented precision and depth. 【这些书还在进行中,有的大概还没写完呢,这儿留几行原文,算是“先睹”了。它们将在一两年内出版。】
我看书的兴趣,自认为还算比较广的,对政治、历史、科学、文化、媒体都有一些兴趣,不过对于 英国最畅销的3类书 :实用指南类、明星传记类和畅销小说我看得都不多,所以这里列出的几本去年看的好书,都不是排行榜上的畅销书。选择以下这些书的原因,一方面是写得好,另一方面也是觉得它们适合中文读者,希望有出版社能将它们翻译出版。 A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi: The Ideal Guide to Sounding, Acting and Shrugging Like the French 这是作者,英国人 Charles Timoney继 Pardon My French 之后的第2本书。英国人看法国,解释起来就十分到位,因为他知道我们这些外国人对法国文化、日常礼仪和各种奇怪风俗的最大疑惑在哪里,而且行文十分幽默。 D-Day: The Battle for Normandy 历史作家 Antony Beevor 的最新作品,把 D-Day 之后的3个月时间内盟军在诺曼底半岛寻求突破的复杂战况写得清晰而生动。书中描述了许多由于盟军的狂轰滥炸和进展迟缓对当地法国平民造成的重大伤亡和损失,并对英军统帅蒙高马利颇有微词。 Elizabeths Women: The Hidden Story of the Virgin Queen 伊莉莎白一世和都铎王朝的故事,已经被人讲了许多遍了,但是这部书还能讲出新意来。作者 Tracy Borman 对许多重大历史事件只是略述,而对影响伊莉莎白性格发展的人物做了重点描述:从她母亲 Anne Bolyen 开始,一直到她执政后期的女伺官,以及各种对她地位和生命产生威胁的女人。精彩紧凑,但对细节决没有添油加醋;有分析推理,但又不是胡乱猜测。 Englischer Fussball: A Germans View of Our Beautiful Game 书名是德语的英格兰足球(English Football),作者是德国媒体驻英国的记者,他之所以能对英格兰足球提出独特的见解,正是因为他是一个外人的缘故,全书从英格兰的传统战术(更准确 的说是英国人对自己国家球员作风的期待)一直到英超的流行都有涉及,还有一章是关于英国人很重视的英德两国的传统交锋(作者的回答,简而言之是德国人不在 乎)。 Fishing in Utopia: Sweden and the Future that Disappeared 这是作者 Andrew Brown 年轻时代在瑞典的个人经历,除了文笔优美之外,他的视点也和我们类似,即从一个外国人的角度,试图寻找一个问题的答案:为什么在瑞典(可以延伸到北欧各国),可以很早就实现了高税率高福利的社会主义制度? The Invention of Air: An Experiment, a Journey, a New Country and the Amazing Force of Scientific Discovery 这是英国科学家、哲学家、神学家普里斯特利(Joseph Priestle)的传记,能把科学发展史写得有趣的,不止作者(Steven Johnson)一个,但是本书除了讲故事外(Joseph Priestley 本人的经历可以说是精彩曲折),还有许多作者对科学发现、信息流动与人类智慧发展的探讨,值得细读。 Live From the Moon: Film, Television and the Space Race 这本书中,作者 Michael Allen是把从50年代开始的美苏太空竞赛,放在东西方冷战与意识形态的宣传战这一框架下叙述。这一场竞赛,在60年代后期的美苏登月竞赛上达到高潮。 最关键的是,光是去征服太空是不够的,而且必须向地球上的观众实况直播,才有意义。阿波罗登月中的《月球升起》一幕,其政治含义之丰富,就是最好的范例。 Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History 作者 David Aaronovitch 是记者,现任《泰晤士报》专栏作家,讲故事时的条理性和生动感十分出色,把一个个阴谋论的来龙去脉掰开来给你看,说服力很强。可能是和他的背景有关,他选择的阴谋论都与政治历史有关。