你的思考不是你的思考，你的喜好也不是你的喜好因為操控行為的，是你體內的科學。從基因、微生物、激素和環境之間的交互作用，解釋人類行為與思考背後的科學影響力。2019年BookBub夏季最佳書單史丹佛大學神經科學家大衛．伊葛門、《我們只有10%是人類》作者艾蘭納．柯琳　推薦怪奇事物所 所長張東君 科普作家黃俊儒 國立中正大學通識教育中心特聘教授黃貞祥 國立清華大學生命科學系副教授謝伯讓 國立臺灣大學心理系教授——誠摯推薦一直以來，人類總相信自己對自身有完全掌控權，但其實我們可能連喜歡吃什麼都無法控制。小從對食物的喜好、選擇什麼樣的伴侶、容不容易物質上癮、是憂鬱還是樂天，大到對社會體制的觀點，其實可能都由不得我們決定，我們的意志能夠自主操控的範圍，其實比你所想的還要少。那究竟是誰凌駕在我們的意志之上，控制著我們的所作所為、所思所想呢？答案是基因、微生物以及各種生物化學分子。印第安那大學醫學院...

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Why are you attracted to a certain "type?" Why are you a morning person? Why do you vote the way you do? From a witty new voice in popular science comes a clever, life-changing look at what makes you you."I can't believe I just said that." "What possessed me to do that?" "What's wrong with me?" We're constantly seeking answers to these fundamental human questions, and now, science has the answers. The foods we enjoy, the people we love, the emotions we feel, and the beliefs we hold ...

Why are you attracted to a certain “type?” Why are you a morning person? Why do you vote the way you do? From a witty new voice in popular science comes a clever, life-changing look at what makes you you.“I can’t believe I just said that.” “What possessed me to do that?” “What’s wrong with me?”We’re constantly seeking answers to these fundamental human questions, and now, science has the answers. The foods we enjoy, the people we love, the emotions...

"Prepare yourself for heaps of action, some gruffness, and lots of gritty dialogue in this fun thriller!" - Readers' FavoriteMy name’s Jack Mason. I made a mistake. Took home the wrong girl and now she’s dead. Cut up. And they’re telling me I did it.It’s the same cop that tried to take me down ten years ago. Now he’s coming at me hard. And he’s not the only one. Cole Webster, the city’s crime lord, thinks I stole from him. Broke me out of custody j...

A follow-up to the original groundbreaking collection, Again, Dangerous Visions features forty-six short stories from giants of the science fiction genre.Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America and winner of countless awards—including the Hugo, Nebula, Edgar Allan Poe, and Bram Stoker—Harlan Ellison proved once more that he was both unpredictable and irrepressible in this second collection of innovative science fiction. Again, Dangerous ...

In 1842, Adam Gimbel opened a small storefront in Vincennes, Indiana and unknowingly set forth the groundwork for an American retail icon. His "fair trade" practices encouraged him to leave Vincennes and open up "the largest store ever" in 1887 in the city of Milwaukee. After getting his Milwaukee on firm ground, Adam Gimbel left for Philadelphia, his wife's hometown, with his seven sons and opened the "world's largest store" in 1894. Like every major department store, Gimbels began to fol...

The Best of Gene Wolfe is the definitive collection of the best of Gene Wolfe’s short fiction.One of the greatest writers in genre (and literary fiction) of the twentieth century, Gene Wolfe was a national treasure who produced the finest and most significant body of short fiction in the SF and fantasy field over the last fifty years. The Best of Gene Wolfe is an amazing retrospective collection of his short fiction, selected by Wolfe himself....

Trials and Tribulations of this world have no regard for size, age and the ticking hands of time as they trample on the success of the many. Afraid of moving among the successful, he dares himself to find his level and a chance to cheat fate. In the shadow of night, a mysterious tale unfolds a captivating odyssey, a riveting journey fraught with unexpected alliances shifting like shadows, a realm where secrets intertwine with celestial forces- an ancient prophecy, a forbidden love, ethical...