In the history of Western culture, we can find some great philosophers with great poetic temperament, and we can also find some great poets with great philosopherly temperament, whose existence seems to show the long-standing tradition of integrating poetry and philosophy, and this book collectively refers to them as "poets and philosophers".
Carefully planned and compiled by the famous writer Zhou Guoping, the first edition of the book was written in 1987 by He Huaihong, Chen Xuanliang, Liu Dong, Du Xiaozhen and a group of "young and middle-aged scholars" at that time, introducing 12 Western thinkers they considered "important", including Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Kierkegor, Heidegger, Sartre, Camus, Marcuse and other influential figures. In the past 20 years, this book has been reprinted many times, and the "young and middle-aged scholars" of that year have long become the pillars of the ideological circles, and as for the thinkers they write, they have come and gone back and forth, leaving a round of trends in China's ideological circles and reading circles. Although more than a decade has passed and many works introducing philosophers have been published, its beautiful words, deep thinking, and eternal themes have left a deep impression on people and are still loved by many readers.
Over the past hundred years, the landscape of the art world has changed dramatically. The viewer is greatly confused in front of the works of art, are these works a provocation? Is the artist just telling an expert joke?
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Art itself is a language—a language that exists far beyond its particular epoch. In this book, the veteran American art critic Lance Esplund combines his many years of experience in art appreciation and explains in detail the grammatical logic contained in art. The book begins with an analysis of the basic elements of art, followed by an in-depth interpretation of ten works of modern and contemporary art, leading readers to watch and think, so as to form their own aesthetic judgments, and to be able to examine art in the way artists look at art.
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★ Veteran art critics share art appreciation
Based on years of experience in art appreciation, Lance Esplund has made an in-depth and simple interpretation of the language of art, and he leads the reader to approach those unfamiliar works of art, and then independently use appreciation techniques to communicate with the works of art, thinking like an artist.
★ Get up close to modern and contemporary art and let art truly be relevant to you
Through his own experience of appreciating art, the author guides you to establish your own aesthetic system, and at the same time establish a close connection with art to form your own private experience. The experience of art, although we can all participate in sharing, is ultimately our own, just like the experience of love.
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★ From the basic elements to the case analysis, the charm of art is deeply analyzed
The book begins with an analysis of the basic elements of art, explains the deep aesthetic standards that run through art history, and then shows the various angles of art appreciation in a meticulous interpretation of ten contemporary works. As a result, readers can gradually deepen from general to individual, from theory to practice, and grow into independent art connoisseurs.
★ Industry experts and many media praised
The book has been well received by art critics and mainstream American media including the Washington Post and The Cox Book Review, as well as veteran curator John Elderfield and Oscar-winning director Robert Benton, and has been hailed as an ideal reading for "insightful" yet "unobtrusive" art appreciation. "
From the perspective of biological evolution, "How to Solve Complex Problems" explains the three decisive forces that drive biological evolution: natural selection, genetic variation, and DNA recombination. The combination of these three forces allows life to solve problems encountered in the course of evolution in a very creative way. By contrasting biological evolution with human creativity, the authors discover striking similarities between the two and propose an original idea of using the wisdom of biological evolution to enhance human creativity!
With insight into biological evolution, we can better harness human creativity, allow children to live more fulfilling lives, enhance business innovation, and raise the level of creativity throughout the country.
Today, innovation is increasingly transcending national borders, the flow of talent across borders is unprecedented, and multinational companies are investing more and more in overseas high-tech facilities. In this new world, America's technological leadership increasingly involves cooperation with other countries, especially China and India, which have become particularly important partners.
China and India have embraced global innovation, while U.S. policies are contradictory. The authors explain why through in-depth case studies of U.S. skilled immigration, foreign students, and offshoring policies. All this shows that U.S. policy is not so much motivated by strategic considerations as it is the result of a conflict of domestic interests and is unstable. The book innovatively refers to American high-tech companies and research universities collectively as the HTC (High-Tech Community), which are pressing for national openness, yet these pro-globalization forces are facing resistance from other interest groups, including labor and anti-immigrant groups, and this resistance has a significant impact on the country's talent policy and openness.
Taking the globalization of innovation as a starting point, this book explains the strategies of the United States, China, and India in embracing innovation around the development of high technology. How will the United States, which has long dominated the world stage, react to the cross-border flow of talent and the globalization of R&D activities? In the wave of immigration and anti-immigration, how should the US government choose? How can China and India, as two emerging powers, seize the new opportunities brought about by the technological revolution? How can China and India attract talent to develop their economies? This book answers these questions one by one.
Author: Tim Fernholtz / Douban Score: 6.6 / Publication date: 2020-3
Perhaps to satisfy individual heroism, perhaps to unearth the blue ocean of the space economy, or perhaps to save the world and the future of humanity, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos stand at the center of the fast-paced story. At the same time, we met an equally fascinating group of entrepreneurs, from energetic American billionaire Richard Branson to satellite Internet prophet Greg Weller, all of whom were convinced that commercial spaceflight would change our world better.
The author of the book, Tim? Feinholtz, who has been on the front lines of space reporting for several years, believes that from Silicon Valley to Mars, for every legendary company or entrepreneur involved in this competition, betting on the existing wealth and reputation on rockets, spacecraft manufacturing and new races to explore space means not only a profitable opportunity, but also a high-risk marathon of technological and commercial competition and survival, and a glory and dream of human exploration of the universe and the future.