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9.5 (58 个评分) 作者: [意] 普里莫·莱维 译者: 杨晨光 三辉图书/上海三联书店 2013 - 3
本书是意大利最具知识分子良心的天才作家普里莫•莱维的最后作品。莱维以生命完成了对纳粹暴行的见证,他的简明易懂的作品是对生活奇妙的赞颂,证明了人类的精神无法被战胜,以及人类通过富有意义的作品、道德和艺术击败死亡的能力。
人们一定记得,当时距离奥斯维辛解放仅仅过去了15年: 我这本书的读者正是“那些人”,而不是他们的继承者。之前他们是压迫者或冷漠的旁观者,而现在他们将是我的读者:我要将他们逼进困境,把他们绑在镜子前。算账的时刻到了,摊牌的时刻到了,而最重要的,对话的时刻到了。
我并不相信人的一生必然存在明确的目的;但如果我思索我的生活和我直到现在才为自己树立的目标,我认为在它们中只有一个目标是明确而自觉的。而它就是:去作证,让德国人民听到我的声音,去“回应”那个在我的肩头擦手的“卡波”、潘维茨博士,那些绞死尤尔提姆的人,以及他们的后代。
——普里莫•莱维
我们时代最重要和最有天赋的作家之一。 ——伊泰洛·卡尔维诺
莱维的证词超出一般体验。他的叙事是复杂、敏感、沉静的。它通常比其他人的回忆录“更冷静”——这就是为什么当它突然带着抑制愤怒的能量而迸发热情与闪光时,比所有的回忆录都有力的原因。 ——托尼·朱特
莱维的最后一部宏伟巨著…是对他所有作品浓缩而优雅的总结。 ——《纽约客》
关于犹太人、德国人、大屠杀及其它相关主题的著作。它是一场令人沉思的讨论,虽然在一定程度上能够被我们理解,但它远远超越了我们理解的极限,就像我们无法开启的古代文明的石头废墟。 ——《纽约书评》
在人生接近尾声之时,莱维越来越坚信人们会忘记大屠杀的教训,仿佛这场大屠杀只是人类历史中司空见惯的暴行之一。《被淹没和被拯救的》一书是在四十年之后对纳粹种族灭绝意义的阴郁思索。 ——《纽约时报》
中外科學之交流 豆瓣
作者: 潘吉星 香港中文大學出版社 1993
本書論述中國造紙術、火藥術的發明、科學代表作《本草綱目》及《天工開物》在全世界的傳播和影響;討論西方科學知識、技術術語和科學著作在中國的傳播和影響;又介紹中西互相翻譯對方科學著作的具體情況;中、日兩國之間的科學交流,亦有專章論述。
Pico della Mirandola 豆瓣
作者: Pico della Mirandola Cambridge University Press 2012 - 8
This is a new translation of and commentary on Pico della Mirandola's most famous work, the Oration on the Dignity of Man. It is the first English edition to provide readers with substantial notes on the text, essays that address the work's historical, philosophical and theological context, and a survey of its reception. Often called the 'Manifesto of the Renaissance', this brief but complex text was originally composed in 1486 as the inaugural speech for an assembly of intellectuals, which could have produced one of the most exhaustive metaphysical, theological and psychological debates in history, had Pope Innocent VIII not forbidden it. This edition of the Oration reflects the spirit of the original text in bringing together experts in different fields. Not unlike the debate Pico optimistically anticipated, the resulting work is superior to the sum of its parts.
Understanding the Linux Kernel 豆瓣
作者: Daniel Plerre Bovet / Marco Cesati O'Reilly Media 2005 - 11
In order to thoroughly understand what makes Linux tick and why it works so well on a wide variety of systems, you need to delve deep into the heart of the kernel. The kernel handles all interactions between the CPU and the external world, and determines which programs will share processor time, in what order. It manages limited memory so well that hundreds of processes can share the system efficiently, and expertly organizes data transfers so that the CPU isn't kept waiting any longer than necessary for the relatively slow disks. The third edition of Understanding the Linux Kernel takes you on a guided tour of the most significant data structures, algorithms, and programming tricks used in the kernel. Probing beyond superficial features, the authors offer valuable insights to people who want to know how things really work inside their machine. Important Intel-specific features are discussed. Relevant segments of code are dissected line by line. But the book covers more than just the functioning of the code; it explains the theoretical underpinnings of why Linux does things the way it does. This edition of the book covers Version 2.6 , which has seen significant changes to nearly every kernel subsystem, particularly in the areas of memory management and block devices. The book focuses on the following topics: * Memory management, including file buffering, process swapping, and Direct memory Access (DMA) * The Virtual Filesystem layer and the Second and Third Extended Filesystems * Process creation and scheduling * Signals, interrupts, and the essential interfaces to device drivers * Timing * Synchronization within the kernel * Interprocess Communication (IPC) * Program execution Understanding the Linux Kernel will acquaint you with all the inner workings of Linux, but it's more than just an academic exercise. You'll learn what conditions bring out Linux's best performance, and you'll see how it meets the challenge of providing good system response during process scheduling, file access, and memory management in a wide variety of environments. This book will help you make the most of your Linux system.
Medieval Europe 豆瓣
作者: C. Warren Hollister / Judith Bennett McGraw-Hill Higher Education 2005 - 4
Marked by C. Warren Hollister's clear historical vision and engaging teaching style, this classic text has been judiciously revised by Judith Bennett; the tenth edition includes greater coverage of Byzantium and Islam, a revised map program, a new essay program on medieval myths, and more. In his preface to the eighth edition, Professor Hollister wrote of his realization, while in college, that our world today "is a product of the medieval past." "Medieval Europe" introduces today's students to the medieval roots of our own society.
The Gunpowder Age 豆瓣
作者: Tonio Andrade Princeton University Press 2016 - 1
The Chinese invented gunpowder and began exploring its military uses as early as the 900s, four centuries before the technology passed to the West. But by the early 1800s, China had fallen so far behind the West in gunpowder warfare that it was easily defeated by Britain in the Opium War of 1839–42. What happened? In The Gunpowder Age, Tonio Andrade offers a compelling new answer, opening a fresh perspective on a key question of world history: why did the countries of western Europe surge to global importance starting in the 1500s while China slipped behind?
Historians have long argued that gunpowder weapons helped Europeans establish global hegemony. Yet the inhabitants of what is today China not only invented guns and bombs but also, as Andrade shows, continued to innovate in gunpowder technology through the early 1700s—much longer than previously thought. Why, then, did China become so vulnerable? Andrade argues that one significant reason is that it was out of practice fighting wars, having enjoyed nearly a century of relative peace, since 1760. Indeed, he demonstrates that China—like Europe—was a powerful military innovator, particularly during times of great warfare, such as the violent century starting after the Opium War, when the Chinese once again quickly modernized their forces. Today, China is simply returning to its old position as one of the world’s great military powers.
By showing that China’s military dynamism was deeper, longer lasting, and more quickly recovered than previously understood, The Gunpowder Age challenges long-standing explanations of the so-called Great Divergence between the West and Asia.
The Justice of Venice 豆瓣
作者: James E. Shaw British Academy 2006 - 7
The rulers of Venice prided themselves on their unique brand of justice, which was a source of both ridicule and admiration for foreign commentators. Dr Shaw uncovers what this special justice meant for ordinary subjects by studying the history of one of the oldest magistracies of the city, a body responsible for handling petty market crime and small claims litigation. This volume examines how changing ideas about justice at the level of the political elite were related to judicial and policing practices in the courtroom and on the street. It shows how failure to invest in the state bureaucracy allowed corruption to flourish and effectively delegated power to private interest groups such as the guilds. At the same time, the volume reveals that the bottom level of civil justice was fast, cheap and accessible. Everyone had the chance to be heard, and the poor and disadvantaged could hope for justice along with the rich and powerful. This volume will be essential reading for historians of Venice and specialists in the history of early modern cities, and also of wider interest to scholars interested in the connections between economic, legal and social structures.