The second-most common anxiety disorder, social phobia will affect 12 percent of the population at some point in their lives. In our interconnected social world, this problem is especially debilitating. It presents challenges in all aspects of sufferers' lives, from family and intimate relationships to professional development and career satisfaction. This revised edition of a New Harbinger classic develops a clear and effective self-help programme - based on clinically proven cognitive behaviour therapy - that readers can use to relieve social anxiety and start making meaningful connections to the people in their lives. New to this edition are chapters on the use of mindfulness and acceptance techniques for overcoming social anxiety. All chapters have been reviewed and brought up to date with current research. The reference section is all new, directing readers to the most current information available in the field.

Offering a startling perspective on the social and economic problems of contemporary America, a controversial study examines the relationship between ethnicity and intelligence. Reprint. 125,000 first printing. NYT.

This is a complete, self-teaching guide to the function and interaction of bodily systems. Coverage includes: comparative physiology, functions at the chemical and cellular levels, organic compounds, the cell, physiology of muscle, nerves and glands, sensory physiology, motor functions, autonomic nerves and the endocrine system, air and blood transport, digestive and genitourinary systems, and more.

This is a revised edition with a new afterword by Daniel Dennett. The Extended Phenotype carries on from where The Selfish Gene takes off. It is a fascinating look at the evolution of life and natural selection. Dawkins's theory is that individual organisms are replicators that have extended phenotypic effects on society and the world at large, thus our genes have the ability to manipulate other individuals. A worldwide bestseller, this book has become a classic in popular science writing.

Richard Dawkins' brilliant reformulation of the theory of natural selection has the rare distinction of having provoked as much excitement and interest outside the scientific community as within it. His theories have helped change the whole nature of the study of social biology, and have forced thousands of readers to rethink their beliefs about life.
In his internationally bestselling, now classic volume, The Selfish Gene , Dawkins explains how the selfish gene can also be a subtle gene. The world of the selfish gene revolves around savage competition, ruthless exploitation, and deceit, and yet, Dawkins argues, acts of apparent altruism do exist in nature. Bees, for example, will commit suicide when they sting to protect the hive, and birds will risk their lives to warn the flock of an approaching hawk.
This 30th anniversary edition of Dawkins' fascinating book retains all original material, including the two enlightening chapters added in the second edition. In a new Introduction the author presents his thoughts thirty years after the publication of his first and most famous book, while the inclusion of the two-page original Foreword by brilliant American scientist Robert Trivers shows the enthusiastic reaction of the scientific community at that time. This edition is a celebration of a remarkable exposition of evolutionary thought, a work that has been widely hailed for its stylistic brilliance and deep scientific insights, and that continues to stimulate whole new areas of research today.

这是一本探究东西方思维差异的经典之作，著名经济学家汪丁丁倾情作序！从风水说到宇宙哲学，从比较语言学到经济史，一道文化上的鸿沟横亘在亚里士多德的子嗣和孔夫子的后代之间。然而，在当今这样一个全球化的时代，东西方之间跨文化的理解和协作尤为重要。本书通过广博的知识和开阔的视野，为东西方的人们在文化上的沟通，架设了一座意义非凡的桥梁。
消除东西方文化鸿沟，在全球化背景下如何求同存异，共享一个平台，就是本书出版的初衷。
为何中国人长于算术而几何偏弱，而欧几里德时代的希腊人却相反？为何西方人的婴儿学起名词来比动词要快，而东亚人却截然不同？这些感知上的不同会对未来的国际政治产生何种影响？福山的“历史的终结”或亨廷顿的“文明的冲突”，哪一个更有道理呢？
尼斯贝特教授通过一些别出心裁的试验，得出了一些令人讶异的结论，东方人重视背景以及事物之间的联系，西方人聚焦于具体物体而忽略与背景的联系，用简短的话概括：“西方人见木，东方人见森．”东西方的思维方式是如此迥异，如何在沟通中想他人所想，本书中的试验结果是很有参考价值的。
从风水说到宇宙哲学，从比较语言学到经济史，一道文化上的鸿沟横亘在亚里士多德的子嗣和孔夫子的后代之间。然而，在当今这样一个全球化的时代，东西方之间跨文化的理解和协作尤为重要。本书通过广博的知识和开阔的视野，为东西方的人们在文化上的沟通，架设了一座意义非凡的桥梁。

书中作者追溯了维也纳的儿时经历引起他对记忆的强烈兴趣，这一兴趣首先体现在对历史和精神分析的爱好，然后转到脑生物学领域，跨越认知心理学、神经科学、细胞生物学等多个学科，最终从细胞和分子层面上破译了人类记忆密码，从而获得2000年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖。
为了满足人们对追寻记忆痕迹的好奇和渴求，坎德尔教授娓娓道来，把个人成长融入科学发展历程，讲述他传奇的人生探索之旅，我们可以从中领略大师的治学之道和大家风范。
这是一位科学巨匠走过的半个多世纪的心路历程。他对前辈和同行的尊重与谦和，对年轻一代的提携和鼓励，对故土维也纳的眷念，以及身为犹太人所特有的民族自豪感，这一切都深深地打动了我们，一种发自内心的敬意和钦佩之情油然而生。

"Know thyself," a precept as old as Socrates, is still good advice. But is introspection the best path to self-knowledge? What are we trying to discover, anyway? In an eye-opening tour of the unconscious, as contemporary psychological science has redefined it, Timothy D. Wilson introduces us to a hidden mental world of judgments, feelings, and motives that introspection may never show us.

Drawing on strange and thought-provoking case studies, an eminent neurologist offers unprecedented insight into the evolution of the uniquely human brain.V. S. Ramachandran is at the forefront of his field-so much so that Richard Dawkins dubbed him the "Marco Polo of neuroscience." Now, in a major new work, Ramachandran sets his sights on the mystery of human uniqueness. Taking us to the frontiers of neurology, he reveals what baffling and extreme case studies can teach us about normal brain function and how it evolved. Synesthesia becomes a window into the brain mechanisms that make some of us more creative than others. And autism—for which Ramachandran opens a new direction for treatment—gives us a glimpse of the aspect of being human that we understand least: self-awareness. Ramachandran tackles the most exciting and controversial topics in neurology with a storyteller's eye for compelling case studies and a researcher's flair for new approaches to age-old questions. Tracing the strange links between neurology and behavior, this book unveils a wealth of clues into the deepest mysteries of the human brain. 15 black-and-white illustrations

In this profound and profoundly controversial work, a landmark of 20th-century thought originally published in 1971, B F Skinner makes his definitive statement about humankind and society. The book urges us to re-examine the ideals we have taken for granted and to consider the possibility of a radically behaviourist approach to human problems -- one that has appeared to some incompatible with those ideals, but which envisions the building of a world in which humankind can attain its greatest possible achievements.

比尔•盖茨对《连线》杂志说，如果他还是个少年，他就会做生物黑客了。“如果你想用伟大的方式改变世界，就从生物分子开始吧。”
这里是生命科学领域的比尔•盖茨和乔布斯的故事。
20世纪，IT技术重塑了人类的日常生活。21世纪，轮到生物技术了。
既然DNA也是程序，也可以编码和 解码，既然人体就跟电脑一样可以通过程序控制，那么，生物界的程序员们就是改变人类衣食住行面貌的人。生物黑客们正在通过DIY改造世界，你呢？了解自己，还有什么比DNA更本质呢？
黑客精神：独立、开源、保护弱者、保持好奇、反对霸权
行动：他们试图用更廉价和实用的生物技术来改变自己的生活：在厨房里检测家族遗传疾病，自己制作三聚氰胺检测工具，制作更方便廉价的传染病疫苗，把果蔬净化机改装成离心机，发明世界上最小的上热循环仪，用微生物净化水的方法来清理胆固醇，开拓个人定制的癌症攻克方案。
信念：个人有权利知晓自己的遗传学信息，个人力量可以避免大公司大机构的官僚和冗繁，生物科学的成果应该送到最需要它们的人手上，生命可以设计，每个人都可以成为生物黑客。
推荐语：
我们号召创新，呼吁创新，正是由于我们目前的创新不尽人意。即使在发达国家，人们也在抱怨专业的研究者们为体制、文化、经费及奖惩等非科学因素的压力而疲于奔命，以至于出现不少“人不能尽其才，物不能尽其用”的尴尬现状，创新动力愈发变弱，创新灵感未见增长。然而此书中的一群“黑客”们，犹如空中的新星，为科学的发现与创新带来了新的希望。
这些年青黑客的激情，也许是出自于他们的好奇或非意识的冲动，也许是代表一种人类天生的追求和执着，也许，这是一种积极的尝试：将自我人生价值的实现、社会责任的承担与历史使命进行最佳结合。
——杨焕明 中国科学院院士、华大基因研究员
这本书把开源、反商业化、保护弱者、自由、独立、好奇的黑客精神表现得淋漓精致。从开源的设计、廉价的设备、极富创意的检测方法、巧妙的构思、到惊为天人的生物积木工具等等都让人觉得阅读畅快无比。
——吴凡 生命科学研究者，国内早期计算机黑客和生物黑客
他对生物黑客们的精彩描述揭示了这个时代的重要矛盾：我们对掌控生命的力量的向往和恐惧。
——卡尔•齐默（Carl Zimmer） 著名科普作家，《演化》作者