经济学人16:天鹅之歌 A swan's song
Books and Arts;New fiction;A swan's song; 文艺;新生代小说;天鹅之歌; Peter Carey's delightful double story: The Chemistry of Tears,by Peter Carey. 彼得凯里悦人的双线故事:《泪水制剂》,彼得凯里著。 Few writers manag
经济学人17:想象的殿堂 House of dreams
Books and Arts; Quantum physics 文艺;量子物理学 House of dreams;Scientists race to explain why the Higgs boson matters 想象的殿堂;科学家竞相解释为什么希格斯玻色子至关重要 Higgs Force: The Symmetry-Breaking Force
经济学人18:高飞的承诺 The big promise
Books and Arts; America and the politics of recovery; 文艺;美国与复苏政治学; The big promise;What did Barack Obama's stimulus package really achieve? 高飞的承诺;巴拉克奥巴马的刺激计划究竟有何成就? The New New Deal:
经济学人19:温和地走入那个良夜
Books and Arts; Book Review;Terminal care; 文艺;书评;临终关怀; Go gentle into that good night; 温和地走入那个良夜; The Best Care Possible: A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life. By Ira Byock. 《可能是最好
经济学人20:血色花瓣 Petals of blood
Books and Arts; Book Review; New fiction; Petals of blood; 文艺;书评;新小说;血色花瓣; David Grossman may have written his most important novel yet; 大卫格罗斯曼或许创作了一部他目前最具影响力的小说。 To the End of
经济学人21:开药就好比抓阄 Pick your pill out of a hat
Books and Arts; Book Review;The drug industry; 文艺;书评;药业; Pick your pill out of a hat; 开药就好比抓阄; Bad Pharma. By Ben Goldacre. 《医药行业的恶劣行径》。作者:本戈尔达克尔。 Doctors like to project
经济学人22:诗坛后起之秀 Late starter
Books and Arts; Book Review;Poetry and the first world war;Late starter; 文艺;书评;诗歌与第一次世界大战;诗坛后起之秀; Now All Roads Lead to France: The Last Years of Edward Thomas. By Matthew Hollis. 《如今条条大道通法国
经济学人23:疾病传播 细菌与金钱
Books and Arts; Book Review;The spread of disease;Germs and money; 文艺;书评;疾病传播;细菌与金钱; Where and when will the next pandemic emerge? 下一次大范围流行病将于何时在哪里爆发? Contagion: How Commerce Has Spr
经济学人24:历史及其悲哀之处 History and its woes
Books and Arts; Book Review;Mass murder; 文艺;书评;大屠杀; History and its woes;How Stalin and Hitler enabled each other's crimes; 历史及其悲哀之处;斯大林和希特勒如何纵容彼此犯下大罪; Bloodlands: Europe
经济学人25:永恒的守护者 The constant gardener
Books and Arts; Book Review;The constant gardener;The future of wilderness 文艺;书评;永恒的守护者;荒野的未来; Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World. By Emma Marris. 书名:《喧闹的花园:在人类统领的世
经济学人26:三千青丝飘万年 Hairy old myths
Books and Arts; Exhibition Review;Human tresses; 文艺;书评;展览回顾;人类的头发; Hairy old myths;The power of pilosity; 三千青丝飘万年;头发的魔力; Blondes are dumber and brunettes more dependable. Or so it is said. But it
经济学人27:云计算 Cloud computing
Books and Arts;America and Iran;Cloud computing; 文艺;美伊问题;云计算; A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama's Diplomacy with Iran, by Trita Parsi. 《孤注一掷:奥巴马的对伊政策》;特里塔帕塞著; With dark rumours swirling of
经济学人28:女王为什么要与众不同?
Books and Arts; Book Review;Queen Elizabeth II; 文艺;书评;伊丽莎白二世; Royal bow;Why the queen has to be seen to be believed? 向女王致敬;女王为什么要与众不同? The Real Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait of Queen Elizabeth
经济学人29:灰色的幽影 关于抵抗的故事
Books and Arts; Book Review;Stories of resistance;Shades of grey; 文艺;书评;关于抵抗的故事;灰色的幽影; Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times. By Eyal Press. 美丽灵魂
经济学人30:铭记于心 西班牙内战
Books and Arts; The Spanish civil war;Never forget; 文艺;西班牙内战;铭记于心; A dark time in history finally comes to light 一段黑暗史总将真相大白 In need of a truth commission 需要真相委員会 The Spanish Holocaust: Inqu