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Highly Recommend “New Sayings from Peking University” — ★

Culture & Public Commentary2007.03.19
Highly Recommend “New Sayings from Peking University” — ★
Just finished reading a little over half of it. Of course it’s a quarterly recommendation! And more than that, a seriously urgent quarterly recommendation. Here’s a passage I just happened to read: Page 76: In 1998, Peking University held its centennial celebration. A TV reporter interviewed Chen Hansheng and asked him to say a few words wishing Peking University well. By then Chen was already a hundred years old; counting on his fingers, he said: “I have three things to say to Peking University’s teachers: first, take good care to help young students; second, don’t become officials; third, write more books.” The reporter insisted that he say something in祝福, a…
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2007年3月19日
Jiang Xiaoyuan, Liu Bing: “A Babel of Voices—A Dialogue on the Relationship between Science and Culture”

History of Science & Scholarship2007.03.15
Jiang Xiaoyuan, Liu Bing: “A Babel of Voices—A Dialogue on the Relationship between Science and Culture”
Jiang Xiaoyuan, Liu Bing: South Accent, North Tune——A Dialogue on the Relationship between Science and Culture, Peking University Press, 1st edition, January 2007, 32 yuan—☆ As soon as I arrived in Beijing this semester, I went to the bookstore to look for this book (of course I also bought many other new books). I read it as soon as I bought it, but after reading half of it in one sitting, for some reason I put it aside. Today, when I thought of it, I read the second half in one sitting as well. An introduction to this book can be found on Teacher Liu Huajie’s blog http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/485ea879010006j1. What I…
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2007年3月15日
[U.S.] Steve Silverman: “Einstein’s Refrigerator—A Different Kind of Story Collection”

History of Science & Scholarship2007.03.13
[U.S.] Steve Silverman: “Einstein’s Refrigerator—A Different Kind of Story Collection”
[U.S.] Steve Silberman: *Einstein’s Refrigerator—An Alternative Collection of Stories*, translated by Yang Rongxin, Nanhai Publishing Company, March 2003 I recently discovered that the special-price books sold by Welan are pretty good. Many worthwhile academic books—the ones that sell at a 25% discount at places like Boyatang, and so on—are marked down to 35% off; even more books that are normally sold at 50–60% off in ordinary discount bookstores (for example, books from Jiangsu People’s Publishing House) are sold at 70% off. Well worth picking up a batch~~ Among them there is one very interesting book, and as soon as it arrived I read it at once: *Einstein’s Refrigerator*. In fact,…
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2007年3月13日
Excerpts from My Reading of Marx in the Philosophy of Technology Course

Philosophy & Thought2007.03.13
Excerpts from My Reading of Marx in the Philosophy of Technology Course
Excerpts from Marx Readings in the Philosophy of Technology Class I looked up The German Ideology on my own in order to verify Marx’s understanding of the concept of the human being and of human freedom. The remaining materials all come from the electronic file distributed by Wu-laoshi. What follows is only a transcription of the original text; I am not commenting for the time being. The underlines and boldface are all my additions. “The German Ideology (Selected Excerpts),” People’s Publishing House, 2003: The constraint of the level of development of productive forces on freedom (Chinese first edition of the Complete Works, Vol. 3, pp. 506–508) The problem as Sancho…
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2007年3月13日
[Eng] Thomas Marent: “The Rainforest—A Photographer’s Footsteps”

History of Science & Scholarship2007.02.14
[Eng] Thomas Marent: “The Rainforest—A Photographer’s Footsteps”
[Eng.] Thomas Marent: "Rainforest—A Photographer’s Footsteps" Xingding posted on 2007-02-14 21:49:20 [Eng.] Thomas Marent: "Rainforest—A Photographer’s Footsteps," translated by Hao Xiaojing, Hope Publishing House, October 2006 http://www.joyo.com/static/lll_061107_bk_rdyl.asp?source=w-90003370 I quite like books like photographic collections, though they’re usually expensive, so I rarely buy them. This book was an impulsive purchase, and it is very good-looking. The rainforest is a marvelous place. In the rainforests, which cover 6% of the Earth’s land area, live more than half of the world’s species; on a warm and humid night, in a not-too-large patch of rainforest, you can hear 80 different kinds of frogs croaking, while all of Europe has only 53 species of frogs;…
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2007年2月14日
[U.S.] Jaakko Hintikka: “Wittgenstein”

Philosophy & Thought2007.02.11
[U.S.] Jaakko Hintikka: “Wittgenstein”
[U.S.] Jaakko Hintikka: “Wittgenstein” Xingding posted on 2007-02-11 23:25:47 [U.S.]Jaakko Hintikka: “Wittgenstein,” translated by Fang Xudong, Zhonghua Book Company, May 2002 I read this on the plane and at the airport on my way back to Shanghai. Since the book is very thin, I originally thought I could finish it during the waiting period, but in the end it took much longer than expected to read it (these past few days I had been reading only light stuff, and this one at last has some connection with philosophy). As a result, I nearly missed boarding… Since I still have not begun an in-depth reading of Wittgenstein’s original works, for the…
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2007年2月11日
[Eng] John Hick: Philosophy of Religion

Philosophy & Thought2007.02.02
[Eng] John Hick: Philosophy of Religion
[Eng.] John Hick: “Philosophy of Religion” Xingding 发表于 2007-02-02 10:49:07 [Eng.] John Hick: Philosophy of Religion, translated by He Guanghu, proofread by Gao Shining, Sanlian Bookstore, January 1988 This book is probably the first translated work on philosophy of religion published in mainland China. In fact, even up to now, there are still very few fairly good overview or introductory books on philosophy of religion on the market. The original works one can mention include Xie Fuya (1998), Shan Chun (2003), as well as the one in the recently published translation series of classic foreign philosophy textbooks from the Renmin University Press. Compared with them, Hick’s book, as an introductory…
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2007年2月2日
Jiang Xiaoyuan: “Sex Appeal—A Cultural Interpretation”

Culture & Public Commentary2007.01.31
Jiang Xiaoyuan: “Sex Appeal—A Cultural Interpretation”
Jiang Xiaoyuan: “Sexiness—A Cultural Interpretation” Xingding posted on 2007-01-31 20:05:58 Jiang Xiaoyuan: “Sexiness—A Cultural Interpretation,” Hainan Publishing House, July 2003 This book, just as Teacher Jiang says in the preface, is a “fun” book. Perhaps it also counts as a “sexy” book. Of course, it is somewhat unsuitable for children—at least R-rated, I’d say. I don’t often read this sort of thing, but I certainly don’t reject it; a fun book is a fun book. And online, I actually found the complete electronic edition: http://lz.book.sohu.com/learning/serialize.php?id=1370 Among the “group” of scientific and cultural figures whom I deeply admire, Teacher Jiang is probably the “big boss.” He was the first doctor of…
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2007年1月31日
[French] R. Shep et al. (interview): “The Empire of Technology”

Culture & Public Commentary2007.01.30
[French] R. Shep et al. (interview): “The Empire of Technology”
[French] R. Shepu and others (interview): “The Empire of Technology” Xingding posted on 2007-01-30 16:26:52 [French] R. Shepu and others (interview): “The Empire of Technology,” translated by Liu Li, SDX Joint Publishing Company, (how come they didn’t print the month and year of publication!?) It feels rather average. The last interview has a bit to it. January 30, 2007, 16:22 Read 198 times Comments Personal homepage Toss a note Folder: Reading—Buying Books
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2007年1月30日
[Dutch] R. Hooykaas: “Religion and the Rise of Modern Science”

History of Science & Scholarship2007.01.29
[Dutch] R. Hooykaas: “Religion and the Rise of Modern Science”
[Dutch] R. Hooykaas: *Religion and the Rise of Modern Science*, translated by Qiu Zhonghui, Qian Futing, and Xu Liemin; edited by Qiu Zhonghui, Sichuan People’s Publishing House, 2nd edition, June 1999 I read this a long time ago, and have just read it again. This book mainly starts from religion, rather than, like Brooke’s *Science and Religion*, placing more emphasis on the history of science. Lately I’ve been reading some very thick books that are impossible to finish in a single day, so I’m just reading these little books on the side to make up the numbers; I won’t write many notes. January 29, 2007, 3:12 p.m.
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2007年1月29日