2019年最受清华学生喜爱的十本好书
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清华大学第四届“水木书榜”活动公布了清华学生喜爱的十本好书。作为清华大学的学生,都珍藏了哪些好书呢?
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10、
The Story of Art
《艺术的故事》
by E. H. Gombrich
贡布里希
这本书概括地叙述了从最早的洞窟绘画到当今的实验艺术的发展历程,以阐明艺术史是“各种传统不断迂回、不断改变的历史,每一件作品在这历史中都既回顾过去又导向未来”。
There is no greater obstacle to the enjoyment of great works of art than our unwillingness to discard habits and prejudices.
在欣赏伟大的艺术作品时,最大的障碍是不肯摈弃陋习和偏见。
9、
The Republic
《理想国》
by Plato
柏拉图
Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classic text is an enquiry into the notion of a perfect community and the ideal individual within it. With remarkable lucidity and deft use of allegory, Plato arrives at a depiction of a state bound by harmony and ruled by philosopher kings.
这本经典著作通过苏格拉底和三个人的对话,探讨了完美的国度和其中理想的个人的模样。柏拉图以清楚明晰的行文和灵活巧妙的寓言,描绘了一个以和谐为纽带、以哲学家为王的国度。
In which of these classes do you place justice?
你看正义属于第几种?
I should say in the highest, that is, among the good things which will be valued by one who is in the pursuit of true happiness, alike for their own sake and for their consequences.
依我看,正义属于最好的一种。一个人要想快乐,就得爱它——既因为它本身,又因为它的后果。
8、
One, Two, Three...Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science
《从一到无穷大》
by George Gamow
G.伽莫夫
George Gamow possessed the unique ability of making the world of science accessible to the general reader. Whatever your level of scientific expertise, chances are you'll derive a great deal of pleasure, stimulation, and information from this unusual and imaginative book.
乔治·伽莫夫拥有一种独特的能力,可以让普通读者了解科学世界。无论你科学素养如何,你都有可能在这本不同寻常、极具想象力的书中,找到快乐、激励和知识。
如果你吃过早饭便从地球出发,那么,当降落在天狼星某一行星的表面上时,正好可以吃中饭。要是你的时间很紧,吃过午饭后马上返航,就可以赶回地球上吃晚饭。不过,如果你忘了相对论原理,那你到家时准得大吃一惊:因为你的亲友会认为你一定还在宇宙空间中的什么地方,因而已经自顾自地吃过 6570 顿晚饭了!地球上的 18年,对你这个近于光速的旅客来说,只不过是一天而已。
7、
A Brief History of Time
《时间简史》
by Stephen Hawking
史蒂芬·霍金
In A Brief History of Time, Hawking writes in non-technical terms about the structure, origin, development and eventual fate of the universe.
在《时间简史》中,霍金用寻常普通的语言,描述了宇宙的结构、起源、演变和最终的命运。
我们可以回到过去,却终究无法改变历史。
6、
A Brief History of Tomorrow
《未来简史》
by Yuval Noah Harari
尤瓦尔·赫拉利
Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. Famine, plague and war have been transformed from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges.
在过去的一个世纪里,人类成功完成了曾经不敢想象的壮举,控制住了饥荒、瘟疫和战争。它们不再是无法理解、无法阻止的自然力量,而成为了可以加以管理和调控的挑战。
For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little…Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive powers? This is the next stage of evolution.
史上第一次,死于饮食过度的人数超过了死于饥饿的人数。自此以后,我们该去向何方?我们将如何保护这个脆弱的世界,使它免受我们毁灭性力量的伤害?现在,我们来到了进化的下一个阶段。
This is the best reason to learn history: not in order to predict the future, but to free yourself of the past and imagine alternative destinies.
研究历史最好的理由:不是为了预测未来,而是要将自己从过去中释放出来,想象是否会有另外一种命运。
5、
1587: A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline
《万历十五年》
Ray Huang
黄仁宇
It examines how a number of seemingly insignificant events in 1587 might have caused the downfall of the Ming empire.
这本书探讨了1587年一些看似微不足道的事件,它们可能导致了明朝的覆亡。
大凡高度的概括,总带有想象的成分。
4、
A Brief History of Humankind
《人类简史》
by Yuval Noah Harari
尤瓦尔·赫拉利
Drawing on insights from biology, anthropology, paleontology and economics, he explores how the currents of history have shaped our human societies, the animals and plants around us, and even our personalities.
作者从生物学、人类学、古生物学和经济学中汲取灵感,探索历史的洪流是如何塑造了我们的人类社会、我们周围的动植物,甚至我们的性格。
We study history not to know the future but to widen our horizons, to understand that our present situation is neither natural nor inevitable, and that we consequently have many more possibilities before us than we imagine. 我们之所以研究历史,不是为了要知道未来,而是要拓展视野,要了解现在的种种绝非自然,也并非无可避免。未来的可能性远超过我们的想象。
3、
Journey Under the Midnight Sun
《白夜行》
by Keigo Higashino
东野圭吾
1973年,大阪的一栋废弃建筑内发现了一具男尸。此后19年,嫌疑人之女雪穗与被害者之子桐原亮司走上截然不同的人生道路,一个跻身上流社会,一个却在底层游走,而他们身边的人,却接二连三地离奇死去,警察经过19年的艰苦追踪,终于使真相大白。
The novel avoids directly revealing the two's thoughts to the reader, instead preferring to reveal information second-hand through the viewpoints of multiple other supporting characters whose lives intersect to form a complete picture of the story's events.
小说并没有直接向读者揭示两位主角的内心世界,而是更倾向于通过其他多个配角来展现他们手中的信息。这些配角的生活交叉在一起,形成了一个完整的故事情节。
我的天空里没有太阳,总是黑夜,但并不暗,因为有东西代替了太阳。虽然没有太阳那么明亮,但对我来说已经足够。凭借着这份光,我便能把黑夜当成白天。我从来就没有太阳,所以不怕失去。
2、
The Little Prince
《小王子》
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
圣埃克絮佩里
It tells the story of a little boy who leaves the safety of his own tiny planet to travel the universe, learning the vagaries of adult behavior through a series of extraordinary encounters.
这本书用孩子的视角展示了一个不一样的成人世界。小王子星球旅行中的所见所闻,透视出成人的空虚、盲目和愚妄,浅显天真的对话中读者不难感受到些许成人世界的孤独寂寞。
也许你还是个少年,那么愿你尽情享受当下天真烂漫的时光;也许你已步入社会,那么愿你像小王子一样,拥有一颗属于自己的星球。
All grown-ups were once children, although few of them remember it.
所有的大人都曾经是个孩子,只是很多人都忘记了这一点。
1、
The Three-Body Problem
《三体》
by Liu Cixin
刘慈欣
In the face of the invasion of the three-body civilization, what choices will humans make? The result is a science fiction masterpiece of enormous scope and vision.
面对三体文明的入侵,人类将作何选择?这场危机造就了这部具有广阔视野和远见的科幻巨著。
The tablet was so tiny. It didn’t seem so much a memorial as an attempt to forget.
纪念碑那么小,与其是为了纪念,更像是为了忘却。