About the author
Public information about Wei Wei is limited, and her nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background cannot be confirmed. Judging from the 15 works held in the database, her translation and editorial work centers on social psychology, management, social science, popular science, and finance, covering subjects that combine academic depth with accessibility for general readers. Representative works include Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress; SuperCooperators; Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much and its classic edition; Solving Problems Like an Expert; and The Origins of Creativity. Most of these are introduced social-science and popular-science titles dealing with reason and progress, cooperative behavior, scarcity and decision-making, problem-solving methods, and the sources of creativity, indicating sustained engagement with general-knowledge publishing. Overall, her work focuses on bringing important overseas ideas and scientific findings to Chinese readers, with a style that aims at accuracy and clarity for a broad audience.
Written (15)
Rating 4.3★ Supercooperator 马丁·诺瓦克 / 罗杰·海菲尔德 / 龙志勇 / 魏薇 Tianjin Science and Technology Press · 2026 In the age of AI, is the relationship between people—and between people and AI—one of competition or cooperation? This landmark work on human society … Rating 4.5★ Enlightenment Now: In Defense of Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress 史蒂芬·平克 / 侯新智 / 欧阳明亮 / 魏薇 Zhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House · 2023 How do we find meaning and purpose in life? For 300 years, Enlightenment ideals have won brilliant victories, yet this great story is rarely told. Pin… Rating 4.0★ The River of Genes Richard Dawkins / 魏薇 Zhejiang People's Publishing House · 2023 Where do genes come from, and where are they going? Richard Dawkins brings his characteristic intelligence and his ability to untangle complex matters… Rating 4.0★ Scarcity 塞德希尔·穆来纳森 / 埃尔德·沙菲尔 / 魏薇 / 龙志勇 Zhejiang Education Publishing House · 2022 Scarcity, the behavioral economics book most highly praised by Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow and Noise, reveals the complex cause… Rating 4.3★ Enlightenment Now 史蒂芬·平克 / 侯新智 / 欧阳明亮 / 魏薇 Zhejiang People's Publishing House · 2021 With intellectual depth and elegant prose, Enlightenment Now proves that we will never have a perfect world—and that seeking one is a dangerous endeav… Rating 4.2★ Solving Problems Like a Master Bernard Garrette / Corey Phelps / 奥利维耶·西博尼 / 魏薇 / 孙经纬 Zhejiang Education Publishing House · 2021 Mastering the art of solving complex problems and selling your solutions is essential to individual and organizational success—yet our education never… Rating 4.2★ Scarcity: Classic Edition 塞德希尔·穆来纳森 / 埃尔德·沙菲尔 / 魏薇 / 龙志勇 Zhejiang People's Publishing House · 2021 Scarcity is a new work in behavioral economics praised by Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow. It aims to reveal the complex causes of … Rating 4.1★ The Origin of Creation 爱德华·威尔逊 / 魏薇 Zhejiang People's Publishing House · 2021 In The Origins of Creativity, Edward O. Wilson, the founder of sociobiology, sets out with sweeping vision and interdisciplinary mastery a grand propo… Rating 4.1★ Scarcity: How We Fall into Poverty and Busyness 塞德希尔·穆来纳森 / 埃尔德·沙菲尔 / 魏薇 / 龙志勇 Zhejiang People's Publishing House · 2021 Is poverty simply a lack of money and busyness merely a lack of time? Perhaps not. The "scarcity mindset" is the root of all scarcity! In the course o… Rating 4.1★ SuperCooperators 马丁·诺瓦克 / 罗杰·海菲尔德 / 龙志勇 / 魏薇 Zhejiang People's Publishing House · 2021 This landmark work of popular science offers deep insight into human society and behavior. Drawing on biology, mathematics, sociology, computer scienc… Rating 4.0★ The Meaning of Human Existence 爱德华·威尔逊 / 钱静 / 魏薇 Zhejiang People's Publishing House · 2021 A major new book by Edward O. Wilson—the "father of sociobiology," two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, pioneer of evolutionary biology, and a scientific g… Rating 4.0★ Half Earth: The Battle for Survival of Humanity's Home 爱德华·威尔逊 / 魏薇 Zhejiang People's Publishing House · 2021 Edward O. Wilson—the "father of sociobiology," two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, pioneer of evolutionary biology, and a scientist of the highest stature… Rating 3.9★ The Evolution of Sex 贾雷德·戴蒙德 / 魏薇 · 2021 Why don't men breastfeed? Why do humans have sex for pleasure rather than reproduction? Why do only human females experience menopause? Why are human … Rating 3.8★ Richard Dawkins: An Autobiography (Two Volumes) Richard Dawkins / 魏薇 Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2021 The first volume of this autobiography, The Making of a Scientist, follows a chronological order. Richard Dawkins recounts his childhood in Africa, hi… Rating 3.8★ Demand: The Fundamental Force Behind Great Business Legends 亚德里安·斯莱沃斯基 / 卡尔·韦伯 / 龙志勇 / 魏薇 Zhejiang People's Publishing House · 2021 Through in-depth analysis of twelve vivid cases of wise demand creators from companies such as Netflix, Amazon Kindle, Bloomberg, and CareMore, the bo…Publishers
Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd.Tianjin Science and Technology PressZhejiang People's Publishing HouseZhejiang Education Publishing HouseZhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House