Imogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . . </p> Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. . . . </p> ...(展开全部)

Imogene is young, beautiful . . . and dead, waiting in the Rosebud Theater one afternoon in 1945. . . . Francis was human once, but now he's an eight-foot-tall locust, and everyone in Calliphora will tremble when they hear him sing. . . . John is locked in a basement stained with the blood of half a dozen murdered children, and an antique telephone, long since disconnected, r...(展开全部)

Poised at the start of the 21st century, we can see clearly that the previous century was marked by momentous changes in the field of design. Aesthetics entered into everyday life with often staggering results. Our homes and workplaces turned into veritable galleries of style and innovation. From furniture to graphics, its all here - the work of artists who have shaped and recr...(展开全部)

This is the genealogy of architecture in the 20th century by Kenneth Frampton - the doyen of architecture history. His approach is impressively clear: he traces four lines that are recognizable as the powers that propel renewal in architecture. He structures his observations by focusing on the relevant periods in the following order: 1st, the Avant-Garde (1887-1986); 2nd, organ...(展开全部)

Heroes to some, traitors to others, spies and intelligence officers continue to fascinate and enthral us with their abilities to operate secretly in the shadows. With these mini-biographies of twenty

乔治·威廉·阿其博（George William Archibald ，生于1946 年）是国际鹤类基金会的联合创始人，也是2006 年印第安纳波利斯奖的首届获奖者。1973 年，鹤的处境十分危险，15 个物种中的许多都处于灭绝的边缘。阿其博与罗恩·索伊在威斯康星州巴拉布共同创立了国际鹤基金会。他于 1973 年至 2000 年间担任主任。目前，他领导着世界自然保护联盟鹤类生存委员会。 阿奇博尔德开创了几种圈养鹤类的技术。阿其博花了三年时间与一只名叫德克丝的高度濒临灭绝的鸣鹤相处，扮演一只雄性鹤——行走、叫声、跳舞——将她转变为繁殖状态。通过他的奉献和人工授精的使用，德克丝最终产下了一个受精卵。1982 年，当阿其博在《今夜秀》中讲述这个故事时，他以悲伤的结局震惊了观众和主持人约翰尼·卡森——德克丝在她唯一的一只小鸟孵化后不久就去世了。他的作品启发了...(展开全部)

A fashion history from the 18th to the 20th century Clothes define people. A person's clothing, whether it's a sari, kimono, or business suit, is an essential key to his or her culture, class, personality, or even religion. The Kyoto Costume Institute recognizes the importance of understanding clothing sociologically, historically, and artistically. Founded in 1978, the KCI hol...(展开全部)

曹天予（1941- ），剑桥大学科学史和科学哲学博士，美国波士顿大学哲学系教授。曾是英国剑桥大学三一学院和牛津大学万灵学院的研究员；并在美国哈佛大学、麻省理工学院和伦敦经济学院做过访问研究；史密森学会的高级研究员，普林斯顿高等研究院自然科学院和史学院的成员。主要研究方向为当代理论物理学中的概念问题及其历史演变。发表论文50多篇，并编有《量子场论的概念基础》（剑桥大学出版社，1999年）和第20届世界哲学大会会议文集中的第10卷《科学哲学》（哲学文献出版社，2001年）。

This book gives a broad synthesis of conceptual developments of twentieth-century field theories, from the general theory of relativity to quantum field theory and gauge theory. The author gives a historico-critical exposition of the conceptual foundations of the theories revealing a pattern to the evolution of these conceptions. Theoretical physicists and students of theoretic...(展开全部)