在线阅读本书 747 is the thrilling story behind "the Queen of the Skies"—the Boeing 747—as told by Joe Sutter, one of the most celebrated engineers of the twentieth century, who spearheaded its design and construction. Sutter's vivid narrative takes us back to a time when American technology was cutting-edge and jet travel was still glamorous and new. With wit and warmth, he gives...(展开全部)

Since the 1950s, eminent field biologist George Schaller has roamed through many lands observing wild animals and conducting landmark long-term studies that have deepened our understanding of these creatures. He has reported and reflected on his work in classic, much-acclaimed books, including The Last Panda and National Book Award winner The Serengeti Lion , but much of his...(展开全部)

乔治·夏勒博士是全球三位最杰出的野生动物学家之一（美国《时代周刊》评选），曾任国际野生生物保护学会（WCS）的副主席。他在亚洲、非洲和南美洲的野外，为保护山地大猩猩、美洲豹、大熊猫、老虎、狮子以及喜马拉雅山的野绵羊和野山羊等野生动物而研究和工作。其著作包括《大猩猩年》、《塞伦盖提的狮子》、《最后的熊猫》和《西藏生灵》。他获得的奖项包括日本的国际环境和谐奖和美国的国家地理学会终身成就奖、美国的泰勒环境成就奖，因30年来为中国野生动物保护事业所做出的卓越贡献获得中华环境保护基金会颁发的中华宝钢环保奖。

Since the 1950s, eminent field biologist George Schaller has roamed through many lands observing wild animals and conducting landmark long-term studies that have deepened our understanding of these creatures. He has reported and reflected on his work in classic, much-acclaimed books, including The Last Panda and National Book Award winner The Serengeti Lion , but much of his...(展开全部)

乔治·夏勒博士是全球三位最杰出的野生动物学家之一（美国《时代周刊》评选），曾任国际野生生物保护学会（WCS）的副主席。他在亚洲、非洲和南美洲的野外，为保护山地大猩猩、美洲豹、大熊猫、老虎、狮子以及喜马拉雅山的野绵羊和野山羊等野生动物而研究和工作。其著作包括《大猩猩年》、《塞伦盖提的狮子》、《最后的熊猫》和《西藏生灵》。他获得的奖项包括日本的国际环境和谐奖和美国的国家地理学会终身成就奖、美国的泰勒环境成就奖，因30年来为中国野生动物保护事业所做出的卓越贡献获得中华环境保护基金会颁发的中华宝钢环保奖。

James D. Watson looks back on his extraordinary and varied career ― from its beginnings as a schoolboy in Chicago's South Side to the day he left Harvard almost 50 years later, world-renowned as the co-discoverer of DNA ― and considers the lessons he has learnt along the way. The result is both an engagingly eccentric memoir and an insightful compendium of lessons in life for a...(展开全部)

The author of The Handmaid’s Tale and Oryx and Crake engagingly explores her lifelong relationship to science fiction, both as a reader and as a writer. At a time when the borders between literary genres are increasingly porous, Margaret Atwood maps the richly fertile crosscurrents of speculative and science fiction, slipstream, utopias and dystopias, and fantasy, and muse...(展开全部)

IN OTHER WORLDS: SF AND THE HUMAN IMAGINATION is Margaret Atwood's account of her relationship with the literary form we have come to know as 'science fiction'. This relationship has been lifelong, stretching from her days as a child reader in the 1940s, through her time as a graduate student at Harvard, where she worked on the Victorian ancestors of the form, and continuing as...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Since Yao Ming's electrifying NBA debut with the Houston Rockets in 2002, the 7-foot-5 Chinese center has appeared in numerous TV commercials, on magazine covers, and in countless basketball-highlights reels. And yet, despite Yao's status as one of the country's most recognizable sports stars, the remarkable story of how a shy, gangly kid from Shanghai went on to become...(展开全部)