What is the proper place of solitude in human existence? Some philosophers have claimed that solitude is our truest, most ultimate metaphysically deepest state of being. Others have maintained the contrary view, that it is in encounter that we most truly find ourselves. In Koch's "Solitude", both solitude and encounter emerge as primary modes of human experience, equally essent...(展开全部)

Harvard Professor Henry Spearman - an ingenious amateur sleuth who uses economics to size up every situation - is sent by an American entrepreneur to Cambridge, England. His mission is to scout out for purchase the most famous house in economic science: Balliol Croft, the former dwelling place of Professor Alfred Marshall, John Maynard Keynes' teacher and the font of modern eco...(展开全部)

This book marks a missed encounter between two of the most influential Marxist thinkers of our age, Walter Benjamin and Antonio Gramsci, studied here for the first time side by side. Benjamin and Gramsci were contemporaries, whose births and deaths took place within a few years of each other in Western Europe in the first half of the twentieth century. Two Marxists sui generis,...(展开全部)

Ever since we started huddling together in communities, the story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes. They have evolved and spread amongst us, shaping our culture through infection, disease, and pandemic. At the same time, our changing human culture has itself influenced the evolutionary path of microbes. Dorothy H. Crawford here shows th...(展开全部)

Ever since we started huddling together in communities, the story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes. They have evolved and spread amongst us, shaping our culture through infection, disease, and pandemic. At the same time, our changing human culture has itself influenced the evolutionary path of microbes. Dorothy H. Crawford here shows th...(展开全部)

你在巴黎会有什么奇遇？在中世纪玛黑深处的露天咖啡馆里小酌几杯？黄昏时分漫步在迷人的绿荫步道上？在标新立异的蓬皮杜中心里讨论现代艺术？观赏夜幕下埃菲尔铁塔四周闪烁的灯火？夜游贝尔维尔后乘最后一班地铁回家？在巴士底集市挑选你喜爱的美食和葡萄酒？ 本书在手，事半功倍：全色活页地图和详细的区域地图令你如鱼得水；独具慧眼的作者为你推荐最好的街区、景点、餐馆、商店和娱乐场所；独特的线路设计和亮点介绍使你在短暂的停留中不留遗憾。 本土专家揭示秘密：有卢浮宫纪录片制作人介绍的欣赏艺术的最佳地点，也有时装设计师的购物小贴士。

你在迪拜会有什么奇遇？ 在世界上第一条室内黑色滑道上滑雪（见98页）；以时价定做一个式样独特的金戒指（见17页）；在Jumeirah海滩躺上几小时，什么也不做（见120页）；在海风吹拂下痛饮啤酒，欣赏迪拜湾的日落美景（见119页），斜倚在靠垫上吸水烟（见124页），在阿拉伯沙漠中让头脑清醒（见122页）。 本书在手，事半功倍：带全部索引的街道地图加上详尽的分地区地图使你很容易定位；当地作者与你分享他们在购物、就餐、逛夜总会和休闲方面的最佳心得；独特的主题线路设计，使你在安排日程时不留遗憾，第一手资料：有Gordon Ramsay's餐厅侍者提供的美食家指南，也有小店主提供的购物信息。

This text provides a historical, scientific, and cultural framework for the basic elements of mathematics characteristic of a typical college curriculum. Designed for students with a solid background in high school mathematics, it features nine chapters that range from number theory to applications. 1983 edition.

你在巴黎会有什么奇遇？在中世纪玛黑深处的露天咖啡馆里小酌几杯？黄昏时分漫步在迷人的绿荫步道上？在标新立异的蓬皮杜中心里讨论现代艺术？观赏夜幕下埃菲尔铁塔四周闪烁的灯火？夜游贝尔维尔后乘最后一班地铁回家？在巴士底集市挑选你喜爱的美食和葡萄酒？ 本书在手，事半功倍：全色活页地图和详细的区域地图令你如鱼得水；独具慧眼的作者为你推荐最好的街区、景点、餐馆、商店和娱乐场所；独特的线路设计和亮点介绍使你在短暂的停留中不留遗憾。 本土专家揭示秘密：有卢浮宫纪录片制作人介绍的欣赏艺术的最佳地点，也有时装设计师的购物小贴士。