Exploring such questions as "how did fact become modernity's most favoured unit of knowledge?", this text contains ideas and texts from the publication of the first British manual on double-entry bookkeeping in 1588 to the institutionalization of statistics in the 1830s. It shows how the production of systematic knowledge from descriptions of observed particulars influenced gov...(展开全部)

Between the early seventeenth and the mid-nineteenth century, the field of natural history in Japan separated itself from the discipline of medicine, produced knowledge that questioned the traditional religious and philosophical understandings of the world, developed into a system (called honzogaku) that rivaled Western science in complexity—and then seemingly disappeared. Or d...(展开全部)

Between the early seventeenth and the mid-nineteenth century, the field of natural history in Japan separated itself from the discipline of medicine, produced knowledge that questioned the traditional religious and philosophical understandings of the world, developed into a system (called honzogaku) that rivaled Western science in complexity—and then seemingly disappeared. Or d...(展开全部)

Between the early seventeenth and the mid-nineteenth century, the field of natural history in Japan separated itself from the discipline of medicine, produced knowledge that questioned the traditional religious and philosophical understandings of the world, developed into a system (called honzogaku) that rivaled Western science in complexity—and then seemingly disappeared. Or d...(展开全部)

Between the early seventeenth and the mid-nineteenth century, the field of natural history in Japan separated itself from the discipline of medicine, produced knowledge that questioned the traditional religious and philosophical understandings of the world, developed into a system (called honzogaku) that rivaled Western science in complexity—and then seemingly disappeared. Or d...(展开全部)

阿伦·拉奥（Arun Rao），毕业于宾夕法尼亚大学沃顿商学院和加州大学洛杉矶分校安德森工商管理学院，长期从事投资业务，曾先后在三家投资公司工作，其中两家在硅谷。拉奥早期曾为《经济学人》（The Economist）和《Seeking Alpha》等杂志撰写商业和金融方面的文章。 皮埃罗·斯加鲁菲（Piero Scarruffi ），毕业于意大利都灵大学数学系，1983年来到硅谷，在奥利维蒂公司任职工程师，长期从事人工智能研究和互联网设计。斯加鲁菲曾是斯坦福大学访问学者，还曾在加州大学伯克利分校讲学。20世纪90年代，他曾率先在互联网上开发自己的新闻网站，《纽约时报》曾经在2006年以《史上最伟大的网站》为题对其进行专题报道。斯加鲁菲现在是自由职业者，主要工作是为硅谷和欧洲的公司提供咨询以及在大学讲学。他兴趣广泛，在心智论、文学艺术、音乐史等领域多有...(展开全部)

阿伦·拉奥（Arun Rao），毕业于宾夕法尼亚大学沃顿商学院和加州大学洛杉矶分校安德森工商管理学院，长期从事投资业务，曾先后在三家投资公司工作，其中两家在硅谷。拉奥早期曾为《经济学人》（The Economist）和《Seeking Alpha》等杂志撰写商业和金融方面的文章。 皮埃罗·斯加鲁菲（Piero Scarruffi ），毕业于意大利都灵大学数学系，1983年来到硅谷，在奥利维蒂公司任职工程师，长期从事人工智能研究和互联网设计。斯加鲁菲曾是斯坦福大学访问学者，还曾在加州大学伯克利分校讲学。20世纪90年代，他曾率先在互联网上开发自己的新闻网站，《纽约时报》曾经在2006年以《史上最伟大的网站》为题对其进行专题报道。斯加鲁菲现在是自由职业者，主要工作是为硅谷和欧洲的公司提供咨询以及在大学讲学。他兴趣广泛，在心智论、文学艺术、音乐史等领域多有...(展开全部)

A clear and concise survey of the major themes and theories embedded in the history of life science, this book covers the development and significance of scientific methodologies, the relationship between science and society, and the diverse ideologies and current paradigms affecting the evolution and progression of biological studies. The author discusses cell theory, embryolo...(展开全部)

A stimulating and inviting tour of modern economics centered on the story of one of its most important breakthroughs. In 1980, the twenty-four-year-old graduate student Paul Romer tackled one of the oldest puzzles in economics. Eight years later he solved it. This book tells the story of what has come to be called the new growth theory: the paradox identified by Adam Smith mor...(展开全部)

The Birth of the Archive traces the history of archives from their emergence in the Late Middle Ages through the Early Modern Period, and vividly shows how archives permeated and fundamentally changed European culture. Archives were compiled and maintained by peasants and kings, merchants and churchmen, and conceptions of archives were as diverse as those who used them. The com...(展开全部)