沃尔特•阿尔瓦雷茨（Walter Alvarez）， 美国地质学家，诺贝尔物理学奖得主路易斯•沃尔特•阿尔瓦雷茨之子。任教于柏克莱加州大学地球与行星科学系。因为与其父共同提出恐龙灭绝是因为小行星或彗星撞击地球的理论而闻名。 阿尔瓦雷茨生于美国加州伯克利。1962年于明尼苏达州卡尔顿学院获得地质学士，1967年获得普林斯顿大学地质学博士。他曾在荷兰任职于美国海外石油公司，在培养了考古地质学的兴趣以后，他离开了石油公司，并一度留在意大利研究古罗马时代的火山活动和对古罗马聚落的影响。之后，阿尔瓦雷茨进入哥伦比亚大学拉蒙特－多赫提地质观测所研究地中海地区的板块构造。他在意大利对古地磁学的研究使他开始关注意大利沿岸深海底石灰岩的地磁逆转。 沃尔特和其父亲路易斯•沃尔特•阿尔瓦雷茨最为人所知的就是发现在白垩纪-第三纪地层之间富含铱的黏土层。此外，他的研究还包括地...(展开全部)

What we eat, who we are, and the relationship between the two. Eating and Being is a history of Western thinking about food, eating, knowledge, and ourselves. In modern thought, eating is about what is good for you, not about what is good. Eating is about health, not about virtue. Yet this has not always been the case. For a great span of the past—from antiquity through about ...(展开全部)

Bird Planet presents the best work of Tim Laman, the world’s most celebrated bird photographer Birder extraordinaire Tim Laman is a superstar in one of photography’s most challenging pursuits: The quest to portray birds in the wild. A naturalist and explorer as well as a brilliant image maker, he has spent thousands of hours over more than 30 years wedged precariously in the to...(展开全部)

This is the story of a single pebble. It is just a normal pebble, as you might pick up on holiday - on a beach in Wales, say. Its history, though, carries us into abyssal depths of time, and across the farthest reaches of space. This is a narrative of the Earth's long and dramatic history, as gleaned from a single pebble. It begins as the pebble-particles form amid unimaginable...(展开全部)

An irresistible romp through the history of magic, from alchemy to unicorns, ancient witchcraft to Harry's Hogwarts - packed with unseen sketches and manuscript pages from J.K. Rowling, magical illustrations from Jim Kay and weird, wonderful and inspiring artefacts that have been magically released from the archives at the British Library. This spellbinding book takes readers o...(展开全部)

As the British Library unveils a very special new exhibition in the UK, Harry Potter: A History of Magic, readers everywhere are invited on an enchanting journey through the Hogwarts curriculum, from Care of Magical Creatures and Herbology to Defense Against the Dark Arts, Astronomy, and more in this book uncovering thousands of years of magical history. Prepare to be amazed by...(展开全部)

About Big History Featuring a foreword by the father of Big History, David Christian, and produced in association with the Big History Institute, Big History provides a comprehensive understanding of the major events that have changed the nature and course of life on the planet we call home. This first fully integrated visual reference on Big History for general readers places ...(展开全部)

This is the epic story of the universe and our place in it, from 13.8 billion years ago to the remote future How did we get from the Big Bang to today's staggering complexity, in which seven billion humans are connected into networks powerful enough to transform the planet? And why, in comparison, are our closest primate relatives reduced to near-extinction? Big History creator...(展开全部)

Review "I have long been a fan of David Christian. In Origin Story, he elegantly weaves evidence and insights from many scientific and historical disciplines into a single, accessible historical narrative." ―Bill Gates "In Origin Story, David Christian has found a spectacular way to use history to put order in the entire set of our knowledge about the world. This is a wonderful...(展开全部)

Through explanations of the latest research and over 200 fascinating images, Deep Time explores this evidence, from the visible layers in ancient rock to the hiss of static on the radio, and from fossilized shark’s teeth to underwater forests. These relics of ancient epochs, many of which we can see and touch today, connect our present to the distant past and answer broader que...(展开全部)