A practical introduction to typography, this book analyses the basic principles and applications of type. From measuring type and classifying typefaces to organising text on a page and understanding grid systems, the author covers everything that the beginning student of graphic design needs to know. In addition, he includes a brief history of typography, numerous examples to i...(展开全部)

David Boaz（大卫·鲍兹），Cato研究所执行副所长，该研究所被《滚石》杂志称为“华盛顿最炙手可热的智库”。他曾主编过《古典自由主义读本》，在《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《华盛顿邮报》和《洛彬矶时报》上发表过大量文章，现居华盛顿。

This book contains more mathematical detail than many ecology textbooks, but avoids the jargon and mathematical terminology that can intimidate students. The book demystifies ecological models and the mathematics behind them, and includes both simple and advanced problems, followed by fully worked examples. It will sell us both a primary and supplementary textbook. This book pr...(展开全部)

Behavioral Genetics, Fourth Edition provides an engaging and clear overview of human and animal behavioral genetics that is designed to introduce students in the behavioral, biological, and social sciences to the field. With the addition of new chapters, thorough updating, and a new co-author, this latest edition represents the definitive introduction to behavioral genetics: th...(展开全部)

Responding to the need she so clearly perceives, Ms. Dondis, a designer and teacher of broad experience, has provided a beginning text for art and design students and a basic text for all other students;those who do not intend to become artists or designers but who need to acquire the essential skills of understanding visual communication at a time when so much information is b...(展开全部)

[美] 德内拉•梅多斯  世界上最伟大的系统思考大师之一，师从系统动力学创始人杰伊•福瑞斯特，是知名的“世界模型Ⅲ”主创人员，也是 “学习型组织之父”、《第五项修炼》作者彼得•圣吉的老师。  1972年，作为畅销书《增长的极限》的第一作者，她引领了社会观念变革的先河，引发了全球对地球承载能力和人类选择的大辩论，另著有9本关于全球建模和可持续发展问题的著作，并于1996年创立了可持续性发展协会。  她始终处于环境与社会分析研究领域的最前沿，1991年被授予环境保护领域的“皮尤学者奖”，1994年又荣获“麦克阿瑟天才奖”。  从1972年直到2001年去世，她一直在达特茅斯学院环境研究项目任教，致力于在经济学、环境和社会变革等领域应用系统思考和组织学习的方法。