A Beautiful Monograph Illuminating the Iconic Images of one of the Most Central and Influential Photographers of the Twentieth Century. Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) was a key figure in America's acceptance of photography as a serious form of artistic expression. As founder of the Photo Secession movement and editor of the influential Camera Work, he is one of the most im...(展开全部)

The Ig Nobel Prizes make people laugh, and then make them think. Included in this new edition are: the Dutch scientist who investigated homosexual necrophilia in mallard ducks, the Swedish team that looked into chickens' preferences in humans, and the man who made it possible for someone to rent the entire country of Liechtenstein for corporate events. Sometimes, as in the latt...(展开全部)

乌利卡·索德琳德（Ulrica Söderlind）博士是瑞典斯德哥尔摩大学经济历史系的研究人员、历史学家和考古学家。任职大学前，她曾经在餐厅行业工作，最后一份工作是在斯德哥尔摩市政厅餐厅和诺贝尔厨房。乌利卡从事的是跨学科的工作，曾用瑞典语撰写了数本与食品历史和食品考古学相关的著作。分别是：《诺贝尔晚宴》《1500-1800年瑞典海军的食物和饮食》《与林奈一起的餐馆之旅》以及《17世纪瑞典的食物和饮料》。 《诺贝尔晚宴》是她第一本被翻译成英文的著作。

乌利卡·索德琳德（Ulrica Söderlind）博士是瑞典斯德哥尔摩大学经济历史系的研究人员、历史学家和考古学家。任职大学前，她曾经在餐厅行业工作，最后一份工作是在斯德哥尔摩市政厅餐厅和诺贝尔厨房。乌利卡从事的是跨学科的工作，曾用瑞典语撰写了数本与食品历史和食品考古学相关的著作。分别是：《诺贝尔晚宴》《1500-1800年瑞典海军的食物和饮食》《与林奈一起的餐馆之旅》以及《17世纪瑞典的食物和饮料》。 《诺贝尔晚宴》是她第一本被翻译成英文的著作。

In 1858, Alfred Russel Wallace, aged thirty-five, weak with malaria, isolated in the Spice Islands, wrote to Charles Darwin: he had, he said excitedly, worked out a theory of natural selection. Darwin was aghast - his work of decades was about to be scooped. Within two weeks, his outline and Wallace's paper were presented jointly in London. A year later, with Wallace still on t...(展开全部)

"The assembly of pieces of i-- lm to create fright is the essential part of my job, just as a painter would, by putting certain colours together, create evil on canvas." Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) was one of the most interviewed directors in the history of i-- lm. Among the hundreds of interviews he gave, those in this collection catch him at key moments of transition in his ...(展开全部)

In 1858, Alfred Russel Wallace, aged thirty-five, weak with malaria, isolated in the Spice Islands, wrote to Charles Darwin: he had, he said excitedly, worked out a theory of natural selection. Darwin was aghast - his work of decades was about to be scooped. Within two weeks, his outline and Wallace's paper were presented jointly in London. A year later, with Wallace still on t...(展开全部)

The first book after Doris' Nobel Prize takes her back to her childhood in Southern Africa and the lives, both fictional and factual, that her parents lead. 'I think my father's rage at the trenches took me over, when I was very young, and has never left me. Do children feel their parents' emotions? Yes, we do, and it is a legacy I could have done without. What is the use of i...(展开全部)

马克•亚伯拉罕斯（Marc Abrahams）： “搞笑诺贝尔奖”之父。他也是科学幽默杂志《不大可能的研究年报》（Annals of Improbable Research）的主编。 搞笑诺贝尔奖（IG Noble Prizes）： 为了奖励“伟大的困惑”，将Ignoble（不光彩的）和Noble Prizes（诺贝尔奖）组合而成的科学奖项，奖励那些“乍看之下很好笑，实则发人深省”的“不大可能”的科学研究。 由《不大可能的研究年报》主办，每年十月在哈佛大学桑德斯剧场举办。颁奖嘉宾为真正的诺贝尔奖得主，这个活动如今已经成为科学界的盛会。 搞笑诺贝尔奖网址：http://improbable.com/

A revered solo performer, Alfred Brendel appears regularly with the world's great orchestras and , since the 1950s, he has been a prolific recording artist. Here he brings the clarity and originality of expression that characterize his performances to the printed pages. Whether discussing Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Liszt, Schoenberg, or other pianists, his thoughts and ...(展开全部)