Michel Pastoureau出生于1947年，古文字学家、档案学家，现任高等研究实践学校教授兼教务处长、国际纹章学会会员、法国纹章学会副主席。早期研究象征符号史及相关领域（纹章学、印章学、钱币学），目前主要研究色彩史、人与动物关系史等。已出版著作30余部，近作主要有《色彩、图像和象征符号》（1989）、《查理曼大帝的棋盘》（1990）、《当代色彩辞典》（1992）、《纹章学论》（1993）、《条纹及花条布史》（1995）。

This intriguing mixture of art and geometry will excite both your creativity and your curiosity. Out from under your fingers will come strikingly exquisite forms: wish on your own handmade shooting star, all silvery, golden, or fiery red; "grow" pretty pink paper cherry blossoms (symbol of Japan, home of origami), and build pyramids, cubic modules, and other dimensional figures...(展开全部)

In this gigantic mystery story, Mr. Keeler has employed atavism in his plot, a thing that has probably never before been attempted in mystery fiction. Starting in pirate days with the bitter enmity between Captain Kidd and Captain Quarlbush whom Kidd marooned on a desert island for mutiny and thus deprived of a share in the spoils, Mr. Keeler conjures up in modern times a desce...(展开全部)