Why is a rainbow curved? Why aren't left-handers extinct? How is a sunflower like a synchronised swimmer? Why is 'e' a magic number? The answer to these questions is contained within one simple word: MATHS. Because maths is all about patterns, and our universe is extraordinarily patterned. With enthusiasm, humour and heart, Eddie Woo shows how card tricks, conspiracy theories, ...(展开全部)

Why is a rainbow curved? Why aren't left-handers extinct? How is a sunflower like a synchronised swimmer? Why is 'e' a magic number? The answer to these questions is contained within one simple word: MATHS. Because maths is all about patterns, and our universe is extraordinarily patterned. With enthusiasm, humour and heart, Eddie Woo shows how card tricks, conspiracy theories, ...(展开全部)

Life is never ordinary. R to L (Japanese Style). What begins with a college dropout bored of her mediocre routine soon becomes a fantastic series of vignettes about the unexpected ways that lives intersect. Filled with magical realism in the face of the cold reality of modern life, at their core these stories are about discovering something precious in the chaos of existence. A...(展开全部)

Life is never ordinary. R to L (Japanese Style). What begins with a college dropout bored of her mediocre routine soon becomes a fantastic series of vignettes about the unexpected ways that lives intersect. Filled with magical realism in the face of the cold reality of modern life, at their core these stories are about discovering something precious in the chaos of existence. A...(展开全部)

艾尔芙丽德·耶利内克是奥地利当代著名女作家，1946年出生。2004年荣获诺贝尔文学奖。耶利内克特立独行，思想前卫，因为她写的内容不一般，表现手法不一般，而引起了诸多争议。 1946年，耶利内克生于奥地利斯施蒂利亚州的米尔茨施拉格市，在维也纳长大。1946年，耶利内克生于奥地利斯施蒂利亚州的米尔茨施拉格市，在维也纳长大。其时离第二次世界大战不远。要说，这场大战时耶利内克还没有出生，可是却同我们的作家也真有剪不断、理还乱的牵扯，这一团氤氲时常出现在她的文学创作里，好像梦魇一般。 耶利内克带犹太血统，并且，祖上是从捷克，也即波西米亚，迁居来奥地利的。在所谓“奥(地利)匈(牙利)帝国”时期，奥地利是欧洲最大的国家，地跨今天中欧的大部分土地，还包括了南欧的巴尔干半岛。所以，不同国家中帝国的子民流向首都维也纳，不足为奇。这些外来户大致出身在当地比较有根底的家庭...(展开全部)

Painter, filmmaker, photographer, philosopher, all-round celebrity, Andy Warhol is an outstanding cultural icon. He revolutionised art by bringing to it images from popular culture - such as the Campbell's soup can and Marilyn Monroe's face - while his studio, the Factory, where his free-spirited cast of 'superstars' mingled with the rich and famous, became the place of origin...(展开全部)

约瑟夫•D. 凯特纳二世主要从事战后欧美艺术的研究工作，他主持策划过多次艺术展览，出版过多部评价像布鲁斯•考纳（Bruce Conner）、让•迪比费（Jean Dubuffet）、布鲁斯•瑙曼（Bruce Nauman）和罗克士•潘尼（Roxy Paine）这样的艺术家专著。在过去的十年里，他举办过多次与沃霍尔艺术创作相关的艺术展。2009 年，他主持策划了名为“安迪•沃霍尔：最后的十年”（Andy Warhol: The Last Decade）的展览，首次展示了艺术家晚期创作中长期被人们忽视的作品。2012 年，他又推出了“图像机器：安迪•沃霍尔和摄影”（Image Machine: Andy Warhol and Photography）艺术展。他是亨利和路易斯• 福斯特当代艺术协会主席（The Henry and Lois Foster C...(展开全部)

约瑟夫•D. 凯特纳二世主要从事战后欧美艺术的研究工作，他主持策划过多次艺术展览，出版过多部评价像布鲁斯•考纳（Bruce Conner）、让•迪比费（Jean Dubuffet）、布鲁斯•瑙曼（Bruce Nauman）和罗克士•潘尼（Roxy Paine）这样的艺术家专著。在过去的十年里，他举办过多次与沃霍尔艺术创作相关的艺术展。2009 年，他主持策划了名为“安迪•沃霍尔：最后的十年”（Andy Warhol: The Last Decade）的展览，首次展示了艺术家晚期创作中长期被人们忽视的作品。2012 年，他又推出了“图像机器：安迪•沃霍尔和摄影”（Image Machine: Andy Warhol and Photography）艺术展。他是亨利和路易斯• 福斯特当代艺术协会主席（The Henry and Lois Foster C...(展开全部)

From Cover Back The China Society for People's Friendship Studies (PFS) in cooperation with the Foreign Language Press (FLP)in Beijing has arranged for re-publication, in the series entitled Light on China , of some fifty books written in English between the 1860s and the founding years of the People's Republic, by journalistic and other sympathetic eyewitnesses of the revolu...(展开全部)

S.A.M.艾兹赫德（S.A.M.Adshead），新西兰坎特伯雷大学历史学资深教材，曾就读于牛津大学、哈佛大学、专攻中国历史，在中国盐政管理研究方面享有世界声誉。除本书外，重要著作有《中国盐政时的现代化》（The Modernization of the Chinese Salt Administration，1900-1920）、《世界历史中的中亚》（Central Asia in World History，1993）、《欧洲和中国的物质文化：1400-1800》（Material Culture in Europe and China，1400-1800）、《唐代中国：世界历史上的东方崛起》（T'and China：the rise of the east in world history，2004）等。