Andy Murray is one of Britain's best loved athletes. On the 7th July 2013 he became the first British man to lift the Wimbledon trophy for 77 years. His new book, Andy Murray: Seventy-Seven, will take us on a personal journey through his career. Focusing on the last two dramatic years, he will share with us his thoughts on the pivotal moments of his playing career and allow us ...(展开全部)

Andy Murray is one of Britain's best loved athletes. On the 7th July 2013 he became the first British man to lift the Wimbledon trophy for 77 years. His new book, Andy Murray: Seventy-Seven, will take us on a personal journey through his career. Focusing on the last two dramatic years, he will share with us his thoughts on the pivotal moments of his playing career and allow us ...(展开全部)

Completing the most comprehensive and authoritative study ever written of the Soviet-German war, John Erickson in this volume tells the vivid and compelling story of the Red Army's epic struggle to drive the Germans from Russian soil. Beginning with the destruction of the German Army at Stalingrad, he describes a campaign of almost unimaginable hardship and fighting that led to...(展开全部)

罗杰彭罗斯,著名广义相对论学家、宇宙学家斯蒂芬霍金的合作人。 1931年 罗杰·彭罗斯出生于英国埃塞克斯州的一个医生家庭。他的爸爸是著名的人类遗传学家莱昂内尔·彭罗斯，罗杰·彭罗斯先进入伦敦大学的附属中学，而后进入伦敦大学学院。 他在1957年 被授予剑桥大学博士学位。与他爸爸一起合作，设计出常人难以做出的几何图形。他的设计被荷兰艺术家艾斯丘（1898－1972）（因创立光学幻影而闻名）收入石版画中。 1964年 在美国奥斯丁的德克萨斯大学工作时，罗杰·彭罗斯开始提出一种观点，他在牛津大学工作时，继续发展了这一观点——即磁扭线理论的新的宇宙理论。他用复数公然反对物理学的一些主要定理。 1965年，他的以著名论文《引力坍塌和时空奇点》为代表的一系列论文，和著名数学物理学家斯蒂芬.霍金的工作一起创立了现代宇宙论的数学结构理论。 1966年 任伦敦大学Bi...(展开全部)

罗杰彭罗斯,著名广义相对论学家、宇宙学家斯蒂芬霍金的合作人。 1931年 罗杰·彭罗斯出生于英国埃塞克斯州的一个医生家庭。他的爸爸是著名的人类遗传学家莱昂内尔·彭罗斯，罗杰·彭罗斯先进入伦敦大学的附属中学，而后进入伦敦大学学院。 他在1957年 被授予剑桥大学博士学位。与他爸爸一起合作，设计出常人难以做出的几何图形。他的设计被荷兰艺术家艾斯丘（1898－1972）（因创立光学幻影而闻名）收入石版画中。 1964年 在美国奥斯丁的德克萨斯大学工作时，罗杰·彭罗斯开始提出一种观点，他在牛津大学工作时，继续发展了这一观点——即磁扭线理论的新的宇宙理论。他用复数公然反对物理学的一些主要定理。 1965年，他的以著名论文《引力坍塌和时空奇点》为代表的一系列论文，和著名数学物理学家斯蒂芬.霍金的工作一起创立了现代宇宙论的数学结构理论。 1966年 任伦敦大学Bi...(展开全部)

格洛丽亚·斯泰纳姆 Gloria Steinem，作家、演讲家、编辑和女权主义社会活动家。20世纪60年代后期和20世纪70年代妇女解放运动的代表人物，因揭露花花公子兔女郎的故事而掀起了反色情运动的风潮。在1968年，她协助建立了《纽约》杂志，同时担任政治专栏评论员。她 于1972年联合创办了《女士》杂志。2005年，斯泰纳姆联合成立了妇女媒体中心，并担任董事。代表作有《内在革命》《无耻行为和日常生活的反叛》《言语之上》《玛丽莲：诺玛·珍》和《仿佛女人重要一般》等。斯泰纳姆曾获得彭尼-密苏里新闻奖、《头版新闻》和号角奖、全国杂志奖、女性体育新闻报道奖、专业记者协会颁发的新闻终身成就奖、联合国颁发的作家协会奖、詹姆士·威尔顿·约翰逊新闻奖等。在2013年，她被巴拉克·奥巴马总统授予总统自由勋章。

The follow-up to the acclaimed The Road to Stalingrad tells the compelling story of the Red Army's epic struggle to drive the Germans out of Russia and back to Berlin. Using Soviet, German, and Eastern European primary sources, John Erickson describes fighting and hardship on an almost unimaginable scale. The detailed narrative covers battles on all the fronts. The inside infor...(展开全部)

This is the first full-length history of the X-43 project, written by the project historian at Dryden Flight Research Center. The project achieved the first in-flight testing of a scramjet engine, at speeds of nearly Mach 7 and Mach 10.The author recorded the history as it was taking place. He received updates and documents, attended the engineering meetings, witnessed the emer...(展开全部)

“I wrote this book not sure I could follow the road to character, but I wanted at least to know what the road looks like and how other people have trodden it.”—David Brooks With the wisdom, humor, curiosity, and sharp insights that have brought millions of readers to his New York Times column and his previous bestsellers, David Brooks has consistently illuminated our daily live...(展开全部)

In 1933, Robert Byron began a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Teheran to Oxiana - the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which forms part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. "The Road to Oxiana" offers not only a wonderful record of his adventures, but also a rare account of the architectural tre...(展开全部)