In this long-awaited work, Dalibor Vesely proposes an alternative to the narrow vision of contemporary architecture as a discipline that can be treated as an instrument or commodity. In doing so, he offers nothing less than an account of the ontological and cultural foundations of modern architecture and, consequently, of the nature and cultural role of architecture through his...(展开全部)

[美] 艾克纳恩·戈德堡（Elkhonon Goldberg） 享誉国际的认知神经科学家，师从20世纪俄裔神经心理学家大师卢里亚。现为卢里亚神经科学研究所（Luria Neuroscience Institute）负责人和纽约大学医学院临床神经学教授。 戈德堡著有多部广受赞誉的作品，已被翻译成多种语言。代表作《创新大脑》（Creativity:The Human Brain in the Age of Innovation）、《智慧大脑》（The Wisdom Paradox：How Your Mind Can Grow Stronger as Your Brain Grows Older）《决策大脑》（The New Executive Brain：Frontal Lobes in a Complex World）。

[美] 艾克纳恩·戈德堡（Elkhonon Goldberg） 享誉国际的认知神经科学家，师从20世纪俄裔神经心理学家大师卢里亚。现为卢里亚神经科学研究所（Luria Neuroscience Institute）负责人和纽约大学医学院临床神经学教授。 戈德堡著有多部广受赞誉的作品，已被翻译成多种语言。代表作《创新大脑》（Creativity:The Human Brain in the Age of Innovation）、《智慧大脑》（The Wisdom Paradox：How Your Mind Can Grow Stronger as Your Brain Grows Older）《决策大脑》（The New Executive Brain：Frontal Lobes in a Complex World）。

Out of the thrilling and tempestuous eighteenth century comes the sweeping family saga of beautiful Maria Theresa, a sovereign of extraordinary strength and vision, the only woman ever to inherit and rule the vast Habsburg empire in her own name, and three of her remarkable daughters: lovely, talented Maria Christina, governor-general of the Austrian Netherlands; spirited Maria...(展开全部)

IN THE SHADOW OF MOUNTAINS is a new collection of sublime portraits, landscapes, and street photography taken by Steve McCurry over the last 27 years. Children and shepherds, warriors and laborers are presented alongside striking views of sandstone cities, mountainous landscapes, and ancient temples. Evocative and timeless, these lyrical images capture the enduring spirit, gran...(展开全部)

This best-selling classic tells the story of one of the world's greatest scientific adventures. Jane Goodall was a young secretarial school graduate when the legendary Louis Leakey chose her to undertake a landmark study of chimpanzees in the wild. In the Shadow of Man is an absorbing account of her early years at Gombe Stream Reserve, telling us of the remarkable discoveries s...(展开全部)

Jane Goodall's account of her life among the wild chimpanzees of Gombe is one of the most enthralling stories of animal behavior ever written. Her adventure began when the famous anthropologist Louis Leakey suggested that a long-term study of chimpanzees in the wild might shed light on the behavior of our Stone Age ancestors. Accompanied by only her mother and her African assis...(展开全部)

Jane Goodall's classic account of primate research provides an impressively detailed and absorbing account of the early years of her field study of, and adventures with, chimpanzees in Tanzania, Africa. It is a landmark for everyone to enjoy. 'Jane Goodall's work has already passed into the legends of culture...and represents one of the Western world's great scientific achieve...(展开全部)

IN THE SHADOW OF MOUNTAINS is a new collection of sublime portraits, landscapes, and street photography taken by Steve McCurry over the last 27 years. Children and shepherds, warriors and laborers are presented alongside striking views of sandstone cities, mountainous landscapes, and ancient temples. Evocative and timeless, these lyrical images capture the enduring spirit, gran...(展开全部)

The age of Baroque witnessed the construction of some magnificent buildings, but what did the work of architects such as Bernini, Guarini and Wren have to do with Descartes, Galileo and Newton? In this book, George L. Hersey explores the ways in which Baroque architecture, with its shapes and experimentation with classical forms, reflects the scientific thinking of the time. He...(展开全部)