"The Great Builders" surveys the careers of forty great architects whose engineering skills were crucial to their success. Sixteen nationalities and seven centuries of architectural innovation make for a survey of spectacular scope and depth. From churches and fortresses to bridges and high-tech skyscrapers, it includes masterpieces from all over the world and covers 700 years ...(展开全部)

In a series of concise but penetrating biographies, The Great Builders celebrates the motivations, innovations and achievements of forty designers from the 14th century to the present day. Here we meet Brunelleschi, who built the ‘unbuildable’ dome of Florence Cathedral, and Sinan, the Christian engineer who became chief architect to the Ottoman court; here, too, we find oursel...(展开全部)

In a series of concise but penetrating biographies, The Great Builders celebrates the motivations, innovations and achievements of forty designers from the 14th century to the present day. Here we meet Brunelleschi, who built the ‘unbuildable’ dome of Florence Cathedral, and Sinan, the Christian engineer who became chief architect to the Ottoman court; here, too, we find oursel...(展开全部)

"The Great Builders" surveys the careers of forty great architects whose engineering skills were crucial to their success. Sixteen nationalities and seven centuries of architectural innovation make for a survey of spectacular scope and depth. From churches and fortresses to bridges and high-tech skyscrapers, it includes masterpieces from all over the world and covers 700 years ...(展开全部)

The LEGO(r) Technic system opens a new realm of building possibilities. Using motors, gears, pneumatics, pulleys, linkages, and more, you can design LEGO models that really move. The Unofficial LEGO Technic Builder's Guide is filled with building tips for creating strong yet elegant machines and mechanisms with the Technic system. Author Pawel "Sairel" Kmiec will teach you the...(展开全部)

Alain Erlande-Brandenburg，法国国家档案馆馆长、法国考古协会会长。著有《大教堂》等。

奥维•洛夫格伦（Orvar Löfgren），瑞典隆德大学（Lund University）欧洲民族学教授，主要关注文化分析这一新研究方法的运用与发展。其研究课题包括中产阶级生活的兴起、文化与经济，以及当下人们日常生活中常常碰到的“超负荷工作”与“劳累过度”问题等。著有On Holiday：A History of Vacationing（1999），Culture, Magic and Economy（2005），Off the Edge: Experiments in Cultural Analysis（2006）等。 乔纳森•弗雷克曼（Jonas Frykman），瑞典隆德大学欧洲民族学教授，主要研究身体、记忆和近现代欧洲的日常生活。其专题研究十分广泛，包括维多利亚时代的中产阶级生活、日常习惯、欧洲文化的地方化，以及福利国家与地方文化、日常生活...(展开全部)

奥维•洛夫格伦（Orvar Löfgren），瑞典隆德大学（Lund University）欧洲民族学教授，主要关注文化分析这一新研究方法的运用与发展。其研究课题包括中产阶级生活的兴起、文化与经济，以及当下人们日常生活中常常碰到的“超负荷工作”与“劳累过度”问题等。著有On Holiday：A History of Vacationing（1999），Culture, Magic and Economy（2005），Off the Edge: Experiments in Cultural Analysis（2006）等。 乔纳森•弗雷克曼（Jonas Frykman），瑞典隆德大学欧洲民族学教授，主要研究身体、记忆和近现代欧洲的日常生活。其专题研究十分广泛，包括维多利亚时代的中产阶级生活、日常习惯、欧洲文化的地方化，以及福利国家与地方文化、日常生活...(展开全部)

Historians traditionally claim to be myth-breakers, but national history since the nineteenth century shows quite a record in myth-making. This exciting new volume compares how national historians in Europe have handled the opposing pulls of fact and fiction and shows which narrative strategies have contributed to the success of national histories.