The history of the sciences and the history of the book are complementary, and there has been much recent innovative research in the intersection of these lively fields. This accessibly-written, well-illustrated volume is the first systematic general work to do justice to the fruits of recent scholarship. The twenty specially-commissioned chapters cover the period from the Caro...(展开全部)

Joseph M. Levine provides a witty and erudite account of one of the most celebrated chapters in English cultural history, the acrimonious quarrel between the "ancients" and the "moderns" which Jonathan Swift dubbed "the Battle of the Books." The dispute that amused and excited the English world of letters from 1690 until the 1730s was, Levine shows, an installment in the long-s...(展开全部)

Joseph M. Levine provides a witty and erudite account of one of the most celebrated chapters in English cultural history, the acrimonious quarrel between the "ancients" and the "moderns" which Jonathan Swift dubbed "the Battle of the Books." The dispute that amused and excited the English world of letters from 1690 until the 1730s was, Levine shows, an installment in the long-s...(展开全部)

This volume outlines the origins of a wide range of disciplines including astronomy, agricultural science, medicine, physics, chemistry, and natural history. It provides an overview of China’s history of science and technology, which can be traced back to the pre-Qin times when the arts had free expression and the schools of thought were unrestricted. It also includes a glossar...(展开全部)

罗德里克·卡夫，印刷史学家，图书馆长，联合国教科文组织及大英图书馆顾问，拥有大量珍本书藏书，并在世界各地的图书馆及大学开设信息学课程。著有 THE PRIVATE PRESS（《私人出版社》） Impressions of Nature: A History of Na ture Printing（《自然的印象：自然印刷法的历史》）等。 萨拉·阿亚德，一生都在研究书，她作过图书管理员、书商、编辑、艺术史学家、图片研究者，她将对文字和视觉艺术的兴趣紧密结合在一起。

◎ 作者简介 罗德里克 • 凯夫（Roderick Cave），印刷史学家和图书馆员，曾与世界各地的图书馆和大学合作，研究稀有书籍并开发了信息科学课程，《自然印象：自然印刷史》一书的作者。 萨拉 • 阿亚德（Sara Ayad），艺术史学家和图片研究人员，对书籍的历史特别感兴趣。 ………………………… ◎ 译者简介 潘亚薇，女，国际关系学院文学学士，南开大学翻译硕士，曾为 China Daily等知名媒体担任外聘翻译，参与北京奥运会等重大国际活动的翻译工作，曾担任高等教育出版社《爱阅读 • 新课标必读丛书》特约撰稿人，译有哈佛大学书店畅销书《爱上老去》，丹麦儿童文学“女巫克拉拉”系列之《烈火试炼》《遗忘诅咒》《奇美拉的复仇》《布拉维塔魔咒》等，曾受聘于天津青年职业学院及多家英语培训机构，担任英语阅读讲师，其教学成果广受好评。

The Renaissance marked a turning point in Europe’s relationship to Arabic thought. On the one hand, Dag Nikolaus Hasse argues, it was the period in which important Arabic traditions reached the peak of their influence in Europe. On the other hand, it is the time when the West began to forget, and even actively suppress, its debt to Arabic culture. Success and Suppression traces...(展开全部)

A clear and concise survey of the major themes and theories embedded in the history of life science, this book covers the development and significance of scientific methodologies, the relationship between science and society, and the diverse ideologies and current paradigms affecting the evolution and progression of biological studies. The author discusses cell theory, embryolo...(展开全部)