The first biography of the most famous scientist of our time... Carl Sagan was one of the greatest scientists of this century -- the handsome and alluring visionary who inspired a generation to look to the heavens and beyond. His life was both an intellectual feast and an emotional rollercoaster. Whether he was seeking life on Mars or visiting Timothy Leary in prison, searchi...(展开全部)

A penetrating, mesmerizing biography of a scientific icon, now in paperback "Absolutely fascinating . . . Davidson has done a remarkable job."-Sir Arthur C. Clarke "Engaging . . . accessible, carefully documented . . . sophisticated."-Dr. David Hollinger for The New York Times Book Review "Entertaining . . . Davidson treats [the] nuances of Sagan's complex life with understa...(展开全部)

The first biography of the most famous scientist of our time... Carl Sagan was one of the greatest scientists of this century -- the handsome and alluring visionary who inspired a generation to look to the heavens and beyond. His life was both an intellectual feast and an emotional rollercoaster. Whether he was seeking life on Mars or visiting Timothy Leary in prison, searchi...(展开全部)

A penetrating, mesmerizing biography of a scientific icon, now in paperback "Absolutely fascinating . . . Davidson has done a remarkable job."-Sir Arthur C. Clarke "Engaging . . . accessible, carefully documented . . . sophisticated."-Dr. David Hollinger for The New York Times Book Review "Entertaining . . . Davidson treats [the] nuances of Sagan's complex life with understa...(展开全部)

What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies,...(展开全部)

What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies,...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·戴森 戴森创始人兼首席工程师。戴森以革命性的气旋吸尘器和Supersonic吹风机闻名，旗下各品类产品以创新的技术、设计和效能享誉全球，销往世界各地。 詹姆斯·戴森1947年出生于英国诺福克，曾在伦敦皇家艺术学院学习设计，随后加入罗托克公司，与杰里米·弗莱一起设 计和制造海上卡车。 詹姆斯·戴森相信，工程师和创业家可以改变世界。他创设了戴森工程技术学院、詹姆斯·戴森基金会和戴森设计大奖，支持和鼓励更多人加入这个事业。

Dyson has become a byword for high-performing products, technology, design, and invention. Now, James Dyson, the inventor and entrepreneur who made it all happen, tells his remarkable and inspirational story in Invention: A Life. Famously, over a four-year period, James Dyson made 5,127 prototypes of the cyclonic vacuum cleaner that would transform the way houses are cleaned ar...(展开全部)

A Village Life, Louise Gluck's eleventh collection of poems, begins in the topography of a village, a Mediterranean world of no definite moment or place: " ""All the roads in the village unite at the fountain.""Avenue of Liberty, Avenue of the Acacia Trees--""The fountain rises at the center of the plaza;""on sunny days, rainbows in the piss of the cherub.""--from "tributaries"...(展开全部)