Celestial Encounters is for anyone who has ever wondered about the foundations of chaos. In 1888, the 34-year-old Henri Poincare submitted a paper that was to change the course of science, but not before it underwent significant changes itself. "The Three-Body Problem and the Equations of Dynamics" won a prize sponsored by King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway and the journal Acta...(展开全部)

Celestial Encounters is for anyone who has ever wondered about the foundations of chaos. In 1888, the 34-year-old Henri Poincare submitted a paper that was to change the course of science, but not before it underwent significant changes itself. "The Three-Body Problem and the Equations of Dynamics" won a prize sponsored by King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway and the journal Acta...(展开全部)

Celestial Bodies is set in the village of al-Awafi in Oman, where we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries Abdallah after a heartbreak; Asma, who marries from a sense of duty; and Khawla who rejects all offers while waiting for her beloved, who has emigrated to Canada. These three women and their families witness Oman evolve from a traditional, slave-owning society slowly...(展开全部)

杰里·本特利 （Jerry Bentley），1949年生，美国夏威夷大学教授，《世界史》杂志主编（1990年至今），中国首都师范大学历史系特聘教授。治史范围广阔，对近代早期欧洲文化史等领域有深入研究，在世界历史的研究与教育领域具有重要影响。赫伯特·齐格勒（Herbert Ziegler），美国夏威夷大学副教授，兼任《世界史》杂志编辑，专长20世纪欧洲的社会史与政治史。

In the tradition of CELESTIAL GALLERY, these striking mandala-style paintings of Buddhist goddesses are presented, together for the first time, in a distinctive format, hand-bound and two feet tall. Romio Shrestha and his team of artisan monks render postmodern interpretations of an age-old Tibetan artistic tradition. Made from malachite, lapis, and marigolds, and painted at ti...(展开全部)

In the tradition of CELESTIAL GALLERY, these striking mandala-style paintings of Buddhist goddesses are presented, together for the first time, in a distinctive format, hand-bound and two feet tall. Romio Shrestha and his team of artisan monks render postmodern interpretations of an age-old Tibetan artistic tradition. Made from malachite, lapis, and marigolds, and painted at ti...(展开全部)