[英]奈杰尔·斯皮维 (Nigel Spivey)， 英国古典学者，剑桥大学古典文学高级讲师及伊曼纽尔学院研究员，研究方向为伊特鲁里亚艺术与考古、希腊罗马艺术和艺术人类学。著有《古代奥林匹克(2012年第二版)》(The Ancient Olympics，2nd ed. 2012)、《希腊雕塑》(Greek Sculpture ，2013)等。曾主持英国广播公司(BBC)的系列节目“艺术如何创造世界”(“How Art Made the World”，2005)。 孙慧杰，北京大学翻译硕士，拥有近10年国内外城市发展领域政策研究及翻译工作经验。译有《第二大都市：镀金时代芝加哥、白银时代莫斯科与明治时代大阪》。

[英]奈杰尔·斯皮维 (Nigel Spivey)， 英国古典学者，剑桥大学古典文学高级讲师及伊曼纽尔学院研究员，研究方向为伊特鲁里亚艺术与考古、希腊罗马艺术和艺术人类学。著有《古代奥林匹克(2012年第二版)》(The Ancient Olympics，2nd ed. 2012)、《希腊雕塑》(Greek Sculpture ，2013)等。曾主持英国广播公司(BBC)的系列节目“艺术如何创造世界”(“How Art Made the World”，2005)。 孙慧杰，北京大学翻译硕士，拥有近10年国内外城市发展领域政策研究及翻译工作经验。译有《第二大都市：镀金时代芝加哥、白银时代莫斯科与明治时代大阪》。

A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel–driven civilization. "I wait for new Smil books the way some people wait for the next 'Star Wars' movie. In his latest book, Energy and Civilization: A History, he goes deep and broad to explain how innovations in humans' ability to t...(展开全部)

This brief, best-selling Western civilization book has helped thousands of readers learn about the world they live in by exploring the story of its past. Jack Spielvogel's engaging, chronological narrative weaves the political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military aspects of history into a gripping story that is as memorable as it is instructive. Ea...(展开全部)

A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel–driven civilization. "I wait for new Smil books the way some people wait for the next 'Star Wars' movie. In his latest book, Energy and Civilization: A History, he goes deep and broad to explain how innovations in humans' ability to t...(展开全部)

When published in 1982, this translation of Professor Jacques Gernet's masterly survey of the history and culture of China was immediately welcomed by critics and readers. This revised and updated edition makes it more useful for students and for the general reader concerned with the broad sweep of China's past.

This brief, best-selling Western civilization book has helped thousands of readers learn about the world they live in by exploring the story of its past. Jack Spielvogel's engaging, chronological narrative weaves the political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military aspects of history into a gripping story that is as memorable as it is instructive. Ea...(展开全部)

大卫·弗莱（David Frye） 考古与历史学家。任教于美国东康涅狄格州立大学，曾参与多次国际考古挖掘工作，接受国家地理频道、历史频道、BBC电台、《华盛顿邮报》《滚石杂志》《连线》与其他媒体专访。《墙：血与砖的文明史》自2018年出版后，已被翻译为多种语言，于意大利、西班牙、 波兰、韩国等国出版。 林盛 毕业于复旦大学英语系，译有《中世纪的城堡》《十二幅地图中的世界史》等。

大卫·弗莱（David Frye） 考古与历史学家。任教于美国东康涅狄格州立大学，曾参与多次国际考古挖掘工作，接受国家地理频道、历史频道、BBC电台、《华盛顿邮报》《滚石杂志》《连线》与其他媒体专访。《墙：血与砖的文明史》自2018年出版后，已被翻译为多种语言，于意大利、西班牙、 波兰、韩国等国出版。 林盛 毕业于复旦大学英语系，译有《中世纪的城堡》《十二幅地图中的世界史》等。

Most general histories of technology are Eurocentrist, focusing on a main line of Western technology that stretches from the Greeks is through the computer. In this very different book, Arnold Pacey takes a global view, placing the development of technology squarely in a "world civilization." He portrays the process as a complex dialectic by which inventions borrowed from one c...(展开全部)