This book pioneered the concept of townscape. 'Townscape' is the art of giving visual coherence and organization to the jumble of buildings, streets and space that make up the urban environment. It has been a major influence on architects, planners and others concerned with what cities should look like.

芦原义信（1918—2003）日本当代著名建筑师。毕业于东京大学建筑系、哈佛大学研究生院，历任日本法政大学、武藏野美术大学和东京大学教授，曾担任日本建筑学会主席、日本建筑师协会主席。1956年成立建筑事务所，其设计代表作包括东京驹泽体育馆、索尼大厦、东京国立历史民俗博物馆、东京艺术大剧院等。收入本书的《街道的美学》和《续街道的美学》集中体现了他以“外部空间设计”为中心的建筑美学思想。

Mathematics is the fundamental knowledge for every scientist. As an academic at the University of Science and Technology of China, Professor Sheng Gong takes his passion for mathematics teaching even further. Besides imparting knowledge to students from the Department of Mathematics, he has created and developed his method of teaching Calculus to help students from physics, eng...(展开全部)

Mathematics is the fundamental knowledge for every scientist. As an academic at the University of Science and Technology of China, Professor Sheng Gong takes his passion for mathematics teaching even further. Besides imparting knowledge to students from the Department of Mathematics, he has created and developed his method of teaching Calculus to help students from physics, eng...(展开全部)

This is a concise textbook of complex analysis for undergraduate and graduate students. It has been written from the viewpoint of modern mathematics -- the -equation, differential geometry, Lie groups, etc. It contains all the traditional material on complex analysis, but many statements and proofs of classical theorems in complex analysis have been made simpler, shorter and mo...(展开全部)

A concise textbook on complex analysis for undergraduate and graduate students, this book is written from the viewpoint of modern mathematics: the Bar {Partial}-equation, differential geometry, Lie groups, all the traditional material on complex analysis is included. Setting it apart from others, the book makes many statements and proofs of classical theorems in complex analysi...(展开全部)

A concise textbook on complex analysis for undergraduate and graduate students, this book is written from the viewpoint of modern mathematics: the Bar {Partial}-equation, differential geometry, Lie groups, all the traditional material on complex analysis is included. Setting it apart from others, the book makes many statements and proofs of classical theorems in complex analysi...(展开全部)

This is a concise textbook of complex analysis for undergraduate and graduate students. It has been written from the viewpoint of modern mathematics -- the -equation, differential geometry, Lie groups, etc. It contains all the traditional material on complex analysis, but many statements and proofs of classical theorems in complex analysis have been made simpler, shorter and mo...(展开全部)

Here at last is a concise critical history of photography which explains by what criteria we can judge one photograph to be better than another, what is special about the photographic recording of images, what in fact is the essence of photography both in itself and in relation to other visual art forms. This brilliant study provides a unique guide to the critical issues throug...(展开全部)

The idea of the sword-wielding samurai, beholden to a strict ethical code and trained in deadly martial arts, dominates popular conceptions of the samurai. As early as the late seventeenth century, they were heavily featured in literature, art, theater, and even comedy, from the Tale of the Heike to the kabuki retellings of the 47 Ronin. This legacy remains with us today in the...(展开全部)