朱丽叶·巴克（Juliet Barker），生于1958年，毕业于牛津大学圣安妮学院，中世纪史博士，英国历史学家，英国皇家文学学会会员，专门研究中世纪历史和文学。其作品曾获得《约克郡邮报》年度图书奖，并入围AT&T非小说奖和马什传记奖。

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Bertrand Russell describes the purpose of this book as the putting together of some remarks on the state of happiness which are inspired by common sense, rather than any profound philosophy or deep erudition. It is based on the belief that many people who are unhappy could become happy by well-directed effort. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of th...(展开全部)

[英] 布赖恩·莱弗里（Brian Lavery） 英国国家海事博物馆名誉馆长，西方学界享有声望的海洋史研究者与推广者。 他在英国国家海事博物馆工作长达14年，其间举办了各种海洋主题展览，宣讲航海、船舶知识，他还曾在英国和欧洲开展海上巡游。在向大众普及海洋历史常识方面，莱弗里做出过显著贡献，西方媒体评价他为“杰出的历史学家”。 莱弗里不到30岁开始写作，至今著有30多部海洋史著作。此外，他还担任过奥斯卡获奖影片《怒海争锋》的历史顾问。2009年在英国引起全民轰动的热播纪录片《海洋帝国》，也邀请了他进行学术指导。

A captivating read spanning 5,000 years of the ocean's history Conquest of the Ocean tells the 5,000 year history of the remarkable individuals who sailed seas, for trade, to conquer new lands, to explore the unknown. From the early Polynesians to the first circumnavigations by the Portuguese and the British, these are awe-inspiring tales of epic sea voyages involving great fea...(展开全部)

Although every town in France has a street named for Pasteur, was he alone able to stop people from spitting, persuade them to dig drains, influence them to undergo vaccination? Pasteur's success depended upon a whole network of forces, including the public hygiene movement, the medical profession (both military physicians and private practitioners), and colonial interests. It ...(展开全部)

布魯諾．拉圖（Bruno Latour） 1947年出生於法國知名酒鄉伯恩（Beaune）。哲學是拉圖最初接受的學術訓練，之後於非洲服役期間對人類學產生濃厚興趣，並曾在象牙海岸從事田野工作。1975-1977年間，他在加州的沙克研究所（Salk Institute）進行參與觀察，充分運用民族誌方法。1979年，與社會學家伍爾加（Steve Woolgar）合著《實驗室的生活》（Laboratory Life），乃上述調查的具體成果，也是新興學術領域「科技研究」（STS）的奠基之作。1982年起，拉圖任職於巴黎高等礦冶學院的創新社會學研究中心（CSI）。在CSI他與同僚發展並奠定「行動者網絡理論」（Actor-network Theory）的基礎。在2005年底從CSI轉至巴黎政治大學（Sciences Po.）的組織社會學研究中心（CSO），2013...(展开全部)

Although every town in France has a street named for Pasteur, was he alone able to stop people from spitting, persuade them to dig drains, influence them to undergo vaccination? Pasteur's success depended upon a whole network of forces, including the public hygiene movement, the medical profession (both military physicians and private practitioners), and colonial interests. It ...(展开全部)

In asking where we came from, what we are and where we are going, Edward O. Wilson directly addresses three fundamental questions of religion, philosophy and science. Refashioning the story of human evolution, he draws on his remarkable knowledge of biology and social behaviour to show that group selection, not kin selection, is the primary driving force of human evolution. He ...(展开全部)