Today's world textile and garment trade is valued at a staggering $425 billion. We are told that under the pressure of increasing globalisation, it is India and China that are the new world manufacturing powerhouses. However, this is not a new phenomenon: until the industrial revolution, Asia manufactured great quantities of colourful printed cottons that were sold to places as...(展开全部)

√ A panoramic view of life on Earth. drawing on geology, cosmology, chemistry, biology, and medicine √ Shows how oxygen drove the evolution of sophisticated cells, multicellular organisms, large animals and plants, photosynthesis, predators, giant insects, two sexes, and ageing √ Links the extremes of the living world, from bacterial tolerance of cosmic radiation, to the organi...(展开全部)

Dr Nick Lane is a British biochemist and writer. He was awarded the first Provost's Venture Research Prize in the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment at University College London, where he is now a Reader in Evolutionary Biochemistry. Dr Lane’s research deals with evolutionary biochemistry and bioenergetics, focusing on the origin of life and the evolution of comp...(展开全部)

Drawing on a grand evolutionary canvas, Oxygen offers fresh perspectives on life and death, explaining modern killer diseases, why we age, and what we can do about it. Advancing revelatory new ideas, following chains of evidence, the book ranges through many disciplines, from environmental sciences to molecular medicine. The result is a captivating vision of contemporary scienc...(展开全部)

弗吉尼亚·波斯特雷尔（Virgi Postrel），美国记者、独立学者、《彭博·观点》专栏作家，在此之前曾担任《华尔街日报》和《纽约时报》专刊作家。她的研究涵盖从社会科学到时尚的广泛主题，尤其关注文化、商业和技术等交叉领域。著有两部备受赞誉的作品《风格的实质，魅力的力量》（The Substance of Style,The Power of Glamour）和《未来及其敌人》（The Future and lts Enemies）。 张洁，本科毕业于复旦大学历史学系，获历史学学士学位。研究生就读于复旦大学国际关系与公共事务学院国际关系专业，研究方向为中美关系，获法学硕士学位。现任职于复旦大学。译作有《少数给中国的飞机》、《行走的柠檬》等。

From Paleolithic flax to 3D knitting, explore the global history of textiles and the world they weave together in this enthralling and educational guide. The story of humanity is the story of textiles — as old as civilization itself. Since the first thread was spun, the need for textiles has driven technology, business, politics, and culture. In The Fabric of Civilization, Virg...(展开全部)

弗吉尼亚·波斯特雷尔（Virgi Postrel），美国记者、独立学者、《彭博·观点》专栏作家，在此之前曾担任《华尔街日报》和《纽约时报》专刊作家。她的研究涵盖从社会科学到时尚的广泛主题，尤其关注文化、商业和技术等交叉领域。著有两部备受赞誉的作品《风格的实质，魅力的力量》（The Substance of Style,The Power of Glamour）和《未来及其敌人》（The Future and lts Enemies）。 张洁，本科毕业于复旦大学历史学系，获历史学学士学位。研究生就读于复旦大学国际关系与公共事务学院国际关系专业，研究方向为中美关系，获法学硕士学位。现任职于复旦大学。译作有《少数给中国的飞机》、《行走的柠檬》等。

From Paleolithic flax to 3D knitting, explore the global history of textiles and the world they weave together in this enthralling and educational guide. The story of humanity is the story of textiles — as old as civilization itself. Since the first thread was spun, the need for textiles has driven technology, business, politics, and culture. In The Fabric of Civilization, Virg...(展开全部)

约翰·迪基（John Dickie），作家、历史学家，英国伦敦大学学院艺术与人文学院意大利研究教授，意大利史、黑手党研究权威。出版有多本意大利研究相关著作。

约翰·迪基（John Dickie），作家、历史学家，英国伦敦大学学院艺术与人文学院意大利研究教授，意大利史、黑手党研究权威。出版有多本意大利研究相关著作。