T·A·赫彭海默（T·A·Heppenheimer）是美国科普作家和航空学工程师，他的作品广泛涉及航空宇宙、商业和技术史。他经常给《发现》（Discovery）、《自然》（Nature）、《财富》（Fortune）等杂志撰稿。此前他曾出过六本书，包括《骚动的天空：航空贸易的历史》等。

T. A. Heppenheimer's acclaimed chronicle of rockets, politics, and the pioneers who dared to reach beyond humanity's limits. "The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and best written history of space flight there is."-The Times (London) "A lively account of the development of space activities in the U.S. and the Soviet Union . . . as good a one-volume overview of space as exists....(展开全部)

Winner of the Best Artist Award at the Angoulême Festival! Jean-Pierre Gibrat’s lushly colored graphic novel is one of the most stunningly beautiful comics of the 21st Century. The story takes place in Paris during the German Occupation and stars a memorable heroine in the French Resistance fighter named Jeanne. With the help of an apolitical cat burglar named François, she tri...(展开全部)

Now in a revised and expanded new edition, this volume chronologically traces the evolution of Euclidean, non-Euclidean, and relativistic theories regarding the shape of the universe. A unique, highly readable, and entertaining account, the book assumes no special mathematical knowledge. It reviews the failed classical attempts to prove the parallel postulate and provides cover...(展开全部)

克里肴那穆提（1895-1986）20世纪最卓越的心灵导师。1895年生于印度，1925年悟道，他的一生极富传奇色彩。他主张真理纯属个人的了悟，一定要用自己的光照亮自己。他一生的教诲皆在帮助人类从恐惧和无明中解脱，体悟慈与至乐的境界。因此佛教徒肯定他是“中观”的导师，印度教徒认为他是彻底的“觉者”，神智学者则认为他是道道地地的“禅”师。 他的40本著作，全是由空性流露的演讲和谈话集结而成，目前已译成了47国文字，在欧美、印度及澳洲有着广泛而深远的影响。

Marshall Sahlins centers these essays on islands--Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand--whose histories have intersected with European history. But he is also concerned with the insular thinking in Western scholarship that creates false dichotomies between past and present, between structure and event, between the individual and society. Sahlins's provocative reflections form a powerful c...(展开全部)

Explore the iconic Apollo space missions and moon landings through these stunning infographics and data visualisations. If you like space, this book is for you. The Apollo Program ran from 1961 until 1972, and marks one of the greatest accomplishments in all of human endeavour - man walking on the moon. On 20th July 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin achieved this most remark...(展开全部)

Maurice Blanchot, the eminent literary and cultural critic, has had a vast influence on contemporary French writers - among them are Jean Paul Sartre and Jacques Derrida. From the 1930s through the present day, his writings have been shaping the international literary consciousness. "The Space of Literature", first published in France in 1955, is central to the development of B...(展开全部)

Maurice Blanchot, the eminent literary and cultural critic, has had a vast influence on contemporary French writers - among them are Jean Paul Sartre and Jacques Derrida. From the 1930s through the present day, his writings have been shaping the international literary consciousness. "The Space of Literature", first published in France in 1955, is central to the development of B...(展开全部)

High above the planet Florinia, the Squires of Sark live in unimaginable wealth and comfort. Down in the eternal spring of the planet, however, the native Florinians labor ceaselessly to produce the precious kyrt that brings prosperity to their Sarkite masters. Rebellion is unthinkable and impossible. Not only do the Florinians no longer have a concept of freedom, any disruptio...(展开全部)