荣赫鹏（1863-1942），英国军官，皇家地理学会珠峰委员会首届主席，攀登珠峰的提倡者和推动者，也是十九世纪最著名的英国探险家之一，旅行范围多在印度北部和中国西藏地区，对地理研究方面贡献良多。二十四岁时只身穿越戈壁沙漠，还发现了一条从中国通往印度的新路径。这位帝国时代的军人也是运动健将，创下三百码短跑世界纪录。他也致力于筹组探险团，从事人类历史上头几次珠峰攀登的尝试。此外，他还是位作家，晚年成为宣扬藏传佛教的神秘主义者。

荣赫鹏（1863-1942），英国军官，皇家地理学会珠峰委员会首届主席，攀登珠峰的提倡者和推动者，也是十九世纪最著名的英国探险家之一，旅行范围多在印度北部和中国西藏地区，对地理研究方面贡献良多。二十四岁时只身穿越戈壁沙漠，还发现了一条从中国通往印度的新路径。这位帝国时代的军人也是运动健将，创下三百码短跑世界纪录。他也致力于筹组探险团，从事人类历史上头几次珠峰攀登的尝试。此外，他还是位作家，晚年成为宣扬藏传佛教的神秘主义者。

A brilliant book celebrating improbability as the engine that drives life, by the acclaimed author of The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker. The human eye is so complex and works so precisely that surely, one might believe, its current shape and function must be the product of design. How could such an intricate object have come about by chance? Tackling this subject--in wr...(展开全部)

A brilliant book celebrating improbability as the engine that drives life, by the acclaimed author of The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker. The human eye is so complex and works so precisely that surely, one might believe, its current shape and function must be the product of design. How could such an intricate object have come about by chance? Tackling this subject--in wr...(展开全部)

Hualien, on the Pacific coast of eastern Taiwan, and its mountains, especially Mount Qilai, were deeply inspirational for the young poet Yang Mu. A place of immense natural beauty and cultural heterogeneity, the city was also a site of extensive social, political, and cultural change in the twentieth century, from the Japanese occupation and the American bombings of World War I...(展开全部)

The northern Chinese mountain range of Mount Wutai has been a preeminent site of international pilgrimage for over a millennium. Home t o more than one hundred temples, the entire range is considered a Buddhist paradise on earth, and has received visitors ranging from emperors to monastic and lay devotees. Mount Wutai explores how Qing Buddhist rulers and clerics from Inner Asi...(展开全部)

Among Chinese religious sites, Mount Putuo, the "Island of Guanyin," stands out as a fascinating embodiment of China's vibrant Buddhist tradition. A small island in the East China Sea, it has been the single most important pilgrimage site for the worship of Guanyin, the beloved Bodhisattva of Compassion, who is venerated from Sri Lanka to Japan. Attracting thousands of visitors...(展开全部)

Among Chinese religious sites, Mount Putuo, the "Island of Guanyin," stands out as a fascinating embodiment of China's vibrant Buddhist tradition. A small island in the East China Sea, it has been the single most important pilgrimage site for the worship of Guanyin, the beloved Bodhisattva of Compassion, who is venerated from Sri Lanka to Japan. Attracting thousands of visitors...(展开全部)

The northern Chinese mountain range of Mount Wutai has been a preeminent site of international pilgrimage for over a millennium. Home t o more than one hundred temples, the entire range is considered a Buddhist paradise on earth, and has received visitors ranging from emperors to monastic and lay devotees. Mount Wutai explores how Qing Buddhist rulers and clerics from Inner Asi...(展开全部)

荣赫鹏（1863-1942），英国军官，皇家地理学会珠峰委员会首届主席，攀登珠峰的提倡者和推动者，也是十九世纪最著名的英国探险家之一，旅行范围多在印度北部和中国西藏地区，对地理研究方面贡献良多。二十四岁时只身穿越戈壁沙漠，还发现了一条从中国通往印度的新路径。这位帝国时代的军人也是运动健将，创下三百码短跑世界纪录。他也致力于筹组探险团，从事人类历史上头几次珠峰攀登的尝试。此外，他还是位作家，晚年成为宣扬藏传佛教的神秘主义者。