It is often supposed that the spectacular successes of our modern mathematical sciences support a lofty vision of a world completely ordered by one single elegant theory. In this book Nancy Cartwright argues to the contrary. When we draw our image of the world from the way modern science works - as empiricism teaches us we should - we end up with a world where some features are...(展开全部)

It is often supposed that the spectacular successes of our modern mathematical sciences support a lofty vision of a world completely ordered by one single elegant theory. In this book Nancy Cartwright argues to the contrary. When we draw our image of the world from the way modern science works - as empiricism teaches us we should - we end up with a world where some features are...(展开全部)

No life form has had a greater impact on this planet than the human male. What is it that has made his legacy so utterly distinct from that of all other life forms, including even the human female? Following on from the international success of The Naked Woman , Desmond Morris investigates this intriguing evolutionary success story. The Naked Man is a study of the masculine ...(展开全部)

The Naked Man , as with its famous forerunner, is written from a zoologist’s perspective and packed full of scientific fact, engaging anecdote and thought-provoking conclusions, including a controversial chapter examining male sexuality.

Following on the international success of "The Naked Woman," Desmond Morris investigates another intriguing evolutionary success story. "The Naked Man "is a study of the masculine body from head to toe, examining biological features of the male anatomy in illuminating detail and describing the many ways in which these features have been modified, suppressed, or exagerated by lo...(展开全部)

基思·V.托马斯（1933— ）　英国社会科学院院士，曾任牛津大学现代史教授，圣体学院院长，1988年因在历史研究领域的贡献而被授予爵位。他的写作广泛涉猎现代初期的社会与知识史，第一部著作《　宗教与巫术的衰落》（1972）荣获沃夫森历史学图书奖。

Clausewitz is often quoted but more often misunderstood. On Clausewitz presents his central ideas about war and politics--such as war as an instrument of policy, the concept of Absolute War, friction and the fog of war--in a clear and systematic fashion. It also presents the man, his life and the military and intellectual environment in which he produced his great work On War. ...(展开全部)

休·史密斯（Hugh Smith），在澳大利亚担任军官学员教官三十多年；澳大利亚国防研究中心创会理事，国防科学院、南威尔士大学、大学学院、人文与社会科学学院等多家研究机构研究员；与人合编《太平洋制海权》，并独立编有《战略家》一书。