“I shall reconsider human knowledge by starting from the fact that we can know more than we can tell,” writes Michael Polanyi, whose work paved the way for the likes of Thomas Kuhn and Karl Popper. The Tacit Dimension argues that tacit knowledge—tradition, inherited practices, implied values, and prejudgments—is a crucial part of scientific knowledge. Back in print for a new ge...(展开全部)

What exactly are the ‘weird’ and the ‘eerie’? In this new essay, Mark Fisher argues that some of the most haunting and anomalous fiction of the 20th century belongs to these two modes. The ‘weird’ and the ‘eerie’ are closely related but distinct modes, each possessing its own distinct properties. Both have often been associated with Horror, yet this emphasis overlooks the achi...(展开全部)

What exactly are the ‘weird’ and the ‘eerie’? In this new essay, Mark Fisher argues that some of the most haunting and anomalous fiction of the 20th century belongs to these two modes. The ‘weird’ and the ‘eerie’ are closely related but distinct modes, each possessing its own distinct properties. Both have often been associated with Horror, yet this emphasis overlooks the achi...(展开全部)

In the year of his one-hundredth birthday, pre-eminent literary critic, scholar and teacher M.H. Abrams brings us a collection of nine new and recent essays that challenge the reader to think about poetry in new ways. In these essays, three of them never before published, Abrams engages afresh with pivotal figures in intellectual and literary history, among them Kant, Keats and...(展开全部)

In the year of his one-hundredth birthday, pre-eminent literary critic, scholar and teacher M.H. Abrams brings us a collection of nine new and recent essays that challenge the reader to think about poetry in new ways. In these essays, three of them never before published, Abrams engages afresh with pivotal figures in intellectual and literary history, among them Kant, Keats and...(展开全部)

Hall examines the various cultural concepts of space and how differences among them affect modern society. The Hidden Dimension demonstrates how man s use of space can affect personal and business relations， cross-cultural exchanges， architecture， city planning， and urban renewal. Illustrated.

Hall examines the various cultural concepts of space and how differences among them affect modern society. The Hidden Dimension demonstrates how man s use of space can affect personal and business relations， cross-cultural exchanges， architecture， city planning， and urban renewal. Illustrated.

乔治·桑，（1840～1876）法国女小说家。她原名奥罗尔·杜邦，1804年7月1日生于巴黎，父亲是第一帝国的军官。她从小由祖母抚养，13岁进入巴黎的修道院，18岁时嫁给杜德望男爵，但她对婚姻并不满意，1831 年到巴黎，开始独立生活。 乔治·桑移居巴黎后开始从事文学创作，从初期的作品中可以看到卢梭、夏多布里昂和拜伦对她的复杂影响。七月革命后不久，她发表了第一部长篇小说《安蒂亚娜》（1832），一举成名，从此一发而不可收。乔治 ·桑是一位多产作家，她一生写了100卷以上的文艺作品、20卷的回忆录《我的一生》以及大量书简和政论文章。她的小说创作大致可分四阶段：早期作品称为激情小说，代表作有《安蒂亚娜》、《华伦蒂娜》（1832）、《莱莉亚》（1833）等，都描写爱情上不幸的女性，对生活感到失望，不懈地追求独立与自由，充满了青春的热情与反抗的意志。第二阶段...(展开全部)

Fractal analysis is a method for measuring, analysing and comparing the formal or geometric properties of complex objects. In this book it is used to investigate eighty-five buildings that have been designed by some of the twentieth-century’s most respected and celebrated architects. Including designs by Le Corbusier, Eileen Gray, Frank Lloyd Wright, Robert Venturi, Frank Gehry...(展开全部)