A dramatic new account of the parallel quests to harness time that culminated in the revolutionary science of relativity, Einstein's Clocks, Poincare's Maps is "part history, part science, part adventure, part biography, part meditation on the meaning of modernity....In Galison's telling of science, the meters and wires and epoxy and solder come alive as characters, along with ...(展开全部)

A dramatic new account of the parallel quests to harness time that culminated in the revolutionary science of relativity, "Einstein's Clocks, Poincare's Maps" is "part history, part science, part adventure, part biography, part meditation on the meaning of modernity....In Galison's telling of science, the meters and wires and epoxy and solder come alive as characters, along wit...(展开全部)

A dramatic new account of the parallel quests to harness time that culminated in the revolutionary science of relativity, Einstein's Clocks, Poincare's Maps is "part history, part science, part adventure, part biography, part meditation on the meaning of modernity....In Galison's telling of science, the meters and wires and epoxy and solder come alive as characters, along with ...(展开全部)

A dramatic new account of the parallel quests to harness time that culminated in the revolutionary science of relativity, "Einstein's Clocks, Poincare's Maps" is "part history, part science, part adventure, part biography, part meditation on the meaning of modernity....In Galison's telling of science, the meters and wires and epoxy and solder come alive as characters, along wit...(展开全部)

Continuing the new look unabridged Poirot titles, read by Hugh Fraser. As instructed, stenographer Sheila Webb let herself into the house at 19 Wilbraham Crescent. It was then that she made a grisly discovery: the body of a dead man sprawled across the living room floor. What intrigued Poirot about the case was the time factor. Although in a state of shock, Sheila clearly rem...(展开全部)

Continuing the new look unabridged Poirot titles, read by Hugh Fraser. As instructed, stenographer Sheila Webb let herself into the house at 19 Wilbraham Crescent. It was then that she made a grisly discovery: the body of a dead man sprawled across the living room floor. What intrigued Poirot about the case was the time factor. Although in a state of shock, Sheila clearly rem...(展开全部)

Travel the world without leaving your living room. Much more than an ordinary atlas, this book of maps is a visual feast for readers of all ages, with lavishly drawn illustrations from the incomparable Mizielinskis. It features not only borders, cities, rivers, and peaks, but also places of historical and cultural interest, eminent personalities, iconic animals and plants, cu...(展开全部)

大卫·米切尔，英国著名作家，欧美文学界公认的新一代小说大师。1969年生于英格兰伍斯特郡，在肯特大学主修英美文学、比较文学。曾在日本广岛担任工程系学生的英文教师八年。 米切尔博采村上春树、奥斯特、卡尔维诺、博尔赫斯诸大师作品所长，自成一派，其作波诡云谲，灵气无穷。处女作《幽灵代笔》（1999）震撼欧美文学界，荣获莱斯文学奖，入围《卫报》处女作奖决选；《九号梦》（2001）入围布克奖和詹姆斯·泰特·布莱克纪念奖决选，米切尔也因此书被评为英国优秀青年小说家；《云图》（2004）荣膺英国国家图书奖小说奖和理查与茱蒂读书俱乐部年度选书，同时入围布克奖、星云奖、克拉克奖决选，改编同名电影轰动全球；《绿野黑天鹅》（2006）获得美国图书馆协会青少年图书和《学校图书馆报》图书称号，入围科斯塔图书奖和《洛杉矶时报》图书奖；《雅各布·德佐特的千秋》（2010）问鼎英联...(展开全部)