Although Einstein was the greatest genius of the 20th century, many of his ground-breaking discoveries were blighted by mistakes, ranging from serious misconceptions in physics to blatant errors in mathematics. For instance, Einstein's first theoretical proof of the famous formula E = mc2 was incomplete and only approximately valid; he struggled with this problem for many years...(展开全部)

Einstein's breakthroughs in special and general relativity, cosmology, black holes, the principle of the expanding universe, quantum physics and unified scientific theory are some of the best-known discoveries of the previous century. But how these discoveries were linked to the findings of those who came before him - Galileo, Newton, Copernicus and Eddington, to name a few - i...(展开全部)

When we look beyond the headlines, everyone has a story to tell It's 1990 in London and Tom Hargreaves has it all: a burgeoning career as a reporter, fierce ambition and a brisk disregard for the "peasants" - ordinary people, his readers, easy tabloid fodder. His star looks set to rise when he stumbles across a scoop: a dead child on a London estate, grieving parents loved acro...(展开全部)

This book focuses on art, and how what a child might think is a mistake — a blob, a dribble — can actually turn into something wonderful if you use your imaginative powers and tinker with it in just the right way.

珍妮弗·阿克曼（Jennifer Ackerman） 美国科普作家，从事科学、自然和人体生物学方面的写作达30年之久，其作品被盛赞是“以扎实的科学为基础的艺术”。她著有《性、眠、食、饮、梦：你身体里的一天》《命运之屋中的转机：遗传博物学》《海岸笔记》等科普图书，还为《科学美国人》《美国国家地理》《纽约时报》撰稿，屡次获得自然写作类奖项。

珍妮弗·阿克曼（Jennifer Ackerman） 美国科普作家，从事科学、自然和人体生物学方面的写作达30年之久，其作品被盛赞是“以扎实的科学为基础的艺术”。她著有《性、眠、食、饮、梦：你身体里的一天》《命运之屋中的转机：遗传博物学》《海岸笔记》等科普图书，还为《科学美国人》《美国国家地理》《纽约时报》撰稿，屡次获得自然写作类奖项。

Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. In fact, according to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. Like humans, many birds have enormous brains relative to their size. Although small, bird brains are packed with neurons that allow them to punch well above their weight. In The Genius of Birds, acc...(展开全部)

唐纳德·斯伯特（Donald Spoto），美国著名传记作家，曾撰写劳伦斯·奥利弗、玛丽莲·梦露、格蕾丝·凯利、杰奎琳·肯尼迪等诸多名流的传记，也曾执笔英国王室家族史。