In the final decades of the nineteenth century, three brilliant and visionary titans of America’s Gilded Age—Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse—battled bitterly as each vied to create a vast and powerful electrical empire. In Empires of Light , historian Jill Jonnes portrays this extraordinary trio and their riveting and ruthless world of cutting-edge science...(展开全部)

吉尔·琼斯：作家和历史学家，在约翰-霍普金斯大学获得博士学位。她普被授予美国福特基金会奖和国家慈善基金会奖，曾著有《南布朗克斯区兴衰史》（South Bronx Rising）和《爵士乐手、缉毒警察和白日梦》（Hep–Cats,Narcs and Pipe Dreams）。她和家人住在美国马里兰州的巴尔的摩市。

吉尔·琼斯：作家和历史学家，在约翰-霍普金斯大学获得博士学位。她普被授予美国福特基金会奖和国家慈善基金会奖，曾著有《南布朗克斯区兴衰史》（South Bronx Rising）和《爵士乐手、缉毒警察和白日梦》（Hep–Cats,Narcs and Pipe Dreams）。她和家人住在美国马里兰州的巴尔的摩市。

In the final decades of the nineteenth century, three brilliant and visionary titans of America’s Gilded Age—Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse—battled bitterly as each vied to create a vast and powerful electrical empire. In Empires of Light , historian Jill Jonnes portrays this extraordinary trio and their riveting and ruthless world of cutting-edge science...(展开全部)

作者: 2005年4月19日當選羅馬天主教會第265任教宗。新教宗取名號「本篤」。曾任梵蒂岡信理聖部部長二十餘年，任教德國各大學。在梵蒂岡大公會議中為神學專家，任教宗後已從事多項改革，包括梵蒂岡內部精簡及分職治理。 譯者: 1991年 畢業於北京大學西語系 1991年~1997年在德國Bochum大學學習現當代德語文學、中古德語文學及天主教神學，獲博士學位 1998年　開始在北京大學任教，主要研究方向為德語成長發展小說、德語文學與基督宗教文化。曾發表過德語文學方面專著、譯著、論文以及基督宗教文化方面譯著、譯文若干。 校對者簡介： 天主教神父，耶穌會會士，聖經神學類著作豐碩，為享譽教內外、海內外的知名聖經學者。 1926年　生於中國安徽省貴池縣 1947年　赴歐洲義大利、西班牙、德國等地留學 1963年　獲聖經學博士 1964年　開始輔大神學院執教，曾...(展开全部)

The late nineteenth century was a period of explosive technological creativity, but arguably the most important invention of all was Thomas Edison’s incandescent lightbulb. Unveiled in his Menlo Park, New Jersey, laboratory in 1879, the lightbulb overwhelmed the American public with the sense of the birth of a new age. More than any other invention, the electric light marked th...(展开全部)

The late nineteenth century was a period of explosive technological creativity, but arguably the most important invention of all was Thomas Edison’s incandescent lightbulb. Unveiled in his Menlo Park, New Jersey, laboratory in 1879, the lightbulb overwhelmed the American public with the sense of the birth of a new age. More than any other invention, the electric light marked th...(展开全部)

An eye-opening look at the new computer revolution and the coming transformation of our economy, society, and culture. A hundred years ago, companies stopped producing their own power with steam engines and generators and plugged into the newly built electric grid. The cheap power pumped out by electric utilities not only changed how businesses operated but also brought the mo...(展开全部)

Building on the success of his industry-shaking Does IT Matter? Nicholas Carr returns with The Big Switch, a sweeping look at how a new computer revolution is reshaping business, society, and culture. Just as companies stopped generating their own power and plugged into the newly built electric grid some hundred years ago, today it's computing that's turning into a utility. The...(展开全部)

An eye-opening look at the new computer revolution and the coming transformation of our economy, society, and culture. A hundred years ago, companies stopped producing their own power with steam engines and generators and plugged into the newly built electric grid. The cheap power pumped out by electric utilities not only changed how businesses operated but also brought the mo...(展开全部)