Leszek Kolakowski delves into some of the most intellectually vigorous questions of our time in this remarkable collection of essays garnished with his characteristic wit. Ten of the essays have never appeared before in English. "Exemplary. . . . It should be celebrated". --Arthur C. Danto, "New York Times Book Review" "This book . . . express[es] Kolakowski's thought on God,...(展开全部)

Featuring the popular characters from the award-winning Sandman series, THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS reveals the legend of the Endless, a family of magical and mythical beings who exist and interact in the real world. Born at the beginning of time, Destiny, Death, Dream, Desire, Despair, Delirium and Destruction are seven brothers and sisters who each lord over atheir respectiv...(展开全部)

Leszek Kolakowski delves into some of the most intellectually vigorous questions of our time in this remarkable collection of essays garnished with his characteristic wit. Ten of the essays have never appeared before in English. "Exemplary. . . . It should be celebrated." --Arthur C. Danto, New York Times Book Review "This book . . . express[es] Kolakowski's thought on God, man...(展开全部)

Vannevar Bush, an "engineer's engineer" and early pioneer in computer development, was President Roosevelt's science advisor during World War II. He served brilliantly in that task, and among other activities set up the Manhattan Project to build the atomic bomb. Asked by President Roosevelt to prepare a plan for the postwar deployment of science for peace (some say he "enginee...(展开全部)

Genetic engineering, nanotechnology, astrophysics, particle physics: we live in an engineered world, one where the distinctions between science and engineering, technology and research, are fast disappearing. This book shows how, at the dawn of the 21st Century, the goals of natural scientists - to discover what was not known - and that of engineers - to create what did not exi...(展开全部)

《神的孩子记得吗》中森与千辰之间竟然有着出人意料的关系。森一直找寻的初恋女友Cynthia跟紫佑汐之间，似乎存在着某种联系，他对佑汐的爱究竟是出自真心还是怀有其他目的？聪明敏锐的千辰能顺利找出隐藏在紫佑汐梦境背后的秘密吗？

Anime Architecture presents the most breathtaking environments created by the most important and revered directors and illustrators of Japanese animated films. From futuristic cities of steel to romantic rural locales, the creators of anime have conjured memorable and painstakingly detailed worlds, the influences of which have been felt across cinema, literature, comic books an...(展开全部)

作者简介 G・帕斯卡尔・扎卡里，《华尔街日报》高级撰稿 人，主要从事技术、劳工和全球经济的报道。曾在伯 克利、哥伦比亚等大学做技术史方面的演讲。他创 作的《精彩的表演》一书讲述了微软公司的著名软件 WindowsNT的制作过程，曾引起极大的反响。这本 《无尽的前沿》更得到如下评价：“要了解比尔・盖茨 和比尔・克林顿的世界，就要从这本关于万尼瓦尔・ 布什的书开始。”

作者简介 G・帕斯卡尔・扎卡里，《华尔街日报》高级撰稿 人，主要从事技术、劳工和全球经济的报道。曾在伯 克利、哥伦比亚等大学做技术史方面的演讲。他创 作的《精彩的表演》一书讲述了微软公司的著名软件 WindowsNT的制作过程，曾引起极大的反响。这本 《无尽的前沿》更得到如下评价：“要了解比尔・盖茨 和比尔・克林顿的世界，就要从这本关于万尼瓦尔・ 布什的书开始。”

As a young professor at MIT in the 1920s, Vannevar Bush (1890-1974) did seminal work on analog computing and was a cofounder of Raytheon, whose initial success was based on long-lasting radio tubes. But he is best known for his role in Washington during World War II: as President Roosevelt's advisor, he organized the Manhattan Project and oversaw the work of 6,000 civilian scie...(展开全部)