Epidemics and the Modern World explores the relationships between epidemics and key themes in modern history. Our institutions, colonial structures, relationships to animals, and perceptions of suffering, sexuality, race, and disability have all shaped – and been shaped by – these significant medical events. This book uses "biographies" of epidemics such as plague, tuberculosis...(展开全部)

Epidemics and the Modern World explores the relationships between epidemics and key themes in modern history. Our institutions, colonial structures, relationships to animals, and perceptions of suffering, sexuality, race, and disability have all shaped – and been shaped by – these significant medical events. This book uses "biographies" of epidemics such as plague, tuberculosis...(展开全部)

Alfred North Whitehead's SCIENCE AND THE MODERN WORLD, originally published in 1925, redefines the concept of modern science. Presaging by more than half a century most of today's cutting-edge thought on the cultural ramifications of science and technology, Whitehead demands that readers understand and celebrate the contemporary, historical, and cultural context of scientific d...(展开全部)

Alfred North Whitehead's SCIENCE AND THE MODERN WORLD, originally published in 1925, redefines the concept of modern science. Presaging by more than half a century most of today's cutting-edge thought on the cultural ramifications of science and technology, Whitehead demands that readers understand and celebrate the contemporary, historical, and cultural context of scientific d...(展开全部)

瓦茨拉夫•斯米尔（VACLAV SMIL）从事能源、环境和人口变化、食物生产及营养、技术创新、风险评估和公共政策领域的跨学科研究。他已经出版了30多本专著，发表了500多篇论文。 斯米尔是曼尼托巴大学特聘的荣誉退休教授，加拿大皇家学院（科学院）研究员，第一个被美国科学促进会授予科学和技术公众普及奖的非美籍学者。 2001年，斯米尔入选《国外政策》杂志评选的全球思想家50强。 著有《美国制造》《收割生物圈》等畅销书

瓦茨拉夫•斯米尔（VACLAV SMIL）从事能源、环境和人口变化、食物生产及营养、技术创新、风险评估和公共政策领域的跨学科研究。他已经出版了30多本专著，发表了500多篇论文。 斯米尔是曼尼托巴大学特聘的荣誉退休教授，加拿大皇家学院（科学院）研究员，第一个被美国科学促进会授予科学和技术公众普及奖的非美籍学者。 2001年，斯米尔入选《国外政策》杂志评选的全球思想家50强。 著有《美国制造》《收割生物圈》等畅销书

For generations the traditional focus for those wishing to understand the roots of the modern world has been France on the eve of the Revolution. Porter certainly acknowledges France's importance, but here makes an overwhelming case for consideringBritain the true home of modernity - a country driven by an exuberance, diversity and power of invention comparable only to twentiet...(展开全部)

HEYDAY brings to life one of the most extraordinary periods in modern history. Over the course of the 1850s, the world was reshaped by technology, trade, mass migration and war. The global economy expanded fivefold, millions of families emigrated to the ends of the earth to carve out new lives, technology revolutionised communications, while steamships and railways cut across v...(展开全部)

The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-?ve years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade, and a blossoming of civilization. Vastly more progressive than his European or Asian counterparts, Genghis Khan abolished torture...(展开全部)

The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-?ve years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade, and a blossoming of civilization. Vastly more progressive than his European or Asian counterparts, Genghis Khan abolished torture...(展开全部)