Henry David Thoreau was born on July 12th, 1817 on Virginia Road in Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau studied at Harvard between 1833 and 1837 taking classes in rhetoric, classics, philosophy, mathema

From a converted printing house in Rotterdam and the experimental minds therein that brought you the Pig City project (an analysis of the pork industry's manufacturing conditions) comes KM3, another contribution from the iconoclastic idea lab and architecture firm MVRDV. The office, which for more than a decade has been studying density as it relates to contemporary life and ar...(展开全部)

From a converted printing house in Rotterdam and the experimental minds therein that brought you the Pig City project (an analysis of the pork industry's manufacturing conditions) comes KM3, another contribution from the iconoclastic idea lab and architecture firm MVRDV. The office, which for more than a decade has been studying density as it relates to contemporary life and ar...(展开全部)

From the pyramids and the Parthenon to the Sydney Opera House and the Bilbao Guggenheim, this book takes readers on an eye-opening tour of the mathematics behind some of the world's most spectacular buildings. Beautifully illustrated, the book explores the milestones in elementary mathematics that enliven the understanding of these buildings and combines this with an in-depth l...(展开全部)

No other volume provides as broad, as thorough, or as accessible an introduction to the realm of computers as A. K. Dewdney's "The Turing Omnibus." Updated and expanded, "The Turing Omnibus" offers 66 concise, brilliantly written articles on the major points of interest in computer science theory, technology, and applications. New for this tour: updated information on algorithm...(展开全部)

A renowned anthropologist explores the history and meaning of eating in America. Addressing issues ranging from the global phenomenon of Coca-Cola to the diets of American slaves, Sidney Mintz shows how our choices about food are shaped by a vast and increasingly complex global economy. He demonstrates that our food choices have enormous and often surprising significance.

No other volume provides as broad, as thorough, or as accessible an introduction to the realm of computers as A. K. Dewdney's "The Turing Omnibus." Updated and expanded, "The Turing Omnibus" offers 66 concise, brilliantly written articles on the major points of interest in computer science theory, technology, and applications. New for this tour: updated information on algorithm...(展开全部)

如果讲“吃”，中国人的烹饪技术是世界一流的，但对于“吃”的意义的了解则知之甚少。而通过这本书的出版，能过使人们透过“吃”这种饮食行为，来更多地了解“吃”的文化与历史内涵。 这是一本很有品味的关于“吃”的学术专著。作者以人类学学者的视角对人类饮食进行多维思考，透过饮食行为，详谈文化与历史，这在大陆的出版物中尚属首例。不仅如此，书中所提供的知识点更让人耳目一新。看似简单且平凡的 “吃”却是这样的不平凡，它的发展历程竟有这许多的鲜活内容。这本书的内容不仅使人们重新认识了“吃”，更使人明了“吃”的意义。从而加深对“吃”与文化历史的结合有了更为清楚的认同。 开阔的思路、历史的深度与对未来的前瞻，对起步不久的中国饮食文化研究具有很好的启迪和推动作用。作为一部学术著作，此书的行文区生动、形象、深入浅出，有一定的可读性和科普意义，无论是平头百姓还是政府官...(展开全部)

From Jim Holt, the New York Times bestselling author of Why Does the World Exist?, comes an entertaining and accessible guide to the most profound scientific and mathematical ideas of recent centuries in When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought. Does time exist? What is infinity? Why do mirrors reverse left and right but not up and down? In this scinti...(展开全部)

如果讲“吃”，中国人的烹饪技术是世界一流的，但对于“吃”的意义的了解则知之甚少。而通过这本书的出版，能过使人们透过“吃”这种饮食行为，来更多地了解“吃”的文化与历史内涵。 这是一本很有品味的关于“吃”的学术专著。作者以人类学学者的视角对人类饮食进行多维思考，透过饮食行为，详谈文化与历史，这在大陆的出版物中尚属首例。不仅如此，书中所提供的知识点更让人耳目一新。看似简单且平凡的 “吃”却是这样的不平凡，它的发展历程竟有这许多的鲜活内容。这本书的内容不仅使人们重新认识了“吃”，更使人明了“吃”的意义。从而加深对“吃”与文化历史的结合有了更为清楚的认同。 开阔的思路、历史的深度与对未来的前瞻，对起步不久的中国饮食文化研究具有很好的启迪和推动作用。作为一部学术著作，此书的行文区生动、形象、深入浅出，有一定的可读性和科普意义，无论是平头百姓还是政府官...(展开全部)