During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries a radical change occurred in the patterns and framework of European thought. In the wake of discoveries through the telescope and Copernican theory, the notion of an ordered cosmos of 'fixed stars' gave way to that of a universe infinite in both time and space - with significant and far-reaching consequences for human thought. Alex...(展开全部)

During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries a radical change occurred in the patterns and framework of European thought. In the wake of discoveries through the telescope and Copernican theory, the notion of an ordered cosmos of 'fixed stars' gave way to that of a universe infinite in both time and space - with significant and far-reaching consequences for human thought. Alex...(展开全部)

保罗·约翰逊，英国著名历史学家。他是我们这个时代最著名的历史学者之一，入选美国《时代》杂志2000年一百大人物。1928年出生于英国兰开夏，牛津大学麦格德林学院毕业。他曾是一名激进的左翼人士，任《新政治家》编辑，但后来在撒切尔夫人的影响下思想右转，并成为支持英国政治保守主义的著名知识分子代表。 主要论著:他撰写了一大批具有里程碑意义的历史著作，涵盖历史、哲学及宗教等领域。包括《论知识分子》、《犹太人史》、《当代》、《美国人民史》、《英国人民史》、《艺术：一段新历史》等。他定期为全球最著名的报纸及杂志写稿，包括英国《每日电讯报》、《纽约时报》、《华尔街日报》，现为《观察家报》、《每日邮报》的专栏作家。

Embark on the most astounding of odysseys, a voyage into realms not only stranger than we can imagine but also far, far more beautiful. "Universe: A Journey from Earth to the Edge of the Cosmos" leads us into a celestial panorama that extends for 130 billion trillion kilometres (80 billion trillion miles) in every direction, and allows us to explore nearly 200 of the most extra...(展开全部)

李 • 斯莫林（Lee Smolin）  1955年出生于美国，拥有罕布什尔学院学士学位和哈佛大学博士学位，在普林斯顿高等研究院、圣巴巴拉理论物理研究所以及芝加哥大学做博士后；曾任教于耶鲁大学、雪城大学和宾夕法尼亚州立大学。现任加拿大圆周理论物理研究所研究员、滑铁卢大学物理系客座教授、多伦多大学哲学系研究生导师。  美国知名理论物理学家，圈量子引力论创始人之一， 被誉为“现今最具原创力的理论学家之一”。  畅销书作家，著有多本科普图书，因其对“前沿物理大众科普的卓越贡献”，荣获由美国物理教师联合会颁发的克洛普•斯特格纪念奖（Klopp Steg Memorial Award）。

李 • 斯莫林（Lee Smolin）  1955年出生于美国，拥有罕布什尔学院学士学位和哈佛大学博士学位，在普林斯顿高等研究院、圣巴巴拉理论物理研究所以及芝加哥大学做博士后；曾任教于耶鲁大学、雪城大学和宾夕法尼亚州立大学。现任加拿大圆周理论物理研究所研究员、滑铁卢大学物理系客座教授、多伦多大学哲学系研究生导师。  美国知名理论物理学家，圈量子引力论创始人之一， 被誉为“现今最具原创力的理论学家之一”。  畅销书作家，著有多本科普图书，因其对“前沿物理大众科普的卓越贡献”，荣获由美国物理教师联合会颁发的克洛普•斯特格纪念奖（Klopp Steg Memorial Award）。

From one of our foremost thinkers and public intellectuals, a radical new view of the nature of time and the cosmos What is time? This deceptively simple question is the single most important problem facing science as we probe more deeply into the fundamentals of the universe. All of the mysteries physicists and cosmologists face—from the Big Bang to the future of the universe,...(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)

An epic historical consideration of the Mongol conquest of Western Asia and the spread of Islam during the years of non-Muslim rule The Mongol conquest of the Islamic world began in the early thirteenth century when Genghis Khan and his warriors overran Central Asia and devastated much of Iran. Distinguished historian Peter Jackson offers a fresh and fascinating consideration o...(展开全部)