The rapidly expanding field of galaxy formation lies at the interface between astronomy, particle physics, and cosmology. Covering diverse topics from these disciplines, all of which are needed to understand how galaxies form and evolve, this book is ideal for researchers entering the field. Individual chapters explore the evolution of the Universe as a whole and its particle a...(展开全部)

Let us now imagine that some administrative authority, as far superior in power and intelligence to men, as men are to their cattle, is set over the colony, charged to deal with its human elements in such a manner as to assure the victory of the settlement over the antagonistic influences of the state of nature in which it is set down. He would proceed in the same fashion as th...(展开全部)

“Should be read and reread by all individuals whose work or interests touch on landscape.” —Ronald Rees, Geographical Reviews Hailed as a landmark in its field since its first publication in 1984, Denis E. Cosgrove's Social Formation and Symbolic Landscape has been influential well beyond geography. It has continued to spark lively debate among historians, geographers, art hist...(展开全部)

作者简介： 艾格尼丝·阿尔伯（Agnes Arber，1879—1960）英国植物学家、植物科学史家，英国皇家学会会员，她是皇家学会历史上第三位女性会员，第一位植物学女院士。1912年出版的Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany 1470—1670是阿尔伯最早完成的学术著作，该书在1938年进行了大幅度的修改和扩增，后因其开创性影响入选《剑桥文丛》。 译者简介： 王钊，北京大学科学技术哲学博士，四川大学文化科技协同创新研发中心副研究员，学术方向为博物学史、博物学图像研究，近年来关注中外博物学图像收藏和整理，已协助清华大学科学史博物馆、浙江自然博物院等机构策划数场博物学图像展览。

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This highly original, groundbreaking study explores the profound relationship between science and government to present a new understanding of modern state formation. Beginning with the experimental science of Robert Boyle in seventeenth-century England, Patrick Carroll develops the concept of engine science to capture the centrality of engineering practices and technologies in...(展开全部)

In this novel introduction to modern microeconomic theory, Samuel Bowles returns to the classical economists' interest in the wealth and poverty of nations and people, the workings of the institutions of capitalist economies, and the coevolution of individual preferences and the structures of markets, firms, and other institutions. Using recent advances in evolutionary game the...(展开全部)

Herbals deal primarily with medicinal and culinary herbs, their real and supposed properties and virtues, and in origin they go back at least to the Ancient Greeks. During the 16th and 17th centuries they developed into attractively illustrated printed books, the forerunners of modern botanical and pharmaceutical textbooks. Agnes Arber's Herbals (first published in 1912, much r...(展开全部)

Herbals deal primarily with medicinal and culinary herbs, their real and supposed properties and virtues, and in origin they go back at least to the Ancient Greeks. During the 16th and 17th centuries they developed into attractively illustrated printed books, the forerunners of modern botanical and pharmaceutical textbooks. Agnes Arber's Herbals (first published in 1912, much r...(展开全部)