Hailed by national leaders as politically diverse as former Vice President Al Gore and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Generations has been heralded by reviewers as a brilliant, if somewhat unsettling, reassessment of where America is heading. William Strauss and Neil Howe posit the history of America as a succession of generational biographies, beginning in 1584 and enc...(展开全部)

Network revolutions of the past have shaped the present and set the stage for the revolution we are experiencing today. In an era of seemingly instant change, it's easy to think that today's revolutions-in communications, business, and many areas of daily life-are unprecedented. Today's changes may be new and may be happening faster than ever before. But our ancestors at times ...(展开全部)

埃里克·方纳（Eric Foner）是美国哥伦比亚大学德威特·克林顿历史学讲座教授， 当代美国最有影响力的历史学家之一。自1970年发表《自由土地、自由劳动、自由人：内战前共和党的意识形态》起，方纳在美国内战史、重建史、非裔美国人史、政治文化史等领域内著述甚丰，成就斐然，曾两度获得象征美国史学界最高荣誉的班克罗夫特奖，一次获得普利策奖。其重要著作包括：《汤姆．潘恩与革命时期的美国》（1976）、《美国内战时代的政治与意识形态》（1980）、《除了自由一无所有：黑人解放及其遗产》（1983）、《重建：美利坚未完成的革命（1863-1877）》（1988）、《美国自由的故事》（1998）和《谁拥有历史：在变化的世界中重新思考过去》（2002）、《烈火中的考验：亚伯拉罕·林肯与美国奴隶制》（2010）。方纳是美国艺术与科学院院士和英国皇家科学院通讯院士，并...(展开全部)

安．特魯貝克Anne Trubek 目前為《BELT》雜誌的總編輯，撰寫眾多文章刊於《紐約時報》、《大西洋雜誌》、《WIRED連線雜誌》等處。她的文筆以風趣流暢著稱，其間不時穿插大小知識，出道作《A Skeptic's Guide to Writer's Houses》就是一本以導覽形式敘述小書迷參觀大作家故居的有趣書籍。而在本書《The History and Uncertain Future of Handwriting》裡，她也像個導航員般，以深入淺出的文字帶領讀者瀏覽幾千年的西方手寫歷史。 想更了解作者，可見：http://www.annetrubek.com

【作者简介】 弗雷德•斯皮尔（Fred Spier）,国际大历史协会创始人之一，曾任该协会主席，大历史学派理论重要的贡献者，荷兰阿姆斯特丹大学高级讲师（Senior Lecturer）。最初研习生物化学，后转向文化人类学和社会史，全身心投入到大历史研究和普及事业中。1994年至2016年在阿姆斯特丹大学组织并教授大历史课程；2003年至2013年在埃因霍温理工大学开办大历史系列讲座；2009年至2018年在阿姆斯特丹大学学院开办大历史课程。斯皮尔进行了广泛的学术研究，包括植物的遗传操作、秘鲁的宗教，政治和生态。已出版《秘鲁的宗教制度》（Religious Regimes in Peru）、《大历史的结构：从大爆炸到今天》（The Structure of Big History: From the Big Bang until Today）、《大历史...(展开全部)

Big History and the Future of Humanity presents an original theoretical approach that makes “big history” – the placing of the human past within the history of life, the Earth, and the Universe -- accessible to general readers while revealing insights into what the future may hold for humanity. Provides an accessible and original overview of the entire sweep of history that pla...(展开全部)

Big History and the Future of Humanity presents an original theoretical approach that makes “big history” – the placing of the human past within the history of life, the Earth, and the Universe -- accessible to general readers while revealing insights into what the future may hold for humanity. Provides an accessible and original overview of the entire sweep of history that pla...(展开全部)

At the end of the nineteenth century, some physicists believed that the basic principles underlying their subject were already known, and that physics in the future would only consist of filling in the details. They could hardly have been more wrong. The past century has seen the rise of quantum mechanics, relativity, cosmology, particle physics, and solid-state physics, among ...(展开全部)

At the end of the nineteenth century, some physicists believed that the basic principles underlying their subject were already known, and that physics in the future would only consist of filling in the details. They could hardly have been more wrong. The past century has seen the rise of quantum mechanics, relativity, cosmology, particle physics, and solid-state physics, among ...(展开全部)

For centuries humanity has engaged in a virtual exploration of space through astronomical observation, aided by astounding scientific and technological advances. In more than sixty years since the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957, more than 6,000 functioning satellites have been launched into Earth's orbit and beyond - some to the farthest reaches of the Solar System - and more than...(展开全部)