A description of the astronomical discoveries of recent years and the theological implications of the new scientific insights into mankind's place in the cosmos. Jastrow explains the chain of events that led astronomers to accept the validity of the big bang.

愛迪安．吉爾松 （Etienne Gilson，1884-1978） 基督教哲學家，中世紀思想史學家，中世哲學權威，被認定為世界上最偉大的聖‧多瑪斯學者之一。1884年，出生在巴黎的羅馬天主教家庭。1902年，開始鑽研哲學；1906年，畢業後，取得教學執照並教授哲學六年；1913年，以笛卡兒學派為題獲得博士學位，開啟他的中世哲學研究。1921年，任教巴黎大學，教授中世紀歷史哲學；1926年以後講學美、加地區的蒙特婁、哈佛及維吉尼亞大學之間。1946年當選法蘭西學院院士。1951年至1968年間，則一直待在多倫多大學。卒於1978年。 他以豐富的學識和深厚的素養，從事中世紀思想與基督教哲學研究。尤其致力聖‧多瑪斯思想，堪稱中世紀哲學權威。著有《聖多瑪斯‧阿奎那的哲學》（1919, tr. 1924）、《聖奧古斯丁的基督教哲學》（1929, tr. 19...(展开全部)

The second edition of a comprehensive account of all the major aspects of the Japanese economy, substantially updated and expanded. This textbook offers a comprehensive, rigorous but accessible account of all the major aspects of the Japanese economy, grounding its approach in mainstream economics. The second edition has been extensively revised and substantially updated, with ...(展开全部)

Awk was created in 1977 as a simple programming language for writing short programs that manipulate text and numbers with equal ease. It was meant as a scripting language to complement and work well with Unix tools, following the Unix philosophy of having each program do one thing well and be composable with other programs. The computing world today is enormously different from...(展开全部)

Awk was created in 1977 as a simple programming language for writing short programs that manipulate text and numbers with equal ease. It was meant as a scripting language to complement and work well with Unix tools, following the Unix philosophy of having each program do one thing well and be composable with other programs. The computing world today is enormously different from...(展开全部)

Synopsis In his most famous work, THE PRINCE (Il Principe), Machiavelli described the ideal prince and encouraged the people of Italy to imagine what it might be like if such a person led a unified Italy. Written in 1513 and published posthumously in 1532, THE PRINCE has been interpreted both as a genuine handbook for potential rulers and as a satirical portrait of certain pr...(展开全部)

Synopsis In his most famous work, THE PRINCE (Il Principe), Machiavelli described the ideal prince and encouraged the people of Italy to imagine what it might be like if such a person led a unified Italy. Written in 1513 and published posthumously in 1532, THE PRINCE has been interpreted both as a genuine handbook for potential rulers and as a satirical portrait of certain pr...(展开全部)

彼得·伯克（Peter Burke），剑桥大学文化史教授，伊曼纽尔学院研究员。他的著作还有：TheRenaissanceSense of the Past（1969）、Culture andSociety in Renaissanceltaly（1972年第一版；1987年第三版）、Montaigne（1981）和The Fortunes oftheCourtier（1995）。 梁赤民，男，1957年生，安徽安庆师范学院外语系毕业。1998年被评为安徽省模范教师、全国优秀教师；现为安徽冶金科技职业学院副院长，英语副教授。已出版译作《全球通史：从史前史到21世纪》（第7版修订版，2005年，北京大学出版社）等。主要教学与研究领域为英汉翻译理论

Through the figure of Josephine Baker, Second Skin tells the story of an unexpected yet enduring intimacy between the invention of a modernist style and the theatricalization of black skin at the turn of the twentieth century. Stepping outside of the platitudes surrounding this iconic figure, Anne A. Cheng argues that Baker's famous nakedness must be understood within larger ph...(展开全部)

More than ever, the web is a universal platform for all types of applications, and JavaScript is the language of the web. For anyone serious about web development, it's not enough to be a decent JavaScript coder. They need to be ninja-stealthy, efficient, and ready for anything. Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja, Second Edition dives below the surface and helps readers understand...(展开全部)