Using key texts by the German architect and theorist Gottfried Semper, Mari Hvattum offers a reinterpretation of historicism, viewed as a philosophical outlook as well as an architectural problem. Hvattum focuses on Semper's two major concerns: an understanding of the ontological significance of art and architecture, and their rendering as objects of scientific investigation an...(展开全部)

Harry Mallgrave`s engrossing book about Gottfried Semper-German architect, scholar, and political revolutionary-is the definitive critical biography of the man who created some of the most impressive buildings in nineteenth-century Germany and Austria. Mallgrave provides a comprehensive account of Semper`s designs, writings, adventurous life, and artistic legacy in this beautif...(展开全部)

On its publication in 1957, The Poverty of Historicism was hailed by Arthur Koestler as 'probably the only book published this year which will outlive the century.' A devastating criticism of fixed and predictable laws in history, Popper dedicated the book to all those 'who fell victim to the fascist and communist belief in Inexorable Laws of Historical Destiny.' Short and beau...(展开全部)

On its publication in 1957, The Poverty of Historicism was hailed by Arthur Koestler as 'probably the only book published this year which will outlive the century.' A devastating criticism of fixed and predictable laws in history, Popper dedicated the book to all those 'who fell victim to the fascist and communist belief in Inexorable Laws of Historical Destiny.' Short and beau...(展开全部)

保罗·蔡茨 (Paul Zeitz) 曾就读于哈佛大学历史系，继而于加州大学伯克利分校获得数学博士学位。目前是旧金山大学的一名副教授。他曾获得美国数学奥林匹克竞赛大奖，并且是1974年美国代表队第一次参与国际数学奥林匹克竞赛的光荣一员。2003年荣获著名的Deborah Tepper Haimo 奖，这是由美国数学联盟颁发的全国性的大学数学教育奖项。

保罗·蔡茨 (Paul Zeitz) 曾就读于哈佛大学历史系，继而于加州大学伯克利分校获得数学博士学位。目前是旧金山大学的一名副教授。他曾获得美国数学奥林匹克竞赛大奖，并且是1974年美国代表队第一次参与国际数学奥林匹克竞赛的光荣一员。2003年荣获著名的Deborah Tepper Haimo 奖，这是由美国数学联盟颁发的全国性的大学数学教育奖项。

The newly revised Second Edtion of this distinctive text uniquely blends interesting problems with strategies, tools, and techniques to develop mathematical skill and intuition necessary for problem solving. Readers are encouraged to do math rather than just study it. The author draws upon his experience as a coach for the International Mathematics Olympiad to give students an ...(展开全部)

The newly revised Second Edtion of this distinctive text uniquely blends interesting problems with strategies, tools, and techniques to develop mathematical skill and intuition necessary for problem solving. Readers are encouraged to do math rather than just study it. The author draws upon his experience as a coach for the International Mathematics Olympiad to give students an ...(展开全部)