In this latest work, respected art historian T. J. Clark sets out to investigate the different ways painting has depicted the dream of God’s kingdom come: heaven descended to earth. He goes back to the late Middle Ages and Renaissance―to Giotto in Padua, Bruegel facing the horrors of religious war, Poussin painting the Sacraments, and Veronese unfolding the human comedy, in par...(展开全部)

The Atlas of Life on Earth offers a comprehensive, chronological survey of the Earth, its landscape and its life forms, from the beginning of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago to the present.The atlas is accessibly organized in six major parts, with 18 chapters devoted to each of the major geological periods, in which the crucial geological and biological developments in t...(展开全部)

In this daring work, Edward O. Wilson proposes an alliance between science and religion to save Earth's vanishing biodiversity. Dear Pastor: We have not met, yet I feel I know you well enough to call you friend. First of all, we grew up in the same faith. Although I no longer belong to that faith, I am confident that if we met and spoke privately of our deepest beliefs, it wou...(展开全部)

The book that launched a movement: "Wilson speaks with a humane eloquence which calls to us all" (Oliver Sacks), proposing a historic partnership between scientists and religious leaders to preserve Earth's rapidly vanishing biodiversity. The Creation is E. O. Wilson's most important work since the publications of Sociobiology and Biophilia . Like Rachel Carson's Silent...(展开全部)

If You Come to Earth is a glorious guide to our home planet, and a call for us to take care of both Earth and each other.

钟山，博士，特任研究员。2006年和2011年毕业于中国科学技术大学，分别获得理学学士、工学双学士和理学博士学位。2011年至2013年在中国科学技术大学生命科学学院免疫识别与信号转导实验室从事博士后研究工作。主要成果发表于Cell、Immunity等国际高水平杂志。获得2015年度中科院卢嘉锡青年人才奖。 Terry 和 Gerry Audesirk二人于1970年喜结连理。Terry取得南加州大学的海洋生态学博士学位，Gerry取得加州理工学院的神经生物学博士学位。二人曾为华盛顿大学海洋实验室的博士后，以一种海洋软体动物为模式生物，进行生物行为的神经生物学基础方面的研究。二位作者现在已经退休，并任科罗拉多丹佛大学的生物学名誉教授，他们曾经于1982―2006年间在这所大学教授生物学导论和神经生物学两门课程。他们还进行了关于环境中低浓度污染物对神经...(展开全部)

Art Wolfe’s immersive photos capture the wonder humans have felt about trees for millennia. From the biblical Tree of Life to the Native American Tree of Peace, trees have played an archetypal role in human culture and spirituality since time immemorial. An integral part of a variety of faiths—from Buddhism and Hinduism to Native American and aboriginal religions—trees were ven...(展开全部)

We tend to see history and evolution springing from separate roots, one grounded in the human world and the other in the natural world. Human beings have, however, become probably the most powerful species shaping evolution today, and human-caused evolution in other species has probably been the most important force shaping human history. This book introduces readers to evoluti...(展开全部)

We tend to see history and evolution springing from separate roots, one grounded in the human world and the other in the natural world. Human beings have, however, become probably the most powerful species shaping evolution today, and human-caused evolution in other species has probably been the most important force shaping human history. This book introduces readers to evoluti...(展开全部)

"In a work of majestic sweep and bold speculation, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist [Christian] de Duve presents an awesome panorama of life on Earth."-- Publishers Weekly