Robert Fortune was a Scottish gardener, botanist, plant hunter - and industrial spy. In 1848, the East India Company engaged him to make a clandestine trip into the interior of China - territory forbidden to foreigners - to steal the closely guarded secrets of tea. For centuries, China had been the world's sole tea manufacturer. Britain purchased this fuel for its Empire by tra...(展开全部)

Robert Fortune was a Scottish gardener, botanist, plant hunter - and industrial spy. In 1848, the East India Company engaged him to make a clandestine trip into the interior of China - territory forbidden to foreigners - to steal the closely guarded secrets of tea. For centuries, China had been the world's sole tea manufacturer. Britain purchased this fuel for its Empire by tra...(展开全部)

萨拉·罗斯Sarah Rose，作家，现居住在纽约，生长于芝加哥。罗斯分别从哈佛大学和芝加哥大学获得学位。她是美国纽约文学基金会的受助者。《改变世界史的中国茶叶》（For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World 's Favorite Drink and Changed History）是她的处女作。 译者：孟驰，福建农林大学东方学院（现福州工商学院）英语语言文学学士，译著《迦太基必须毁灭》

萨拉·罗斯Sarah Rose，作家，现居住在纽约，生长于芝加哥。罗斯分别从哈佛大学和芝加哥大学获得学位。她是美国纽约文学基金会的受助者。《改变世界史的中国茶叶》（For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World 's Favorite Drink and Changed History）是她的处女作。 译者：孟驰，福建农林大学东方学院（现福州工商学院）英语语言文学学士，译著《迦太基必须毁灭》

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Zen and the art of tea-the classic book about the Japanese tea ceremony that is as much a guide to life. Ritualized, romantic, and historically rich, the tea ceremony is the creation of something beautiful out of the everyday. Originally written in English more than a hundred years ago to be read aloud at Isabella Stewart Gardner's famous salon, The Book of Tea presents ...(展开全部)

Zen and the art of tea-the classic book about the Japanese tea ceremony that is as much a guide to life. Ritualized, romantic, and historically rich, the tea ceremony is the creation of something beautiful out of the everyday. Originally written in English more than a hundred years ago to be read aloud at Isabella Stewart Gardner's famous salon, The Book of Tea presents ...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

For anyone who has ever wondered why suspension bridges don't collapse under eight lanes of traffic, how dams hold back-or give way under-thousands of gallons of water, or what principles guide the design of a skyscraper or a kangaroo, this book will ease your anxiety and answer your questions. J. E. Gordon strips engineering of its confusing technical terms, communicating its ...(展开全部)

詹姆斯•爱德华•戈登（1913–1998） - 毕业于格拉斯哥大学造船专业，材料科学和生物力学研究领域的先驱者之一，他的三本结构和材料方面的普及读物影响深远，本书即为其中之一。他的作品被翻译成多种文字，并进入中学和大学教材。《泰晤士报》称他是“材料科学的先驱之一”，他的书“文学造诣颇高，专业人士和学生都会有兴趣”。