A radical retelling of the history of science that challenges the Eurocentric narrative. We are told that modern science was invented in Europe, the product of great minds like Nicolaus Copernicus, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein. But this is wrong. The history of science is not, and has never been, a uniquely European endeavour. Copernicus relied on mathematic...(展开全部)

In 1969 producer Manfred Eicher founded a new record label, Edition of Contemporary Music, in Munich. More than 1,000 albums later, after many landmark recordings and new discoveries—including Keith Jarrett's best-selling "Koln Concert," Jan Garbarek's saxophone improvisations, and Estonian composer Arvo Part's profoundly moving minimalism—ECM stands as a model of musical indep...(展开全部)

作者： 詹姆斯·波斯基特 英国华威大学科技史系副教授，博士毕业于剑桥大学，并曾任剑桥大学达尔文学院的研究员，主要研究兴趣涉及现代早期到当代的科学史。 —————— 译者： 孙亚飞 译者，青年科普作家。于清华大学化学系获得博士学位。2010年开始从事科普工作，已出版著作《原子王国历险记》及译作《诗意的原子》等。

A radical retelling of the history of science that challenges the Eurocentric narrative. We are told that modern science was invented in Europe, the product of great minds like Nicolaus Copernicus, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein. But this is wrong. The history of science is not, and has never been, a uniquely European endeavour. Copernicus relied on mathematic...(展开全部)

This book is an outstanding contribution to the philosophical study of language and mind, by one of the most influential thinkers of our time. In a series of penetrating essays, Chomsky cuts through the confusion and prejudice which has infected the study of language and mind, bringing new solutions to traditional philosophical puzzles and fresh perspectives on issues of genera...(展开全部)

This book is an outstanding contribution to the philosophical study of language and mind, by one of the most influential thinkers of our time. In a series of penetrating essays, Chomsky cuts through the confusion and prejudice which has infected the study of language and mind, bringing new solutions to traditional philosophical puzzles and fresh perspectives on issues of genera...(展开全部)

黄仁宇（1918-2000），生于湖南长沙，1936年入天津南开大学电机工程系就读。抗日战争爆发后，先在长沙《抗日战报》工作，后来进入国民党成都中央军校，1950年退伍。 其后赴美攻读历史，获学士（1954）、硕士（1957）、博士（1964）学位。曾任哥伦比亚大学访问副教授（1967）及哈佛大学东亚研究所研究员（1970）。参与《明代名人传》及《剑桥中国史》的集体研究工作。