大卫·麦考利（David Macaulay） 教育家、作家、建筑师，创作一系列充满想象力的图书，蜚声国际；曾获诸多国际大奖的殊荣，包括凯迪克金奖、波士顿环球报号角图书奖、美国建筑师协会特别奖、华盛顿知识类儿童读物奖、德国青少年文学奖及荷兰银铅笔奖，还曾两度提名国际安徒生大奖。他还是图画书大师大卫·威斯纳的老师。《时代》曾评论道：“麦考利画得比世界上任何一位钢笔墨水插画家都好。” 事实上，对于少儿读物来讲，麦考利的书显得相当奢华，书中的插图每一幅都近乎设计师的图纸，记录了各种生活中常见机械的复杂内部构造。麦考利笔下的物理世界远比真实生活里的来得更活泼，他借助演示的力量直指教育弊端，他要提醒世人比背诵更重要的是理解系统，运用方法，明白事物前后因果关系。 严谨的透视画法，则是他的又一种语言。当然麦考利画的并不只是教材，他更喜欢极端与充满想象的事物。在《万物...(展开全部)

What really makes the things around us tick? Did you know that the principle behind the zip fastener also governed the building of the pyramids? Or that the dentist's drill is a direct descendant of the first windmill? The inner workings of hundreds of machines and devices are explained in this fun, colourful and unique look at technology through time.

What really makes the things around us tick? Did you know that the principle behind the zip fastener also governed the building of the pyramids? Or that the dentist's drill is a direct descendant of the first windmill? The inner workings of hundreds of machines and devices are explained in this fun, colourful and unique look at technology through time.

大卫·麦考利（David Macaulay） 教育家、作家、建筑师，创作一系列充满想象力的图书，蜚声国际；曾获诸多国际大奖的殊荣，包括凯迪克金奖、波士顿环球报号角图书奖、美国建筑师协会特别奖、华盛顿知识类儿童读物奖、德国青少年文学奖及荷兰银铅笔奖，还曾两度提名国际安徒生大奖。他还是图画书大师大卫·威斯纳的老师。《时代》曾评论道：“麦考利画得比世界上任何一位钢笔墨水插画家都好。” 事实上，对于少儿读物来讲，麦考利的书显得相当奢华，书中的插图每一幅都近乎设计师的图纸，记录了各种生活中常见机械的复杂内部构造。麦考利笔下的物理世界远比真实生活里的来得更活泼，他借助演示的力量直指教育弊端，他要提醒世人比背诵更重要的是理解系统，运用方法，明白事物前后因果关系。 严谨的透视画法，则是他的又一种语言。当然麦考利画的并不只是教材，他更喜欢极端与充满想象的事物。在《万物...(展开全部)

作者：大卫 麦考利是《机械运转的秘密》的作者，凯迪克金奖、波士顿环球报号角图书奖、德国青少年文学奖、安徒生大奖两度提名奖获得者，著名的教育家、作家、画家、建筑师。他在30多年的图书创作生涯中，已出版了近20部作品，获得了华盛顿知识类儿童读物奖、德国青少年读物图书奖等十余项国际大奖，并两度被提名国际安徒生大奖，多部作品已被制作成电视节目。对于少儿读物来讲，麦考利的书显得相当奢华，书中的插图每一幅都近乎设计师的图纸。年逾60的麦考利至今还像孩子玩玩具般驰骋在创意的空间里。 译者：吕梦佳，男，首都师范大学信息工程（光电信息）专业工学学士、应用英语专业文学学士和科学技术史专业理学硕士。曾就读于美国马萨诸塞州Pioneer Valley Regional School，美国国家高中荣誉生会(NHS)成员。团中央第十五届、首都师范大学第十二届研究生支教团团长，于...(展开全部)

How Pathogenic Viruses Work is a concise summary of the basics of virology written in an understandable and entertaining manner. The book is composed of nine lectures covering the essential elements of virus-host interactions with descriptive graphics, helpful mnemonic tactics for retaining the concepts, and brief lecture reviews. This is an ideal text for medical, science, and...(展开全部)

How Pathogenic Viruses Work is a concise summary of the basics of virology written in an understandable and entertaining manner. The book is composed of nine lectures covering the essential elements of virus-host interactions with descriptive graphics, helpful mnemonic tactics for retaining the concepts, and brief lecture reviews. This is an ideal text for medical, science, and...(展开全部)

Nothing is more inspiring than a big vision that becomes a triumphant, new reality. Think of how the Empire State Building went from a sketch to the jewel of New York’s skyline in twenty-one months, or how Apple’s iPod went from a project with a single employee to a product launch in eleven months. These are wonderful stories. But most of the time big visions turn into nightmar...(展开全部)

Nothing is more inspiring than a big vision that becomes a triumphant, new reality. Think of how the Empire State Building went from a sketch to the jewel of New York’s skyline in twenty-one months, or how Apple’s iPod went from a project with a single employee to a product launch in eleven months. These are wonderful stories. But most of the time big visions turn into nightmar...(展开全部)

Every day we work with others to solve problems and make decisions, but the experience is often stressful, frustrating, and inefficient.How to Make Collaboration Work shows how collaboration can become a joy rather than a chore-a kind of chemical reaction that releases energy than it consumes.