珍妮·迪斯基，毕业于伦敦大学，她的文章及作品定期刊载于《观察家报》及《伦敦书评》等报刊上，是个创作活跃的作家。《火车怪客环游美国》曾获得托马斯•库克旅行文学奖及J．R．阿克雷自传奖。 胡洲贤，台湾成功大学外国语文学系毕业，曾赴美国加州进修翻译。现专职翻译及创作。有《撒哈 拉》《背着冰箱去旅行》等多部译著。

In spite of the fact that her idea of travel is to stay home with the phone off the hook, Jenny Diski takes a trip around the perimeter of the USA by train. Somewhat reluctantly she meets all kinds of characters, all bursting with stories to tell and finds herself brooding about the marvellously familiar landscape of America, half-known already through film and television. Like...(展开全部)

When little Adri sets out to explore the ocean, he has no idea how colorful the world is. He quickly discovers that there are all kinds of fish in the deep blue sea-big and tiny, smooth and spiny, colorful and plain, different and the same. In this companion book to the best-selling Only One You, Kranz uses her famous rockfish to convey the message of beauty in difference in a ...(展开全部)

A companion book to the bestselling Only One You, Kranz once again uses her famous "rockfish" to express the themes of diversity, individuality, and acceptance to children. When Adri sets out to explore the ocean, he has no idea how colorful the world is. He quickly discovers that there are all kinds of fish in the deep blue sea big and tiny, smooth and spiny, colorful and plai...(展开全部)

一部从古希腊到二十一世纪的无理数的有趣而有启发性的历史 古希腊人发现了无理数，但直到19世纪，无理数才被正确地理解和严格地定义，即使在今天，无理数的所有奥秘也没有被揭示出来。在《无理数》一书中，Julian Havil讲述了无理数的故事，以及从古代到21世纪解决无理数挑战的数学家。在这本书中，他解释了为什么无理数令人惊讶地难以定义，以及为什么围绕着无理数还有这么多问题。这本书引人入胜，发人深省，适合所有热爱数学及其背后历史的人。 An entertaining and enlightening history of irrational numbers, from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century The ancient Greeks discovered them, but it wasn't u...(展开全部)

The ancient Greeks discovered them, but it wasn't until the nineteenth century that irrational numbers were properly understood and rigorously defined, and even today not all their mysteries have been revealed. In The Irrationals, the first popular and comprehensive book on the subject, Julian Havil tells the story of irrational numbers and the mathematicians who have tackled t...(展开全部)

一部从古希腊到二十一世纪的无理数的有趣而有启发性的历史 古希腊人发现了无理数，但直到19世纪，无理数才被正确地理解和严格地定义，即使在今天，无理数的所有奥秘也没有被揭示出来。在《无理数》一书中，Julian Havil讲述了无理数的故事，以及从古代到21世纪解决无理数挑战的数学家。在这本书中，他解释了为什么无理数令人惊讶地难以定义，以及为什么围绕着无理数还有这么多问题。这本书引人入胜，发人深省，适合所有热爱数学及其背后历史的人。 An entertaining and enlightening history of irrational numbers, from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century The ancient Greeks discovered them, but it wasn't u...(展开全部)

The ancient Greeks discovered them, but it wasn't until the nineteenth century that irrational numbers were properly understood and rigorously defined, and even today not all their mysteries have been revealed. In The Irrationals, the first popular and comprehensive book on the subject, Julian Havil tells the story of irrational numbers and the mathematicians who have tackled t...(展开全部)