Hubble: 15 Years of Discovery forms a key element of the European Space Agency's 15th anniversary celebration activities for the 1990 launch of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. As an observatory in space, Hubble is one of the most successful scientific projects of all time, both in terms of scientific output and its immediate public appeal. Hubble continues to have an enorm...(展开全部)

卡尔•H•哈恩博士，1926年出生于德国凯姆尼茨一个工业世家。1954年进入大众汽车公司。1959年至1964年，担任大众汽车美国公司的总裁。1973年至1981年，担任德国汉诺威大陆轮胎公司的董事长，以全新的企业战略拯救了这家企业。1982年至1993年，回到大众汽车，一直担任大众汽车公司的董事长。在任期间，实现了甲壳虫后继产品（帕萨特、高尔夫、波罗）的成功以及奥迪品牌的复兴。但他最主要的业绩是通过在中国、西班牙、葡萄牙、土耳其、斯洛伐克、波兰、匈牙利等国家和地区设置生产基地，让大众汽车集团跻身世界顶级企业行列。

One the greatest architectural artists of all time, and certainly the most famous copper engraver of the 18th century, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) is most known for his terrifyingly original series of etchings of labyrinthine and megalomaniac prisons, "Carceri d'Invenzione". In his own day, he was most celebrated for his "Vedute", 137 etchings of ancient and modern R...(展开全部)

莱纳·施塔赫（Reiner Stach），1951年出生于萨克森州的罗赫里茨，德国文学研究者、卡夫卡传记作者和时事评论者。 1971年-1979年，施塔赫在法兰克福大学学习哲学、文学和数学。由于在学习期间对卡夫卡产生了极大的兴趣，博士期间专门研究卡夫卡，1985年获得博士学位，论文题目是《卡夫卡的色情神话——女性的审美建构》 施塔赫曾在法兰克福大学短期任教，后进入S.费舍出版社工作。1991-1996年，他作为自由职业者为包括罗沃特和费舍出版社在内的多家出版社担任编辑，并参与了弗兰茨·卡夫卡作品校勘版的出版工作。1996年，施塔赫开始撰写卡夫卡传记。 施塔赫的《卡夫卡传》写作历时18年，共三卷，德文累计2037页。传记第一卷2002年出版，题为《卡夫卡：关键岁月》（Die Jahre der Entscheidungen），描写卡夫卡1910-191...(展开全部)

In 1923 Edwin Hubble confirmed the existence of other galaxies. By the end of the decade, he proved that the universe is expanding, thus laying the very cornerstone of the big bang theory. A revealing portrait of a scientific genius at work, this book also offers an incisive narrative of the history of astronomy, and an evocation of what we see when gazing at the stars. "Highly...(展开全部)

In 1923 Edwin Hubble confirmed the existence of other galaxies. By the end of the decade, he proved that the universe is expanding, thus laying the very cornerstone of the big bang theory. A revealing portrait of a scientific genius at work, this book also offers an incisive narrative of the history of astronomy, and an evocation of what we see when gazing at the stars. "Highly...(展开全部)

Dramatic images never before published in a single volume. High above the dirty window of Earth's atmosphere, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) enjoys a clear view of the universe. Hubble uses hundreds of the latest, most spectacular images from the HST to illustrate a comprehensive astronomy reference. Stargazers will be astonished to see in color pictures what were once fuzzy ...(展开全部)

High above the dirty window of Earth's atmosphere, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) enjoys a clear view of the universe. Hubble uses hundreds of the latest, most spectacular images from the HST to illustrate a comprehensive astronomy reference. Stargazers will be astonished to see in color pictures what were once fuzzy photographs, dots on a star map or words in a textbook. htt...(展开全部)

"The latest photos from Hubble's recent discoveries, with fascinating new and updated information." After 17 years, 25,000 astronomical targets and more than 700,000 images, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) continues to return images and data that amaze astronomers. Within the past few months alone, the Hubble has revealed a gold mine of just-formed star systems in the newborn...(展开全部)