The history of physics since the discovery of X-rays would be too simplistic a description of this book. Certainly it covers the historical period from the late nineteenth century to the present day, but the book attempts to relate not only what has happened over the last hundred years or so, but why it happened the way it did, what it was like for those scientists involved, a...(展开全部)

Why are coffee, tobacco, and marijuana available the world over, but not peyote or qat? Why are alcohol and tobacco legal, but not heroin or cocaine? What drives the drug, and how has it come to be what it is today - a vast, chequered pattern of use and abuse, medicine and recreation, commerce and interdiction? A global history of the acquisition of progressively more potent me...(展开全部)

Physical computing is all around us from interactive displays at museums to "puff sensors" that aid the physically challenged. With a multiple book buying audience, this book doesn't require a specific background or technical experience. It is designed to help make a more interesting connection between the physical world and the computer world. The audience size is comparable t...(展开全部)

This is a collection of scholarly essays on state, society and politics in the Third World, with cases drawn from Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. The introductory chapter outlines the theoretical approach of the contributors and the concluding chapter summarizes the importance of their studies and the contribution of the volume to general theory in comparative...(展开全部)

This eminently readable 1994 collection of high-quality, country-specific essays on Third World politics provides, through a variety of well-integrated themes and approaches, an examination of 'state theory' as it has been practised in the past, and how it must be refined for the future. The contributors go beyond the previously articulated 'bringing the state back in' model to...(展开全部)

Have you ever wondered what humans did before numbers existed? How they organized their lives, traded goods, or kept track of their treasures? What would your life be like without them? Numbers began as simple representations of everyday things, but mathematics rapidly took on a life of its own, occupying a parallel virtual world. In Are Numbers Real? Brian Clegg explores the w...(展开全部)

A comprehensive account of denial viewed not only psychoanalytically but also philosophically.

This classic work in the philosophy of physical science is an incisive and readable account of the scientific method. Pierre Duhem was one of the great figures in French science, a devoted teacher, and a distinguished scholar of the history and philosophy of science. This book represents his most mature thought on a wide range of topics.

Only modern book to cover the whole of physics at this level of sophistication Variational principle runs as a constant theme throughout the book - unique for an introductory physics text Includes original insights into many areas of physics Sufficient detail for the reader to follow the calculations without the need to put down the book and pick up a pen and paper

Nicholas Manton（尼古拉斯·曼顿），剑桥大学应用数学和理论物理系教授，英国皇家学会会员，主要从事粒子和核物理方面的研究，发表论文100余篇，曾获得伦敦数学学会的怀特黑德奖。 Nicholas Mee（尼古拉斯·米），剑桥大学理论粒子物理学博士，Virtual Image软件公司主管，著有50多部多媒体书籍，以及科普书《希格斯力：宇宙对称性破碎》（Higgs Force: Cosmic Symmetry Shattered）和《引力：破解宇宙密码》（Gravity: Cracking the Cosmic Code）.