This title discusses about the grandfather of the moving image. English photographer Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) was a pioneer in visual studies of human and animal locomotion. In 1872, he famously helped settle a bet for former California governor Leland Stanford by providing photographic proof that when galloping, a horse momentarily lifts all of its legs off of the ground...(展开全部)

One of the most accomplished, acclaimed, and garlanded writers, Hilary Mantel delivers a brilliant collection of contemporary stories In The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher, Hilary Mantel’s trademark gifts of penetrating characterization, unsparing eye, and rascally intelligence are once again fully on display. Stories of dislocation and family fracture, of whimsical infidel...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 An Essential Primer on Understanding Photography by One of theWorld's Most Influential Photographers "In my roughly twenty years of writing about photography, I don't thinkI've come across a book that has implied so much with so few words, a bookthat raises so many important questions with so little fanfare and withsuch precision."-James Kaufmann, Photographer's Forum...(展开全部)

This hands-on guide is aimed at practitioners of data science. The book assumes some previous skills with Julia and skills in coding in a scripting language such as Python or R, or a compiled language such as C or Java.

A clear introduction to Kristeva examining her work on language and textuality, subjectivity, feminism and sexuality, politics, identity and nationality.

Acclaimed American documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark (b. 1940) made her first iconic pictures when living in Turkey on a Fulbright Fellowship in the mid-1960s. Her photographs of Bombay brothels, shot in the late 1970s, were published in 1981 in Falkland Road, a book that became legendary and confirmed her status as one of the most prominent and provocative documentary p...(展开全部)

Acclaimed American documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark (b. 1940) made her first iconic pictures when living in Turkey on a Fulbright Fellowship in the mid-1960s. Her photographs of Bombay brothels, shot in the late 1970s, were published in 1981 in Falkland Road, a book that became legendary and confirmed her status as one of the most prominent and provocative documentary p...(展开全部)

希拉里•曼特尔出生于英国格罗索普市，于伦敦经济学院和谢菲尔德大学攻读法律。2009年、2012年凭借历史小说《狼厅》和《提堂》两次摘得布克奖。目前，“克伦威尔三部曲”系列的第三部《镜与光》正在创作中。曼特尔是首位两次获得布克奖的女性作家，此前只有J•M•库切和彼得•凯里两次获此殊荣。 1974年，希拉里•曼特尔开始了创作生涯。第一部小说《一个更安全的地方》重现了法国大革命的恢弘场面，获1992年《周日快报》年度小说奖。1995年《爱情实验》获霍桑登奖。2005年《黑暗深处》入围英联邦作家奖和橘子奖短名单。2003年出版了以童年生活为主题的短篇小说集《学说话》。迄今为止，希拉里•曼特尔已经出版十一部长篇小说、两部短篇小说集和一部自传。最新出版的作品是2014年的短篇小说集《暗杀》。2006年希拉里•曼特尔受封大英帝国司令勋章（CBE），2014年受封大...(展开全部)