约翰·艾伦·保罗斯（John Allen Paulos），畅销书作家、数学家，宾夕法尼亚坦普尔大学数学教授，著有《不识数：数学盲及其后果》、《数学家读报》、《从前有一个数》和《数学与幽默》。他在美国国家公共电台“科学星期五”、英国BBC电视台频频露面，除了为《纽约时报》、《洛杉矶时报》、《华盛顿邮报》、《华尔街日报》、《福布斯》等报刊撰稿以外，他还为《发现杂志》、《美国学者》、《国家》、《纽约时报书评》、《纽约书评》、《华盛顿邮报书世界》、《伦敦书评》等写书评。

The preeminent explicator of mathematical logic to non-mathematicians, John Allen Paulos is familiar to general readers not only from his bestselling books but also from his media appearances, including The David Letterman Show and National Public Radio's "Talk of the Nation" and "Science Friday," as well as articles in Newsweek, Nature, Discover, Business Week, the New York T...(展开全部)

Seminal modern study explains ideas beyond superficial changes. Analyzes over 150 works by masters. 121 illus.

In The Later Middle Ages, the third volume of his monumental History of Political Ideas, Eric Voegelin continues his exploration of one of the most crucial periods in the history of political thought. Illuminating the great figures of the high Middle Ages, Voegelin traces the historical momentum of our modern world in the core evocative symbols that constituted medieval civiliz...(展开全部)

This definitive poetry collection, originally published in 1954 to honor Stevens on his 75th birthday, contains: - andquot; Harmoniumandquot; - andquot; Ideas of Orderandquot; - andquot; The Man With the Blue Guitarandquot; - andquot; Parts of the Worldandquot; - andquot; Transport Summerandquot; - andquot; The Auroras of Autumnandquot; - andquot; The Rockandquot;

The Second Edition of A History of the Later Roman Empire features extensive revisions and updates to the highly-acclaimed, sweeping historical survey of the Roman Empire from the accession of Diocletian in AD 284 to the death of Heraclius in 641. Features a revised narrative of the political history that shaped the late Roman Empire Includes extensive changes to the chapters o...(展开全部)

理查德•A.穆勒（加州大学伯克利分校的物理学教授，也是畅销书《未来总统的物理课》的作者。他由于在实验宇宙学方面做出了杰出成绩而获得了1982年的麦克阿瑟“天才”奖，并于2015年因发现暗能量而与他人共同获得基础物理学突破奖（Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics）。 译者简介：徐彬山东师范大学外国语学院教授，长期从事翻译工作，出版译著60余部，涉及文学、现代物理学、天文学、生物学等。

理查德•A.穆勒（加州大学伯克利分校的物理学教授，也是畅销书《未来总统的物理课》的作者。他由于在实验宇宙学方面做出了杰出成绩而获得了1982年的麦克阿瑟“天才”奖，并于2015年因发现暗能量而与他人共同获得基础物理学突破奖（Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics）。 译者简介：徐彬山东师范大学外国语学院教授，长期从事翻译工作，出版译著60余部，涉及文学、现代物理学、天文学、生物学等。

2001年11月，英国的历史研究院为纪念爱德华卡尔的《历史是什么？》发表四十周年，与剑桥三一学院、麦克米兰公司联合主办了纪念性的研讨会，讨论当代史学实践的现状。会后由David Cannadine选取其中部分关键文章，编辑成书。 Review "Readers will find reliable and insightful information presented without recourse to jargon."--E.A. Breisach, Choice "If anyone were to provide an equivalent to What is History? for the early twenty-first century, it would surely be David Cannadine...as bala...(展开全部)