In this moving and eloquent portrait, John Heilbron describes how the founder of quantum theory rose to the pinnacle of German science. With great understanding, he shows how Max Planck suffered morally and intellectually as his lifelong habit of service to his country and to physics was confronted by the realities of World War I and the brutalities of the Third Reich. In an af...(展开全部)

In this moving and eloquent portrait, John Heilbron describes how the founder of quantum theory rose to the pinnacle of German science. With great understanding, he shows how Max Planck suffered morally and intellectually as his lifelong habit of service to his country and to physics was confronted by the realities of World War I and the brutalities of the Third Reich. In an af...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Winner of The Independent Foreign Fiction Award, this “hauntingly beautiful novel, written by a North Vietnamese Army veteran, manages to humanize completely a people who up until now have usually been cast as robotic fanatics.” — Sunday Times

In Battle at Sea , John Keegan applies to maritime warfare the technique that he put to such brilliant effect in his classic of war on land, The Face of Battle . He concentrates on four key conflicts: Trafalgar, Jutland, Midway and the Battle of the Atlantic. He takes us into the very heart of the fighting while providing a remarkable panoramic view of naval warfare through t...(展开全部)

In Battle at Sea , John Keegan applies to maritime warfare the technique that he put to such brilliant effect in his classic of war on land, The Face of Battle . He concentrates on four key conflicts: Trafalgar, Jutland, Midway and the Battle of the Atlantic. He takes us into the very heart of the fighting while providing a remarkable panoramic view of naval warfare through t...(展开全部)

The National Book Award winner from the #1 New York Times bestselling author, A. Scott Berg. The talents he nurtured as an editor were known worldwide: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, and numerous others. But Maxwell Perkins remained a mystery, a backstage presence who served these authors not only as book editor extraordinaire but also as critic, career ma...(展开全部)

The National Book Award winner from the #1 New York Times bestselling author, A. Scott Berg. The talents he nurtured as an editor were known worldwide: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, and numerous others. But Maxwell Perkins remained a mystery, a backstage presence who served these authors not only as book editor extraordinaire but also as critic, career ma...(展开全部)

A. 司各特•伯格（A. Scott Berg），生于1949年，美国传记作家，普利策奖和美国国家图书奖得主。1971年毕业于普林斯顿大学。著有《天才的编辑：麦克斯•珀金斯传》、《高德温传》、《林白传》等。 彭伦，1999年毕业于上海外国语大学国际新闻系。曾在《文汇读书周报》担任记者，现为外国文学编辑。译有《我与兰登书屋—贝内特•瑟夫回忆录》、菲利普•罗斯作品《遗产》、《凡人》。

A. 司各特•伯格（A. Scott Berg），生于1949年，美国传记作家，普利策奖和美国国家图书奖得主。1971年毕业于普林斯顿大学。著有《天才的编辑：麦克斯•珀金斯传》、《高德温传》、《林白传》等。 彭伦，1999年毕业于上海外国语大学国际新闻系。曾在《文汇读书周报》担任记者，现为外国文学编辑。译有《我与兰登书屋—贝内特•瑟夫回忆录》、菲利普•罗斯作品《遗产》、《凡人》。