This title is back in print with a revised preface. "Microcosmos" brings together the remarkable discoveries of microbiology of the past two decades and the pioneering research of Dr. Margulis to create a vivid new picture of the world that is crucial to our understanding of the future of the planet. Addressed to general readers, the book provides a beautifully written view of ...(展开全部)

Origin's explores cosmic science's stunning new insights into the formation and evolution of our universe- of the cosmos, of galaxies and galaxy clusters, of stars within galaxies, of orbiting planets, and of different forms of life. "Distill s] complex science in clear and lively prose." -Scientific American Book Club..."The most informative, congenial and accessible general l...(展开全部)

Acclaimed Harvard geologist Andrew Knoll delivers a sweeping and definitive new narrative history of Earth, charting our home planet's epic 4.6 billion year history and placing our current environmental crisis in deep context. The story of our planetary home and the organisms spread across its surface is far grander and more spectacular than any Hollywood blockbuster, filled wi...(展开全部)

◎ 著者 马丁•詹金斯(Martin Jenkins) 生物学家、童书作家，毕业于剑桥大学，已经出版了多本童书，并屡获奖项。 ◎ 绘者 格雷厄姆•贝克-史密斯(Grahame Baker Smith) 2011年凯特•格林纳威奖得主，自由插画师，从事插画工作30多年。 ◎ 译者 梁艳 中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所副研究员，致力于在石头中寻找、探索、“利用”一群曾生活在远古海洋中的灭绝微体生物。 谭超 中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所工程师，没事画些古生物复原，偶尔给一些奇怪的生物做个雕塑或动画。

For nearly 100 million years amphibians and their ancestors dominated the terrestrial and shallow water environments of the earth. Archaic animals with an amphibious way of life gave rise not only to modern frogs, salamanders, and caecilians but also to the ancestors of reptiles, birds, and mammals. In this landmark publication, one of the leading paleontologists of our time ex...(展开全部)

The first detailed, illustrated, and comprehensive review of the fossil record of birds in a modern phylogenetic context. Distinguished palaeontologist Chattergee provides a clear and exciting chronology documenting the long odyssey of birds since Protoavis - which may have taken to the air some 75 million years before the widely known `first bird', Archaeopterix. It discusses ...(展开全部)

A small set of fossilized bones discovered almost thirty years ago led paleontologist Sankar Chatterjee on a lifelong quest to understand their place in our understanding of the history of life. They were clearly the bones of something unusual, a bird-like creature that lived long, long ago in the age of dinosaurs. He called it Protoavis, and the animal that owned these bones q...(展开全部)

卡罗琳·阿巴特（Carolyn Abbate） 美国音乐学家，哈佛大学“凯瑟琳和保罗·布滕维瑟”校级教授，被《哈佛公报》（Harvard Gazette）誉为“当今世界上成就空前、受到无数赞誉的音乐历史学家之一”，研究领域包括歌剧、音乐哲学、电影及声音研究等，著有《未唱出的声音》（Unsung Voices）、《追寻歌剧》（In Search of Opera）等，其著作被翻译成多种文字。她还作为剧院的编剧和导演，活跃于学术界之外。 罗杰·帕克（Roger Parker） 英国音乐学家，伦敦国王学院“瑟斯顿·达尔特”音乐学教授、英国国家学术院院士、瑞典皇家音乐学院成员，曾获“朱塞佩·威尔第奖”“古根海姆学者奖”及英国皇家音乐协会“登特奖章”等；研究领域主要集中在歌剧上，特别是19世纪意大利歌剧。他是盖塔诺·多尼采蒂歌剧获得普遍认可的修订本的主编，参与...(展开全部)

Marine mammals have long captured the attention of humans. Ancient peoples etched seals and dolphins on the walls of Paleolithic caves; today, engineers develop microprocessors to track these denizens of the deep. This groundbreaking book from highly respected marine mammal paleontologist Annalisa Berta delves into the story of the extraordinary adaptations that gave the world ...(展开全部)

李·比林斯（Lee Billings） 科学记者，他的文章见于《自然》（Nature）、《新科学人》（New Scientist）、《大众技术》（Popular Mechanics）以及《科学人》（Scientific American）等杂志。目前居于纽约。