Lushly illustrated, compellingly written―David Thomson's choice of the key moments in movie history In his first fully illustrated work, David Thomson breaks new ground by focusing in on a series of moments―which his readers will also experience in beautifully reproduced imagery―from seventy-two films across a 100-year-plus span. An indispensable counterpart to both his classic...(展开全部)

√ A panoramic view of life on Earth. drawing on geology, cosmology, chemistry, biology, and medicine √ Shows how oxygen drove the evolution of sophisticated cells, multicellular organisms, large animals and plants, photosynthesis, predators, giant insects, two sexes, and ageing √ Links the extremes of the living world, from bacterial tolerance of cosmic radiation, to the organi...(展开全部)

Dr Nick Lane is a British biochemist and writer. He was awarded the first Provost's Venture Research Prize in the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment at University College London, where he is now a Reader in Evolutionary Biochemistry. Dr Lane’s research deals with evolutionary biochemistry and bioenergetics, focusing on the origin of life and the evolution of comp...(展开全部)

Drawing on a grand evolutionary canvas, Oxygen offers fresh perspectives on life and death, explaining modern killer diseases, why we age, and what we can do about it. Advancing revelatory new ideas, following chains of evidence, the book ranges through many disciplines, from environmental sciences to molecular medicine. The result is a captivating vision of contemporary scienc...(展开全部)

Drawing on a grand evolutionary canvas, Oxygen offers fresh perspectives on life and death, explaining modern killer diseases, why we age, and what we can do about it. Advancing revelatory new ideas, following chains of evidence, the book ranges through many disciplines, from environmental sciences to molecular medicine. The result is a captivating vision of contemporary scienc...(展开全部)

√ A panoramic view of life on Earth. drawing on geology, cosmology, chemistry, biology, and medicine √ Shows how oxygen drove the evolution of sophisticated cells, multicellular organisms, large animals and plants, photosynthesis, predators, giant insects, two sexes, and ageing √ Links the extremes of the living world, from bacterial tolerance of cosmic radiation, to the organi...(展开全部)

Dr Nick Lane is a British biochemist and writer. He was awarded the first Provost's Venture Research Prize in the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment at University College London, where he is now a Reader in Evolutionary Biochemistry. Dr Lane’s research deals with evolutionary biochemistry and bioenergetics, focusing on the origin of life and the evolution of comp...(展开全部)

肯•费雪( kenneth L. Fisher)，是费雪投资公司(Fisher Investments)的创办人兼总裁，他的父亲是被尊为“成长股价值投资策略之父”的菲利普•费雪。肯•费雪在20世纪70年代发展出市销率(Price Sales Ratio)作为投资的主要核心指标，至今这项指标已成为证券注册分析师考试(CFA exam)的必考项目，自1984年起，肯•费雪已为《福布斯》杂志撰写专栏长达20多年，是其创刊以来为期第四长的专栏作家。

在线阅读本书 Introducing the new Fisher Investment Series, comprised of engaging and informative titles written by renowned money manager and bestselling author Ken Fisher. This series offers essential insights into the worlds of investing and finance. Over the course of nearly two centuries, the innovations, mistakes, and scandals of different market participants have played an i...(展开全部)

Today's world textile and garment trade is valued at a staggering $425 billion. We are told that under the pressure of increasing globalisation, it is India and China that are the new world manufacturing powerhouses. However, this is not a new phenomenon: until the industrial revolution, Asia manufactured great quantities of colourful printed cottons that were sold to places as...(展开全部)