In this classic work of women's history (winner of the 1984 Dexter Prize from the Society for the History of Technology), Ruth Schwartz Cowan shows how and why modern women devote as much time to housework as did their colonial sisters. In lively and provocative prose, Cowan explains how the modern conveniences—washing machines, white flour, vacuums, commercial cotton—seemed at...(展开全部)

The information revolution has made for a radically more fluid knowledge environment, and the growth of venture capital has created inexorable pressure towards fast commercialisation of existing technologies Companies that don't use the technologies they develop are likely to lose them. Key features Over the past several years, Hank Chesbrough has done excellent research and wr...(展开全部)

黛博拉·阿德莱德（Debra Adelaide），澳大利亚知名女作家、图书评论家、编辑和学者。曾获悉尼大学博士学位，现任悉尼科技大学高级讲师，教授创造性写作，也是人文及社会科学学院的副教授。已出版两本小说，《信天翁旅馆》和《撒旦达斯特》，均获得出版评论界和销售的双双好评，另编有四本小说集和回忆录。她有三个孩子和一群母鸡。

Now updated — A comprehensive, 500-year history of technology in society. Historian Thomas J. Misa's sweeping history of the relationship between technology and society over the past 500 years reveals how technological innovations have shaped—and have been shaped by—the cultures in which they arose. Spanning the preindustrial past, the age of scientific, political, and industri...(展开全部)

Historian Thomas J. Misa's sweeping history of the relationship between technology and society over the past 500 years reveals how technological innovations have shaped-and have been shaped by-the cultures in which they arose. Spanning the preindustrial past, the age of scientific, political, and industrial revolutions, as well as the more recent eras of imperialism, modernism,...(展开全部)

"The Cricket on the Hearth" is Charles Dickens 1845 novella, which marks the third of five Christmas books written by the author between 1843 and 1847. It is the story of John Peerybingle and his family who are visited by a guardian angel in the form of a cricket who is constantly chirping on their hearth. A delightfully fantastic story, "The Cricket on the Hearth" was the best...(展开全部)

唐·伊德（Don ihde，1934－），波士顿大学哲学博士（1964），纽约州立大学石溪分校哲学系杰出教授（distinguished professor），当代著名技术哲学家和现象学家。 Don Ihde是纽约州立大学石溪分校哲学系教授，一位著述颇丰的当代美国当代哲学家，他的研究跨越了技术哲学和现象学。主要代表作有：Philosophy of Technology - An Introduction；Instrumental Realism - Interface Between Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Technology；Technology and the Lifeworld: From Garden to Earth; Bodies in Technology等。Ihde还主编了“印...(展开全部)

A rising star in theoretical physics offers his awesome vision of our universe and beyond, all beginning with a simple question: Why does time move forward? Time moves forward, not backward梕veryone knows you can't unscramble an egg. In the hands of one of today's hottest young physicists, that simple fact of breakfast becomes a doorway to understanding the Big Bang, the univers...(展开全部)

【英】马丁•吉尔伯特（Martin Gilbert） 著 著名历史学家，牛津大学默顿学院研究员。他是28卷本官方丘吉尔传记作者，曾因人类历史研究领域的杰出成就获2012年丹•大卫奖，并连续入选六界英国首相智囊团，是英国政府首席政策顾问。代表作品有《丘吉尔传》《五千年犹太文明史》《以色列：一部历史》《来自地球的尽头：二十世纪的犹太人》《永不再来：一部纳粹大屠杀的历史》等。