Come on a journey sideways through time, and lose yourself in a world both deeply familiar and wondrously strange. In 1681, Sir Isaac Newton turns his restless mind to the ancient art of alchemy, and successfully unleashes Philosopher's Mercury, the key to manipulating the four elements. Powerful kings will battle to control it, till London itself is threatened with obliteratio...(展开全部)

A dazzling quest whose outcome will raise humanity to unparalleled heights of glory--or ring down a curtain of endless night . . . 1681: When Sir Isaac Newton turns his restless mind to the ancient art of alchemy, he unleashes Philosopher's Mercury, a primal source of matter and a key to manipulating the four elements of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. Now, as France and England b...(展开全部)

A dazzling quest whose outcome will raise humanity to unparalleled heights of glory--or ring down a curtain of endless night . . . 1681: When Sir Isaac Newton turns his restless mind to the ancient art of alchemy, he unleashes Philosopher's Mercury, a primal source of matter and a key to manipulating the four elements of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. Now, as France and England b...(展开全部)

Come on a journey sideways through time, and lose yourself in a world both deeply familiar and wondrously strange. In 1681, Sir Isaac Newton turns his restless mind to the ancient art of alchemy, and successfully unleashes Philosopher's Mercury, the key to manipulating the four elements. Powerful kings will battle to control it, till London itself is threatened with obliteratio...(展开全部)

The biggest and most expensive book production in the 20th century SUMO is a titanic book in every respect: it is a tribute to the twentieth century's most influential, intriguing and controversial photographer. Measuring 50 x 70 cm (20 x 27.5 inches) and weighing approx. 30 kg (66 lb.), the book contains 464 pages, breaking any previous record. SUMO is a truly unique publi...(展开全部)

Knocked from her mother's safe embrace by an attacking owl, Stellaluna lands headfirst in a bird's nest. This adorable baby fruit bat's world is literally turned upside down when she is adopted by the occupants of the nest and adapts to their peculiar bird habits. Two pages of notes at the end of the story provide factual information about bats. "Delightful and informative but ...(展开全部)

Representing a decade's work from one of the world's most distinguished physicists, this major publication is, as far as is known, the first comprehensive analysis of Newton's Principia without recourse to secondary sources. Chandrasekhar analyses some 150 propositions which form a direct chain leading to Newton's formulation of his universal law of gravitation. In each case, N...(展开全部)

罗纳德·纳伯斯（Ronald Numbers），美国科学史学家，生于1942年。纳伯斯是威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校科学史与医学史的希尔代尔荣休教授，也是科学史学会和科学史和科学哲学国际联合会前主席，2008年获得科学史学会颁发的“乔治·萨顿奖”。曾担任科学史学术期刊《伊西斯》（Isis）的编辑（1989—1993），并且是八卷本《剑桥科学史》（Cambridge History of Science）的作者之一。他的研究领域主要是科学与宗教的关系。他撰写、编辑了三十多本书，其中包括《达尔文在美国》（Darwinism Comes to America，1998）、《神创论者：从科学创造论到智慧设计论》（The Creationists: From Scientific Creationism to Intelligent Design，2006）、《教堂...(展开全部)

Review "Only a few have ventured into Newton's forbidding cathedral of scientific understanding with the persistence and ability to appreciate both its genuine miracles and the sublime elegance of the imposing structures to be found within it. One of the most eminent of those who have done so is Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar." Sir Roger Penrose, Times Higher Education Supplement "...(展开全部)

莎拉•德里（Sarah Dry）是《居里夫人传》（Curie : A Life）一书的作者。她求学于哈佛大学和剑桥大学，曾在伦敦经济学院和苏塞克斯大学发展研究所担任研究员。现在她和家人生活在英国的布莱顿。 译者介绍： 王哲然1986年生，男，北京市人，清华大学科学史系助理教授，北京大学哲学系科学思想史专业博士。研究方向为西方数理科学史、科学仪器史、文艺复兴时期的科学、技术与艺术。