This is a book about the meaning of time, what it is, when it has started, how it flows and where to. It examines the consequences of Einstein's theory of relativity and offers startling suggestions about what recent research may reveal.

The traditional association between time and creation is at the heart of science, cosmology, and religion. When scientists began to explore the implications of Einstein's time for the universe as a whole, they discovered that time is elastic, and can be warped by rapid motion or gravitation, that time cannot be meaningfully divided into past, present, and future, nor does time ...(展开全部)

The fourth edition of this popular graduate textbook, like its predecessors, presents a balanced and comprehensive treatment of both time and frequency domain methods with accompanying theory. Numerous examples using nontrivial data illustrate solutions to problems such as discovering natural and anthropogenic climate change, evaluating pain perception experiments using functio...(展开全部)

From Italy, an epistolary novel like no other, full of Tabucchi's special "enchantment, which trans-figures even as it captivates" ("TLS"). In "It's Getting Later All the Time," an epistolary novel with a twist, Antonio Tabucchi--"internationally acclaimed as the most original voice in the new generation of Italian writers" ("The Harvard Book Review")--revitalizes an illustriou...(展开全部)

勒内·戈西尼，生于巴黎。后来他们全家移民到阿根廷，勒内·戈西尼在布宜诺斯艾利斯的法国小学和中学上学。 1950年初回到法国后，他便创造了一系列传奇人物。与桑贝创造了小尼古拉的形象，他创作的儿童语言后来造就了这位小学生的成功。然后戈西尼与阿尔贝·于得左创造了阿斯特里克这一人物，这个小个子高卢人的名声大振，这套丛书也被译成了107种文字。阿斯特里克的历险记成为世界上阅读最多的著作之一。同时戈西尼与英里斯一起创作了《吕基·律克》，与塔巴里创造了《巴格达怪杰》，与戈特利布创造了《丹哥文件》。 作为《飞行员》杂志的主编，他改革了连环画的风格，使之成为“第九种艺术”。 戈西尼在电影方面与于得左和达尔戈一起创建了IDEFIX电影摄制公司。他拍摄了一些著名的动画片，包括《阿斯特里克与克娄巴特拉》、《阿斯特里克的十二项壮举》、《戴西城》、《...(展开全部)

Première monographie illustrée de l'artiste, cet ouvrage est construit en 2 parties, chacune montrant un aspect singulier de l'oeuvre de Nicolas de Crécy. Fort d'une amitié de très longue date, l'ouvrage est introduit par un entretien de l'artiste avec Michel-Edouard Leclerc. La première partie déroule de manière chronologique l'ensemble de l'oeuvre publiée de l'artiste de mani...(展开全部)

厄休拉·勒古恩（Ursula K. Le Guin） 1929—2018 美国幻想文学大师、科幻新浪潮运动代表人物，以《地海传奇》《黑暗的左手》等作品闻名于世。 勒古恩一生获奖无数，囊括8次雨果奖、6次星云奖、24次轨迹奖，以及美国国家图书奖、世界奇幻奖等二百余项世界文坛大奖，2016年被《纽约时报》誉为“美国当代最伟大的科幻小说家”。

Ursula K. Le Guin on the absurdity of denying your age: “If I’m ninety and believe I’m forty-five, I’m headed for a very bad time trying to get out of the bathtub.” On cultural perceptions of fantasy: “The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is ‘escapism’ an accusation of?” On breakfast: “Eating an egg from the shell takes not only practice, but resolution, even cour...(展开全部)

厄休拉·勒古恩（Ursula K. Le Guin） 1929—2018 美国幻想文学大师、科幻新浪潮运动代表人物，以《地海传奇》《黑暗的左手》等作品闻名于世。 勒古恩一生获奖无数，囊括8次雨果奖、6次星云奖、24次轨迹奖，以及美国国家图书奖、世界奇幻奖等二百余项世界文坛大奖，2016年被《纽约时报》誉为“美国当代最伟大的科幻小说家”。

Ursula K. Le Guin on the absurdity of denying your age: “If I’m ninety and believe I’m forty-five, I’m headed for a very bad time trying to get out of the bathtub.” On cultural perceptions of fantasy: “The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is ‘escapism’ an accusation of?” On breakfast: “Eating an egg from the shell takes not only practice, but resolution, even cour...(展开全部)