Incredible discoveries from the fringes of the universe to the inner workings of our minds—all from nothing! It turns out that almost nothing is as curious—or as enlightening—as, well, nothing. What is nothingness? Where can it be found? The writers of the world's top-selling science magazine investigate—from the big bang, dark energy, and the void to superconductors, vestigial...(展开全部)

Zero, zip, nada, zilch. It's all too easy to ignore the fascinating possibilities of emptiness and non-existence, and we may well wonder what there is to say about nothing. But scientists have known for centuries that nothing is the key to understanding absolutely everything, from why particles have mass to the expansion of the universe - so without nothing we'd be precisely no...(展开全部)

一切从二零零三年的午后开始，有一班人构思将他们的梦付诸实行，为他们国度－葡萄牙的设计业做些事。于是，两年后，他们圆了梦的一部分，找来IdN为他们发行一本葡萄牙设计的作品集－MusaBook，分发到国际间大大小小的角落。在发行这本书之前，似乎没有人认识甚么是葡萄牙设计，即使现在，也不能说有。「通过这次发行，我们也不期求这个概念想法可以立即印在人们脑中；但我们希望我们团结一致，共创「葡萄牙设计」这样的身分标签。虽然这不是今天可以做到的事，但起码我们已一步一步开始了这个工程。」

一切从二零零三年的午后开始，有一班人构思将他们的梦付诸实行，为他们国度－葡萄牙的设计业做些事。于是，两年后，他们圆了梦的一部分，找来IdN为他们发行一本葡萄牙设计的作品集－MusaBook，分发到国际间大大小小的角落。在发行这本书之前，似乎没有人认识甚么是葡萄牙设计，即使现在，也不能说有。「通过这次发行，我们也不期求这个概念想法可以立即印在人们脑中；但我们希望我们团结一致，共创「葡萄牙设计」这样的身分标签。虽然这不是今天可以做到的事，但起码我们已一步一步开始了这个工程。」

This grand, ambitious book is about a way of building that for centuries dominated the making of monumental architecture - yet now not only is it lost as practice, but knowledge of its very existence is also lost. In the pre-modern age in Europe, the architect built not merely with imagination, brick and mortar, but with time, using vast quantities of duration as the means to e...(展开全部)

A modern adaptation of this favorite Jewish folktale describes how the blanket grandfather had made for young Joseph is transformed ove r the years into a jacket, a button, and, ultimately, a story.

A modern adaptation of this favorite Jewish folktale describes how the blanket grandfather had made for young Joseph is transformed ove r the years into a jacket, a button, and, ultimately, a story.

On December 5, 2004, the still-developing blogosphere took one of its biggest steps toward mainstream credibility, as Nobel Prize–winning economist Gary S. Becker and renowned jurist and legal scholar Richard A. Posner announced the formation of the Becker-Posner Blog. In no time, the blog had established a wide readership and reputation as a reliable source of lively, thought...(展开全部)

Synopsis On December 5, 2004, the still-developing blogosphere took one of its biggest steps toward mainstream credibility, as Nobel Prize–winning economist Gary S. Becker and renowned jurist and legal scholar Richard A. Posner announced the formation of the Becker-Posner Blog. In no time, the blog had established a wide readership and reputation as a reliable source of lively,...(展开全部)

Synopsis On December 5, 2004, the still-developing blogosphere took one of its biggest steps toward mainstream credibility, as Nobel Prize–winning economist Gary S. Becker and renowned jurist and legal scholar Richard A. Posner announced the formation of the Becker-Posner Blog. In no time, the blog had established a wide readership and reputation as a reliable source of lively,...(展开全部)