Which of these bizarre phenomena, if any, can really exist in our universe? Black holes, down which anything can fall but from which nothing can return; wormholes, short spacewarps connecting regions of the cosmos; singularities, where space and time are so violently warped that time ceases to exist and space becomes a kind of foam; gravitational waves, which carry symphonic ac...(展开全部)

基普・S・索恩 美国加利福尼亚理工学院费曼物理学教授，曾与J・惠勒合著《引力》。1994年获得美国物理学联合会（AIP）科学著作奖。

Which of these bizarre phenomena, if any, can really exist in our universe? Black holes, down which anything can fall but from which nothing can return; wormholes, short spacewarps connecting regions of the cosmos; singularities, where space and time are so violently warped that time ceases to exist and space becomes a kind of foam; gravitational waves, which carry symphonic ac...(展开全部)

基普・S・索恩 美国加利福尼亚理工学院费曼物理学教授，曾与J・惠勒合著《引力》。1994年获得美国物理学联合会（AIP）科学著作奖。

Everyone knew it was crazy to try to extract oil and natural gas buried in shale rock deep below the ground. Everyone, that is, except a few reckless wildcatters - who risked their careers to prove the world wrong. Things looked grim for American energy in 2006. Oil production was in steep decline and natural gas was hard to find. The Iraq War threatened the nation’s already t...(展开全部)

Everyone knew it was crazy to try to extract oil and natural gas buried in shale rock deep below the ground. Everyone, that is, except a few reckless wildcatters - who risked their careers to prove the world wrong. Things looked grim for American energy in 2006. Oil production was in steep decline and natural gas was hard to find. The Iraq War threatened the nation’s already t...(展开全部)

乔迪·格雷格，一九六〇年生于英国伦敦，英国著名记者、编辑、 社交名流。格雷格家事显赫，曾求学于伊顿公学、牛津大学；曾在多家知名报刊杂志就职，包括《伦敦晚报》、《每日邮报》、《泰特勒》杂志和《星期天邮报》。 译者 屠珀，北京人，经济学硕士，对文学艺术有广泛涉猎；定居 伦敦十二年，现居纽约。

Every Fabulous Girl knows that elegant manners, proper thank-you notes, the perfect pair of shoes, and basic social savoir faire will get you through many, if not most, of life’s occasions. But what about those special situations that every girl encounters—the wince-inducing, hair-curling dilemmas and debacles that can rattle even the most fabulous woman to her core? For tho...(展开全部)

埃马纽埃尔·卡雷尔，1957年生于巴黎，法国当代著名作家、编剧、制片人，法国国宝级历史学家路易斯·卡雷尔之子。他毕业于著名的巴黎高等政治学院，从1983年出版了第一部小说《美洲豹的朋友》以来，共出版了十多本小说，编导了近二十部电影和电视剧；2010年起，当选为戛纳电影节 评选委员会委员。卡雷尔还获得 “科幻小说大奖” “费米娜文学大奖” “雷诺多文学奖” “法兰西学院奖” “法语文学大奖” “意大利蒙德洛国际文学奖” 等十几个文学奖。 作者擅长从新闻中取材，创作介乎虚构与非虚构之间，既有新闻记者捕捉新闻点的敏锐，又有小说家建构故事和挖掘人物内心世界的天赋。 电影人的视角使得他的作品极具画面感和带入感。他是法国当代少有的既受文学奖项青睐，又有极好市场反应的作家。