Our peculiarly British obsession with gardens goes back a long way and the BBC Radio 4 series Plants: From Roots to Riches is going to take us back to where it all began. Across 25 vivid episodes, Kathy Willis, Kew's charismatic Head of Science, will show us how the last 250 years transformed our relationship with plants. Behind the scenes at the Botanical Gardens all kinds of ...(展开全部)

Our peculiarly British obsession with gardens goes back a long way and Plants: From Roots to Riches takes us back to where it all began. Across 25 vivid episodes, Kathy Willis, Kew's charismatic Head of Science, shows us how the last 250 years transformed our relationship with plants. Behind the scenes at the Botanical Gardens all kinds of surprising things have been going on. ...(展开全部)

Why isn't the whole world as rich as the United States? Conventional views holds that differences in the share of output invested by countries account for this disparity. Not so, say Stephen Parente and Edward Prescott. In Barriers to Riches, Parente and Prescott argue that differences in Total Factor Productivity (TFP) explain this phenomenon. These differences exist because s...(展开全部)

Why isn't the whole world as rich as the United States? Conventional views holds that differences in the share of output invested by countries account for this disparity. Not so, say Stephen Parente and Edward Prescott. In Barriers to Riches , Parente and Prescott argue that differences in Total Factor Productivity (TFP) explain this phenomenon. These differences exist because...(展开全部)

作者簡介 理查．伊文斯．舒爾茲 Richard Evans Schultes 1915年生。民族植物學泰斗，美國哈佛大學知名民族植物學家，曾歷任哈佛大學生物學教授暨植物博物館館長（榮譽退休）。特別是對於亞馬遜河流域之原住民在治療與宗教儀式上，使用精神活性植物的研究，有重大貢獻。卒於2001年。 艾伯特．赫夫曼 Albert Hofmann 1906年生。瑞士知名生化學家，研究真菌、麥角等生物內部成分，合成迷幻藥LSD，發現其強大的致幻效果，卒於2008年。知名著作：《LSD：我的問題孩子》（LSD, My Problem Child）。 克里斯汀．拉奇Christian Ratsch 1957年生。德國民間醫療協會會長，專研精神活性植物之文化用途，致力於全球民間用藥的研究，對於南美熱帶雨林瑪雅人的治療醫學有相當深刻的研究。著作豐富，包括《大麻醫藥》(...(展开全部)

What does an elephant do? It stomps its foot. Can you? From the creator of such beloved classics as The Grouchy Ladybug and The Mixed-Up Chameleon comes this interactive story that invites kids to imitate animal movements. Watching giraffes bend their necks or monkeys wave their arms is fun, but nothing could be better than joining in. From their heads down to their toes, k...(展开全部)

What does an elephant do? It stomps its foot. Can you? From the creator of such beloved classics as The Grouchy Ladybug and The Mixed-Up Chameleon comes this interactive story that invites kids to imitate animal movements. Watching giraffes bend their necks or monkeys wave their arms is fun, but nothing could be better than joining in. From their heads down to their toes, k...(展开全部)

The dramatic story of Augustus, Rome’s first emperor, who plunged into Rome’s violent power struggles at the age of nineteen, proceeded to destroy all rivals, and more than anyone else created the Roman Empire "A fascinating study of political life in ancient Rome."—Nick Romeo, Christian Science Monitor Caesar Augustus’ story, one of the most riveting in Western history, is fi...(展开全部)

The dramatic story of Augustus, Rome’s first emperor, who plunged into Rome’s violent power struggles at the age of nineteen, proceeded to destroy all rivals, and more than anyone else created the Roman Empire "A fascinating study of political life in ancient Rome."—Nick Romeo, Christian Science Monitor Caesar Augustus’ story, one of the most riveting in Western history, is fi...(展开全部)

In the late 19th century, an enduring preference for highly ornamented architecture gave way to a budding Modernism of clean lines and unadorned surfaces. At the same moment, everyday objects - cups, saucers, chairs, and tables - began to receive critical attention. Alina Payne addresses this shift, arguing for a new understanding of the genealogy of architectural modernism. Ra...(展开全部)