The Large Hadron Collider is the biggest, and by far the most powerful, machine ever built. A project of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, its audacious purpose is to re-create, in a 16.5-mile-long circular tunnel under the French-Swiss countryside, the immensely hot and dense conditions that existed some 13.7 billion years ago within the first trillionth of...(展开全部)

CERN, the European Laboratory for particle physics, regularly makes the news. What kind of research happens at this international laboratory and how does it impact people's daily lives? Why is the discovery of the Higgs boson so important? Particle physics describes all matter found on Earth, in stars and all galaxies but it also tries to go beyond what is known to describe dar...(展开全部)

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the biggest, and by far the most powerful, machine ever built. A project of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, its audacious purpose is to re-create, in a 16.5-mile-long circular tunnel under the French-Swiss countryside, the immensely hot and dense conditions that existed some 13.7 billion years ago within the first trillio...(展开全部)

From the first shots fired at Lexington to the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase, Joseph J. Ellis guides us through the decisive issues of the nation’s founding, and illuminates the emerging philosophies, shifting alliances, and personal and political foibles of our now iconic leaders–Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilt...(展开全部)

From the prizewinning author of the best-selling Founding Brothers and American Sphinx , a masterly and highly ironic examination of the founding years of our country. The last quarter of the eighteenth century remains the most politically creative era in American history, when a dedicated and determined group of men undertook a bold experiment in political ideals. It was a ...(展开全部)

"Porter's [book] has been long in the making and has been worth waiting for."—Peter Gay, Times Literary Supplement From the author of The Greatest Benefit to Mankind (winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award) comes a "sumptuous and spicy volume" ( Washington Post Book World ) that highlights Britain's long-underestimated and pivotal role in disseminating the ideas and ...(展开全部)

What accounts for the rise of the state, the creation of the first global system, and the dominance of the West? The conventional answer asserts that superior technology, tactics, and institutions forged by Darwinian military competition gave Europeans a decisive advantage in war over other civilizations from 1500 onward. In contrast, Empires of the Weak argues that Europeans a...(展开全部)

What accounts for the rise of the state, the creation of the first global system, and the dominance of the West? The conventional answer asserts that superior technology, tactics, and institutions forged by Darwinian military competition gave Europeans a decisive advantage in war over other civilizations from 1500 onward. In contrast, Empires of the Weak argues that Europeans a...(展开全部)

What accounts for the rise of the state, the creation of the first global system, and the dominance of the West? The conventional answer asserts that superior technology, tactics, and institutions forged by Darwinian military competition gave Europeans a decisive advantage in war over other civilizations from 1500 onward. In contrast, Empires of the Weak argues that Europeans a...(展开全部)

作者 罗杰·彭罗斯（ROGER PENROSE）是牛津大学劳斯鲍尔荣誉数学教授。 艾伯纳·西蒙尼（Abner Shimony）是波士顿大学哲学和物理学荣誉教授。 南希·卡特莱特（Nancy Cartwright）是伦敦政治经济学院哲学、逻辑与科学方法教授。 史蒂芬·霍金 （Stephen Hawking）是剑桥大学卢卡斯数学教授。 编者 马尔科姆·朗盖尔（Malcolm Longair）是剑桥大学杰克逊自然哲学教授。 译者 阳曦，自由撰稿人、译者，毕业于北京航空航天大学宇航学院，曾从事航天研发工作。目前专注科普及幻想文学创作和翻译，《环球科学》、果壳网等知名媒体及新媒体长期合作译者，曾荣获“全国优秀科普作品”奖及全球华语科幻星云奖“最佳翻译小说”银奖，已出版译作《赶往火星》《元素的盛宴》《从一到无穷大》等。