蒋熙德（Volker Scheid)，1958 年出生于 德国。人文学家，西方著名的中医学者。他 大学毕业后就开始研习中医，并在英国开办 了中医针灸诊所，曾先后在美国和中国的数 所大学学习中文和中医理论，并多次到中国 拜访名师。蒋熙德的中医药研究卓有成效， 发表了多篇中医药方面的论文和多部中医药 方面的著作。他是英国剑桥大学博士、伦敦 大学博士后，现任伦敦威斯敏斯特大学结合 医学中心研究员、英国卫生部研究员、亚洲 传统医学国际学会会长等职。

蒋熙德（Volker Scheid)，1958 年出生于 德国。人文学家，西方著名的中医学者。他 大学毕业后就开始研习中医，并在英国开办 了中医针灸诊所，曾先后在美国和中国的数 所大学学习中文和中医理论，并多次到中国 拜访名师。蒋熙德的中医药研究卓有成效， 发表了多篇中医药方面的论文和多部中医药 方面的著作。他是英国剑桥大学博士、伦敦 大学博士后，现任伦敦威斯敏斯特大学结合 医学中心研究员、英国卫生部研究员、亚洲 传统医学国际学会会长等职。

李泽厚，湖南长沙人，北京大学哲学系一九五四年毕业。中国社会科学院研究员、教授。一九八八年当选国巴黎国际哲学院院士，一九九八年获美国科罗拉多学院人文学荣誉博士学位。著有《批判哲学的批判——康德述评》、《我的哲学提纲》、《中国〈古代、近代、现代〉思想史论》、《美学论集》、《美的历程》、《华夏美学》、《美学四讲》、《走我自己的路》、《世纪新梦》、《论语今读》、《已卯五说》等书。

We live in an age of images — the first pictures of Earth from space; nuclear bomb mushroom clouds; Vesalius’s haunting human anatomy pictures — iconic and influential images. John Barrow traces their history and influence to tell the story of modern science.

We live in a visual age-an age of images; iconic, instant, and influential. In this remarkable book, John D. Barrow traces their history in order to tell the story of modern science. Some images, such as Robert Hooke's first microscopic views of the natural world or the stunning images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, were made possible by our new technical capabilities. Ot...(展开全部)

We live in a visual age, an age of images iconic, instant, and influential that have crystallized our conception of the large, the small, and the complex, of both inner and outer space. Some, like Robert Hooke's first microscopic views of the natural world, arose because of new technical capabilities. Others, like the first graphs, were breathtakingly simple but perennially use...(展开全部)

Books and other texts have not always been read in the way that we read them today. The modern practice of reading--privately, silently, with the eyes alone--is only one way of reading, which for many centuries existed alongside other forms. In the ancient world, in the Middle Ages, and as late as the seventeenth century, many texts were written for the voice. They were address...(展开全部)

This path--breaking study will become the standard work on the history of reading in the West. It will be indispensable to students of cultural history, and to all those who want a fresh perspective on the history of books and their uses. * Wide--ranging and authoritative account of the changing practices of reading from the ancient world to the present day. * An international...(展开全部)

This path-breaking study will become the standard work on the history of reading in the West. It will be indispensable to students of cultural history, and to all those who want a fresh perspective on the history of books and their uses. Wide-ranging and authoritative account of the changing practices of reading from the ancient world to the present day. An international t...(展开全部)