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)

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)

西蒙•沙玛（Simon Schama），英国著名历史学家，美国哥伦比亚大学历史学和艺术史的大学教授（University Professor），专长于艺术史、荷兰史、犹太人史和法国史。同时，他还是英国广播公司的纪录片撰稿人和解说。毕业于英国剑桥大学基督学院，曾在剑桥大学、牛津大学和巴黎社会科学高等研究院任教，1995年被遴选为剑桥大学基督学院的荣誉成员，2015年成为英国学术院通信会员，2017年成为英国皇家文学协会会员，2018年被英国女王册封为爵士。代表作有《爱国者和解放者》《富庶的窘境》《公民们：法国大革命编年史》《风景与记忆》《英国史》《艺术的力量》《犹太人的历史》等。

En douze scènes de genre traversées par les saisons, ponctuées de trois pêle-mêle et d'une dizaine de portraits du héros à différents âges, voici le récit d'une vie. Ses petits riens, ses grands moments, ses joies, ses peines, ses doutes, ses épreuves... Avec, au final, la chance d'avoir été aimé et le bonheur de contempler, au crépuscule de son existence, ses amis fidèles, Pol...(展开全部)

Why are some nations more technically creative than others and why do some highly innovative societies eventually stagnate? In this provocative study of the value and meaning of technological advance, Joel Mokyr considers how past physical and social conditions have influenced the development and reception of new ideas, and shows how these trends can guide future industrial str...(展开全部)

Experimental physicist and acclaimed science presenter Harry Cliff takes you on an exhilarating search for the most basic building blocks of our universe, and the dramatic quest to unlock their cosmic origins.

Ted Gioia is a music historian and the author of eleven books, including How to Listen to Jazz. His three previous books on the social history of music—Work Songs, Healing Songs, and Love Songs—have each been honored with the ASCAP Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award. Gioia's wide-ranging activities as a critic, scholar, performer, and educator have established him as a leading g...(展开全部)

To Have or To Be? is one of the seminal books of the second half of the 20th century. Nothing less than a manifesto for a new social and psychological revolution to save our threatened planet, this book is a summary of the penetrating thought of Erich Fromm. His thesis is that two mode of existence struggle for the spirit of humankind: the having mode, which concentrates on mat...(展开全部)