outh pointing chariots, walking machines and the astronomical mechanical clock are all used as illustrated examples in this fascinating and unique study of lost machinery in ancient China. This is the first book of its kind, combining creative mechanism design methodology with mechanical evolution and variation theory to set out how some ancient designs can be recreated. Furthe...(展开全部)

白一平（W. H. Baxter），美国密歇根大学教授，主要研究领域为历史语言学，尤其是语言学中数学方法的应用等。沙加尔(L. Sagart)，法国东亚语言研究所教授，上古汉语、汉语方言和南岛语系的专家，第一个提出汉藏语系和南岛语系同源的假设。 两位作者都是多年来从事汉语音韵史研究的汉学家。

The rise of China could be the most important political development of the twenty-first century. What will China look like in the future? What should it look like? And what will China's rise mean for the rest of world? This book, written by China's most influential foreign policy thinker, sets out a vision for the coming decades from China's point of view. In the West, Yan Xuet...(展开全部)

The rise of China could be the most important political development of the twenty-first century. What will China look like in the future? What should it look like? And what will China's rise mean for the rest of world? This book, written by China's most influential foreign policy thinker, sets out a vision for the coming decades from China's point of view. In the West, Yan Xuet...(展开全部)

大卫·古德赛尔（David S. Goodsell） 美国加州斯克里普研究中心（The Scripps Research Institute）分子生物学系教授，当代最为著名的科学插画师之一。 他的作品最令人着迷之处是：利用X射线晶体学技术获得准确的分子结构，然后用水彩画将它们完美地展现出来，使人们获得对分子精微世界的具象认识如此感性而又具有科学的准确性。作为一名分子生物学家，古德赛尔在承袭了欧洲数世纪以来科学绘画的伟大传统的同时，利用现代尖端技术获得分子世界的准确数据，将这些新科学、新技术所揭示的自然存在一一展现在科学家和普罗大众面前。他的著作包括《The Machinery of Life》《Our Molecular Nature》《Bionanotechnology: Lesson from Nature》等。

The Machinery of Life is a journey into the sub-microscopic world of molecular machines. Readers are introduced to the types of molecules built by cells, including proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, and polysaccharides; then, in a series of full-color "watercolor" illustrations, which show a portion of a living cell magnified by 1,000,000 times, the reader is guided through the i...(展开全部)

Utilising Marxian, Weberian, and institutionalist approaches, this book proposes a new theoretical framework for understanding the nature of Chinese economic history: the ‘imperial mode’ of China. The book aims to innovatively apply a cohesive historical materialist framework to the economic evolution of China, while at the same time offering micro-analysis of China’s instituti...(展开全部)

Utilising Marxian, Weberian, and institutionalist approaches, this book proposes a new theoretical framework for understanding the nature of Chinese economic history: the ‘imperial mode’ of China. The book aims to innovatively apply a cohesive historical materialist framework to the economic evolution of China, while at the same time offering micro-analysis of China’s instituti...(展开全部)

Utilising Marxian, Weberian, and institutionalist approaches, this book proposes a new theoretical framework for understanding the nature of Chinese economic history: the ‘imperial mode’ of China. The book aims to innovatively apply a cohesive historical materialist framework to the economic evolution of China, while at the same time offering micro-analysis of China’s instituti...(展开全部)