The life of the German-Jewish literary critic and philosopher Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) is a veritable allegory of the life of letters in the twentieth century. Benjamin's intellectual odyssey culminated in his death by suicide on the Franco-Spanish border, pursued by the Nazis, but long before he had traveled to the Soviet Union. His stunning account of that journey is uniqu...(展开全部)

Chapman's "Fortran for Scientists and Engineers" is intended for both first year engineering students and practicing engineers. This text is the most current alternative for Fortran. It simultaneously teaches the Fortran 95/2003 programming language, structured programming techniques, and good programming practice. Among its strengths are its concise, clear explanations of Fort...(展开全部)

Chapman's "Fortran for Scientists and Engineers" is intended for both first year engineering students and practicing engineers. This text is the most current alternative for Fortran. It simultaneously teaches the Fortran 95/2003 programming language, structured programming techniques, and good programming practice. Among its strengths are its concise, clear explanations of Fort...(展开全部)

This is, quite simply, the best and most popular puzzle book ever published in the Soviet Union. Since its first appearance in 1956 there have been eight editions as well as translations from the original Russian into Ukrainian, Estonian, Lettish, and Lithuanian. Almost a million copies of the Russian version alone have been sold. Part of the reason for the book's success is it...(展开全部)

舍甫琴柯1930年出生于苏联乌克兰的一个医生的家庭。1954年于莫斯科国际关系学院毕业后作为研究生继续进修，1956年进入苏联外交部国际组织司工作。因颇受葛罗米柯的赏识，很快出任苏联驻外使团中的高级职务。他曾任葛罗米柯的顾问。最后于1973年出任联合国副秘书长。1975年，他在联合国副秘书长任内投靠美国中央情报局，沦为该局的特务，为美国窃取了大量有关苏联内政外交的机密情报。1978年，舍甫琴柯正式叛逃，在美国定居。

This is, quite simply, the best and most popular puzzle book ever published in the Soviet Union. Since its first appearance in 1956 there have been eight editions as well as translations from the original Russian into Ukrainian, Estonian, Lettish, and Lithuanian. Almost a million copies of the Russian version alone have been sold. Part of the reason for the book's success is it...(展开全部)

Required reading for fans of Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia -the landmark investigation into Russian history and thought Few, if any, English-language critics have written as perceptively as Isaiah Berlin about Russian thought and culture. Russian Thinkers is his unique meditation on the impact that Russia's outstanding writers and philosophers had on its culture. In...(展开全部)

以赛亚·伯林，英国哲学家和政治思想史家，20世纪最著名的自由主义知识分子之一。出生于俄国里加的一个犹太人家庭，1920年随父母前往英国。1929年进入牛津大学攻读文学和哲学，1932年获选全灵学院研究员，并在新学院任哲学讲师，其间怀艾耶尔、奥斯汀等参与了日常语言哲学运动。二战期 间，先后在纽约、华盛顿和莫斯科担任外交职务。1946年重回牛津教授哲学课程，并把研究方向转向思想史。1957年成为牛津大学社会与政治理论教授，并获封爵士。1966年至1975年任牛津大学沃尔夫森学院院长。主要著作有《卡尔·马克思》、《概念与范畴》、《自由四论》、《维柯与赫尔德》、《俄国思想家》、《反潮流》、《个人印象》、《人性的曲木》、《现实感》等。

Cosmism emerged in Russia before the October Revolution and developed through the 1920s and 1930s; like Marxism and the European avant-garde, two other movements that shared this intellectual moment, Russian Cosmism rejected the contemplative for the transformative, aiming to create not merely new art or philosophy but a new world. Cosmism went the furthest in its visions of tr...(展开全部)

Required reading for fans of Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia -the landmark investigation into Russian history and thought Few, if any, English-language critics have written as perceptively as Isaiah Berlin about Russian thought and culture. Russian Thinkers is his unique meditation on the impact that Russia's outstanding writers and philosophers had on its culture. In...(展开全部)