English is the language of science today. No matter which languages you know, if you want your work seen, studied, and cited, you need to publish in English. But that hasn’t always been the case. Though there was a time when Latin dominated the field, for centuries science has been a polyglot enterprise, conducted in a number of languages whose importance waxed and waned over t...(展开全部)

《苏格拉底前后》是作者在四篇讲稿的基础上修改完成的，是有关古希腊哲学的一部重要著作，内容涉及苏格拉底时代前后古希腊的哲学和科学等内容。在书中，作者以苏格拉底为分界点，将古希腊哲学史分为四个阶段：苏格拉底之前的爱奥尼亚科学、苏格拉底时期、柏拉图时期和亚里士多德时期。当然，作者并非只探讨这几个人，和他们同时代的其他重要学者及学派也有所涉及，对亚里士多德以后的斯多噶派和伊壁鸠鲁学派也有论述。 康福德在本书中对古希腊哲学史的分析可谓鞭辟入里、切中肯綮，他的语言也非常生动流畅，使人读来决不像一般的哲学书那样枯燥乏味，应当说这是一本不可不读的哲学史名著，同时也是了解和研究古希腊史的重要参考书。

In this book, F.M. Cornford explains why the life and work of Socrates stand out as marking a turning-point in the history of thought. He shows how Socrates revolutionized the concept of philosophy, converting it from the study of Nature to the study of the human soul, the meaning of right and wrong, and the ends for which we ought to live. This is, in fact, the story of the wh...(展开全部)

Scientific realism is the optimistic view that modern science is on the right track: that the world really is the way our best scientific theories describe it to be. In his book, Stathis Psillos gives a comprehensive study which restores the intuitive plausibility of scientific realism. He shows that throughout the 20th century, scientific realism has been challenged by philoso...(展开全部)

Scientific realism is the optimistic view that modern science is on the right track: that the world really is the way our best scientific theories describe it to be. In his book, Stathis Psillos gives a comprehensive study which restores the intuitive plausibility of scientific realism. He shows that throughout the 20th century, scientific realism has been challenged by philoso...(展开全部)

After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation is a 1975 linguistics book written by literary critic George Steiner. It was first published by Oxford University Press in the United Kingdom and deals with the "Babel problem" of multiple languages. After Babel is a comprehensive study of the subject of language and translation. It is both a controversial and seminal work that c...(展开全部)

'Translation has long needed a champion, and at last in George Steiner it has found a scholar who is a match for the task.' Sunday Times First published in 1975, After Babel constituted the first systematic investigation of the theory and processes of translation since the eighteenth century. In mapping out its own field, it quickly established itself as both controversial and ...(展开全部)

'Translation has long needed a champion, and at last in George Steiner it has found a scholar who is a match for the task.' Sunday Times First published in 1975, After Babel constituted the first systematic investigation of the theory and processes of translation since the eighteenth century. In mapping out its own field, it quickly established itself as both controversial and ...(展开全部)

After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation is a 1975 linguistics book written by literary critic George Steiner. It was first published by Oxford University Press in the United Kingdom and deals with the "Babel problem" of multiple languages. After Babel is a comprehensive study of the subject of language and translation. It is both a controversial and seminal work that c...(展开全部)

Preston Corporation Tramways was formed in 1904, later becoming Preston Corporation Transport Department. Electric trams, the majority of which were built in Preston, were operated until1935. The firs