About This Book About the Author(s) Reviews Table of Contents In this masterful account, a historian of science surveys the molecular biology revolution, its origin and continuing impact. Since the 1930s, a molecular vision has been transforming biology. Michel Morange provides an incisive and overarching history of this transformation, from the early attempts to explain organi...(展开全部)

The lands surrounding the Black Sea share a colorful past. Though in recent decades they have experienced ethnic conflict, economic collapse, and interstate rivalry, their common heritage and common interests run deep. Now, as a region at the meeting point of the Balkans, Central Asia, and the Middle East, the Black Sea is more important than ever. In this lively and entertaini...(展开全部)

The lands surrounding the Black Sea share a colorful past. Though in recent decades they have experienced ethnic conflict, economic collapse, and interstate rivalry, their common heritage and common interests run deep. Now, as a region at the meeting point of the Balkans, Central Asia, and the Middle East, the Black Sea is more important than ever. In this lively and entertaini...(展开全部)

小比尔•梅西(Bill Mesce, Jr.) ● 在HBO核心部门工作27年之久的内部人士。经历了HBO成立之初的高速发展、走向成熟时遭遇的种种困境以及专注于制作原创自制剧后的黄金时期。 ● 作家、编剧、剧作家，目前任教于缅因大学，教授剧本写作。著有惊险小说《提倡者》（The Advocate），以及电影剧本《绝命末路》（Road Ends），这部影片在多个电影节上展映。

小比尔•梅西(Bill Mesce, Jr.) ● 在HBO核心部门工作27年之久的内部人士。经历了HBO成立之初的高速发展、走向成熟时遭遇的种种困境以及专注于制作原创自制剧后的黄金时期。 ● 作家、编剧、剧作家，目前任教于缅因大学，教授剧本写作。著有惊险小说《提倡者》（The Advocate），以及电影剧本《绝命末路》（Road Ends），这部影片在多个电影节上展映。

When Siraj, the ruler of Bengal, overran the British settlement of Calcutta in 1756, he allegedly jailed 146 European prisoners overnight in a cramped prison. Of the group, 123 died of suffocation. While this episode was never independently confirmed, the story of "The black hole of Calcutta' was widely circulated and seen by the British public as an atrocity committed by savag...(展开全部)

The Greek word melancholia (literally meaning 'black bile') defines our sense of depression and black moods. Yet the little black dress is the epitome of chic and has positive meanings. From ancient and classical times to today black has been used as a symbol, a tool and a metaphor in a plethora of startling and often problematic ways. The Story of Black is an exploration of ou...(展开全部)