约翰朱利叶斯诺里奇（John Julius Norwich，1929—2018），英国历史作家、电视节目主持人，曾在英国外交部任职。著作有《诺曼人在西西里》《撒哈拉》《英格兰南部建筑》《威尼斯史》《拜占庭史》等。他创作并主持过约三十部历史题材的电视纪录片。诺里奇勋爵曾任“拯救威尼斯”基金会主席、世界纪念性建筑基金会主席、国家名胜古迹信托机构执行委员会成员。他还是英国皇家文学学会、皇家地理学会和文物研究学会成员，获得过意大利共和国功勋勋章与英国皇家维多利亚勋章。

约翰朱利叶斯诺里奇（John Julius Norwich，1929—2018），英国历史作家、电视节目主持人，曾在英国外交部任职。著作有《诺曼人在西西里》《撒哈拉》《英格兰南部建筑》《威尼斯史》《拜占庭史》等。他创作并主持过约三十部历史题材的电视纪录片。诺里奇勋爵曾任“拯救威尼斯”基金会主席、世界纪念性建筑基金会主席、国家名胜古迹信托机构执行委员会成员。他还是英国皇家文学学会、皇家地理学会和文物研究学会成员，获得过意大利共和国功勋勋章与英国皇家维多利亚勋章。

"Cosa Nostra" is the compelling story of the Sicilian mafia, the world's most famous, most secretive and most misunderstood criminal fraternity. The mafia has been given many names since it was founded one hundred and forty years ago: the Sect, the Brotherhood, the Honoured Society, and now Cosa Nostra. Yet as times have changed, the mafia's subtle and bloody methods have remai...(展开全部)

The Italian-American mafia has its roots in a mysterious and powerful criminal network in Sicily. While the mythology of the mafia has been widely celebrated in American culture, the true origins of its rituals, laws, and methods have never actually been revealed. John Dickie uses startling new research to expose the secrets of the Sicilian mafia, providing a fascinating accoun...(展开全部)

Hailed in Italy as the best book ever written about the mafia in any language, "Cosa Nostra" is a fascinating, violent, and darkly comic account that reads like fiction and takes us deep into the inner sanctum of this secret society where few have dared to tread.In this gripping history of the Sicilian mafia, John Dickie uses startling new research to reveal the inner workings ...(展开全部)

Hailed in Italy as the best book ever written about the mafia in any language, "Cosa Nostra" is a fascinating, violent, and darkly comic account that reads like fiction and takes us deep into the inner sanctum of this secret society where few have dared to tread.In this gripping history of the Sicilian mafia, John Dickie uses startling new research to reveal the inner workings ...(展开全部)

The Italian-American mafia has its roots in a mysterious and powerful criminal network in Sicily. While the mythology of the mafia has been widely celebrated in American culture, the true origins of its rituals, laws, and methods have never actually been revealed. John Dickie uses startling new research to expose the secrets of the Sicilian mafia, providing a fascinating accoun...(展开全部)

"Cosa Nostra" is the compelling story of the Sicilian mafia, the world's most famous, most secretive and most misunderstood criminal fraternity. The mafia has been given many names since it was founded one hundred and forty years ago: the Sect, the Brotherhood, the Honoured Society, and now Cosa Nostra. Yet as times have changed, the mafia's subtle and bloody methods have remai...(展开全部)

约瑟夫·阿加西，1927年出生于耶路撒冷。1952年获得希伯来大学理学硕士学位后，师从著名哲学家卡尔·波普尔，于1956年获得伦敦大学逻辑与科学方法论方向博士学位。阿加西曾在多所大学任教，包括伦敦大学、特拉维夫大学、香港大学、伊利诺伊大学、约克大学和波士顿大学。阿加西的 研究领域十分广泛，跨越了科学史、科学编史学、科学哲学和政治哲学等多个领域，是20世纪后半叶具有世界影响力的思想家之一。本书是他早年的一部作品。 王哲然，北京大学科学思想史专业在读博士。 王筱娜，爱丁堡大学科学思想史专业在读博士。

A sweeping history of the Greeks, from the Bronze Age to today More than two thousand years ago, the Greek city-states, led by Athens and Sparta, laid the foundation for much of modern science, the arts, politics, and law. But the influence of the Greeks did not end with the rise and fall of this classical civilization. As historian Roderick Beaton illustrates, over three mille...(展开全部)