A compelling account of the relations between high and mass culture, across various genres Shakespearean tragedy and Dracula, Sherlock Holmes and Ulysses, Frankenstein and The Waste Land—all are celebrated “wonders” of modern literature, whether in its mandarin or popular form. However, it is the fact that these texts are so central to our contemporary notion of literature that...(展开全部)

Georg Simmel's highly original take on the newly revived field of sociology succeeded in making the field far more sophisticated than it had been beforehand. He took insights from dialectical thought and Kantian epistemology to develop a 'form sociology' method that remains implicit in the field a century later. Forms include such patterns of interaction as inequality, secrecy,...(展开全部)

Georg Simmel's highly original take on the newly revived field of sociology succeeded in making the field far more sophisticated than it had been beforehand. He took insights from dialectical thought and Kantian epistemology to develop a 'form sociology' method that remains implicit in the field a century later. Forms include such patterns of interaction as inequality, secrecy,...(展开全部)

This is a comprehensive overview of the sociology of art and an authoritative work of scholarship by a leading expert in the field. The international selection of perspectives, empirical research, and case studies makes this book essential for teaching and studying the sociology of art. Synthesizes the various theoretical models of art sociology. Provides empirical examples...(展开全部)

This is a comprehensive overview of the sociology of art and an authoritative work of scholarship by a leading expert in the field. The international selection of perspectives, empirical research, and case studies makes this book essential for teaching and studying the sociology of art. Synthesizes the various theoretical models of art sociology. Provides empirical examples...(展开全部)

The question of what Wittgenstein meant by 'forms of life' has attracted a great deal of attention in the literature, yet it is an expression that Wittgenstein himself employs on only a relatively small number of occasions, and that he does not explicitly define. This Element gives a description of this concept that also explains Wittgenstein's reluctance to say much about it. ...(展开全部)

The question of what Wittgenstein meant by 'forms of life' has attracted a great deal of attention in the literature, yet it is an expression that Wittgenstein himself employs on only a relatively small number of occasions, and that he does not explicitly define. This Element gives a description of this concept that also explains Wittgenstein's reluctance to say much about it. ...(展开全部)

Professor Brian Cox is back with another insightful and mind-blowing exploration of space. This time he shows us our universe as we've never seen it before. 13.7 billion years old. 93 billion light years wide. It contains over 100 billion galaxies, each containing hundreds of billions of stars. This infinite, vast and complex Universe has been the subject of human fascination ...(展开全部)

Professor Brian Cox is back with another insightful and mind-blowing exploration of space. This time he shows us our universe as we've never seen it before. 13.7 billion years old. 93 billion light years wide. It contains over 100 billion galaxies, each containing hundreds of billions of stars. This infinite, vast and complex Universe has been the subject of human fascination ...(展开全部)

安德烈·瓦尔拉莫夫 （Andrey Varlamov） 超导理论和凝聚态物理学领域的著名科学家 1954年出生于苏联基辅；1980年在阿历克斯·阿布里科索夫指导下获凝聚态物理学博士学位，1986年获苏联国家青年科学家物理学奖，1990~1999任莫斯科钢铁与合金研究所理论物理系教授；1999年起任意大利国家研究委员会超导、新材料和器件研究所研究主任，罗马大学教授；2009年起任意大利科学院通讯院士；有8本超导理论方面的专著和130余篇科学论文；积极的科普作家，1986~1992年任苏联科学院科普杂志《量子》副主编；有50余篇科普作品发表于《量子》等著名科普刊物，主要由这些科普作品结集成书的《奇妙的物理学》出版于1987年，在其后25年内以6种语言出版了12版。 列夫·阿斯拉马卓夫 （Lev Aslamazov） 1944年出生于苏联巴顿；1980年获...(展开全部)