"The modern classic, completely updated." The newest edition of The Backyard Astronomer's Guide includes the latest data and answers the questions most often asked by home astronomers, from beginners to experienced stargazers. Terence Dickinson and Alan Dyer provide expert guidance on the right types of telescopes and other equipment; photographing the stars through a telesco...(展开全部)

A description of the astronomical discoveries of recent years and the theological implications of the new scientific insights into mankind's place in the cosmos. Jastrow explains the chain of events that led astronomers to accept the validity of the big bang.

安德鲁·法泽卡斯，也被称为“夜空之人”，是一位科学作家、演说家和播音员，他通过社交媒体分享他对宇宙奇观的热情。他为《国家地理》杂志撰写了人气颇高的在线专栏“追星族”，也是《星际迷航:我们宇宙的官方指南》一书的作者。法泽卡斯还是加拿大皇家天文学会的天文观察员。

Squid is the most popular Web caching software in use today, and it works on a variety of platforms including Linux, FreeBSD, and Windows. Squid improves network performance by reducing the amount of bandwidth used when surfing the Web. It makes web pages load faster and can even reduce the load on your web server. By caching and reusing popular web content, Squid allows you...(展开全部)

Squid is the most popular Web caching software in use today, and it works on a variety of platforms including Linux, FreeBSD, and Windows. Squid improves network performance by reducing the amount of bandwidth used when surfing the Web. It makes web pages load faster and can even reduce the load on your web server. By caching and reusing popular web content, Squid allows you...(展开全部)

雲從哪裡來？為什麼它看起來是這個樣子？他們何以能抓住藝術家、詩人和每個孩子的想像力和眼光？身為設計師，卻熱愛觀看天空的Pretor-Pinney，詳述了雲的科學知識、歷史，以及它在藝術和大眾文化中的種種，並以攝影、素描讓讀者得以窺看雲朵的千姿百態。 推薦理由：Gavin Pretor-Pinney於二００四年創立了愛雲會（Cloud Appreciation Society），全球會員已有五千人。 相信每一個人都有望著藍天中的白雲出神的時候，捉不住的畫面與變換無窮的雲朵，讓整個天空變成了恣意揮灑的創意畫布。而這一次我們要介紹一這一本有關於天上雲朵的書籍，作者群是The Cloud Appreciation Society，是一個喜愛欣賞雲朵愛好者所組成的協會，他們的網站與創意甚至獲得2005年雅虎的創意網站。這本《The Cloudspotter's...(展开全部)

Turin, a renowned scientist and Sanchez, a longtime perfume critic, are experts in the world of scent. They have spent years sniffing the world's most elegant and beautiful - as well as some truly terrible - perfumes. In this authoritative, one of a kind book, they combine talents and experience to review over 1200 fragrances, separating the divine from the good from the awful....(展开全部)

In "Seeing in the Dark," a poetic love letter to science and to the skies, Timothy Ferris invites us all to become stargazers. He recounts his own experiences as an enthralled lifelong amateur astronomer and reports from around the globe -- from England and Italy to the Florida Keys and the Chilean Andes -- on the revolution that's putting millions in touch with the night sky. ...(展开全部)

In "Seeing in the Dark," a poetic love letter to science and to the skies, Timothy Ferris invites us all to become stargazers. He recounts his own experiences as an enthralled lifelong amateur astronomer and reports from around the globe -- from England and Italy to the Florida Keys and the Chilean Andes -- on the revolution that's putting millions in touch with the night sky. ...(展开全部)

Rare is the style guide that a person--even a word person--would want to read cover to cover. But The Economist Style Guide, designed, as the book says, to promote good writing, is so witty and rigorous as to be irresistible. The book consists of three parts. The first is the Economist's style book, which acts as a position paper of sorts in favor of clear, concise, correct usa...(展开全部)