"The Coming of Materials Science" both covers the discipline of materials science, and draws an impressionistic map of the present state of the subject. The first chapter examines the emergence of the materials science concept, in both academe and industry. The second and third chapters delve back into the prehistory of materials science, examining the growth of such concepts a...(展开全部)

If the twentieth century saw the rise of “Big Science,” then the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were surely an age of thrift. As Simon Werrett’s new history shows, frugal early modern experimenters transformed their homes into laboratories as they recycled, repurposed, repaired, and reused their material possessions to learn about the natural world. Thrifty Science explo...(展开全部)

What do the words elderly, old, and aged really mean? How are they used by society, and how in turn do they define the generation that we are taught to respect and love but instead castigate and avoid? Most importantly, how is our treatment of this generation a reflection of our society's values and priorities? In The Coming of Age, Simone de Beauvoir seeks greater understandin...(展开全部)

阿 瑟·柯 南·道 尔（Arthur Conan Doyle，1859 年 5 月 22 日—1930 年 7 月 7 日），英国杰出侦探小说家、剧作家，被誉为“英国侦探小说之父”，作品畅销全球。 他一生共创作了 56 部短篇侦探小说及 4 部中篇侦探小说，成功地塑造了侦探人物——夏洛克•福尔摩斯。代表作有《福尔摩斯探案全集》，包括“冒险史”系列、“回忆录”系列、“归来记”系列、“新探案”系列，以及《血字的研究》《恐怖谷》《巴斯克维尔猎犬》《四签名》等，他的作品对后来的侦探小说有很大的影响。除此之外，他还曾写过《失落的世界》等多部其他类型的小说，涉及科幻、悬疑、历史、爱情、戏剧、 诗歌等。

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), best known as the author of Sherlock Holmes stories but also a devout spiritualist, was entirely convinced by a set of photographs apparently showing two young girls from Cottingley in Yorkshire playing with a group of tiny, translucent fairies. To demonstrate his unshakeable belief in the spirit world, he published "The Coming of the Fairies...(展开全部)

This volume is the upshot of Conan Doyle's high-profile championing of the authenticity of the Cottingley photographs, purporting to be of fairies; it touches on the author's belief in Spiritualism and contains much reference to the related but distinct creed of Theosophism.

This volume is the upshot of Conan Doyle's high-profile championing of the authenticity of the Cottingley photographs, purporting to be of fairies; it touches on the author's belief in Spiritualism and contains much reference to the related but distinct creed of Theosophism.

阿 瑟·柯 南·道 尔（Arthur Conan Doyle，1859 年 5 月 22 日—1930 年 7 月 7 日），英国杰出侦探小说家、剧作家，被誉为“英国侦探小说之父”，作品畅销全球。 他一生共创作了 56 部短篇侦探小说及 4 部中篇侦探小说，成功地塑造了侦探人物——夏洛克•福尔摩斯。代表作有《福尔摩斯探案全集》，包括“冒险史”系列、“回忆录”系列、“归来记”系列、“新探案”系列，以及《血字的研究》《恐怖谷》《巴斯克维尔猎犬》《四签名》等，他的作品对后来的侦探小说有很大的影响。除此之外，他还曾写过《失落的世界》等多部其他类型的小说，涉及科幻、悬疑、历史、爱情、戏剧、 诗歌等。

This volume is the upshot of Conan Doyle's high-profile championing of the authenticity of the Cottingley photographs, purporting to be of fairies; it touches on the author's belief in Spiritualism and contains much reference to the related but distinct creed of Theosophism.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), best known as the author of Sherlock Holmes stories but also a devout spiritualist, was entirely convinced by a set of photographs apparently showing two young girls from Cottingley in Yorkshire playing with a group of tiny, translucent fairies. To demonstrate his unshakeable belief in the spirit world, he published "The Coming of the Fairies...(展开全部)