John Sulston was director of the Sanger Centre in Cambridge from 1993 to 2000. There he led the British arm of the international team selected to map the entire human DNA sequence, a feat that was pulled off in record time by an extraordinary collaboration of scientists. Despite innumerable setbacks and challenges from outside competitors the ultimate success of the project can...(展开全部)

The world was agog when scientists made the astounding announcement that they had successfully sequenced the human genome. Few contributed so directly to this feat as John Sulston. This is his personal account of one of the largest international scientific operations ever undertaken. It was a momentous occasion when British scientist, John Sulston embarked on the greatest scien...(展开全部)

张纯如 (1968 - 2004) ，美国著名的华裔女作家、历史学家和自由撰稿人。曾担任美联社、《芝加哥论坛报》记者。著有《蚕丝──钱学森传》(1995)、 《南京大屠杀》(1997)、《美国华裔史录》。《南京大屠杀》是首部向西方世界介绍南京大屠杀的英文专著，在全世界造成了震动，在世界范围引起了极大的凡响，曾经登上纽约时报畅销书排行榜十周之久，读书人书评称赞它为年度最佳书籍之一，至今已经再版十余次，全球印刷近100万册。2004年11月9日，张纯如于加州盖洛斯自己的车内以手枪自杀身亡。张纯如在一生中共完成三本书，《洛杉矶时报》形容她是“最好的历史学家和人权斗士”，是“在美国成长的华裔青年模范”。

The definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being a communist, deported, and becameto America’s continuing chagrinthe father of the Chinese missile program.

张纯如 (1968 - 2004) ，美国著名的华裔女作家、历史学家和自由撰稿人。曾担任美联社、《芝加哥论坛报》记者。著有《蚕丝──钱学森传》(1995)、 《南京大屠杀》(1997)、《美国华裔史录》。《南京大屠杀》是首部向西方世界介绍南京大屠杀的英文专著，在全世界造成了震动，在世界范围引起了极大的凡响，曾经登上纽约时报畅销书排行榜十周之久，读书人书评称赞它为年度最佳书籍之一，至今已经再版十余次，全球印刷近100万册。2004年11月9日，张纯如于加州盖洛斯自己的车内以手枪自杀身亡。张纯如在一生中共完成三本书，《洛杉矶时报》形容她是“最好的历史学家和人权斗士”，是“在美国成长的华裔青年模范”。

From Nobel Prize–winning economist Jean Tirole, a bold new agenda for the role of economics in society When Jean Tirole won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics, he suddenly found himself being stopped in the street by complete strangers and asked to comment on issues of the day, no matter how distant from his own areas of research. His transformation from academic economist to pu...(展开全部)

First published in 1973, The Birth of the English Common Law has come to enjoy classic status. In a new preface, Professor van Caenegem discusses some recent developments in the study of English law under the Norman and earliest Angevin kings. The book provides a challenging interpretation of the emergence of the Common Law in Anglo-Norman England, against the background of t...(展开全部)

卡西亚·圣克莱尔（Kassia St Clair） 英国作家、文化史学家，热销书《色彩的秘密生活》作者。 在牛津和布里斯托尔学习女性服装史和化妆史，毕业后长期为《经济学人》《家园与花园》《新政治家》撰写文章，也在英国广播公司（BBC）、美国国家公共电台（NPR）等电台做节目，在达拉斯艺术博物馆、维多利亚和艾伯特博物馆等博物馆开设讲座，所述均有关色彩、设计、织物与文化史。 马博 译者，北京外国语大学英美文学方向硕士毕业，担任文学编辑的同时喜爱翻译，译有《很高兴遇见你，小猫比利》并养有两猫，现居北京。