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 Times Literary Supplement Best Book of the Year From “one of the most thoughtful ancient historians in Britain over more than half a century” (Mary Beard) comes a powerful look at how the modern world has understood the ancient Greeks and why their legacy still matters today. “This majestic book by Oswyn Murray has been long and eagerly awaited . . . and its quality and scope...(展开全部)

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。

The definitive general history of the Zionist movement, by one of the most distinguished historians of our time. Walter Laqueur traces Zionism from its beginnings—with the emancipation of European Jewry from the ghettos in the wake of the French Revolution—to 1948, when the Zionist dream became a reality. He describes the contributions of such notable figures as Benjamin Disra...(展开全部)

How the modern world understood the ancient Greeks and why they matter today. The study of ancient Greece has been central to Western conceptions of history since the Renaissance. The Muse of History traces the shifting patterns of this preoccupation in the last three centuries, in which successive generations have reinterpreted the Greeks in the light of their contemporary wor...(展开全部)

How the modern world understood the ancient Greeks and why they matter today. The study of ancient Greece has been central to Western conceptions of history since the Renaissance. The Muse of History traces the shifting patterns of this preoccupation in the last three centuries, in which successive generations have reinterpreted the Greeks in the light of their contemporary wor...(展开全部)

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)

The Greeks is the story of a culture that has contributed more than any other to the way we live today in the West. The way we think, the way we learn; the forms of entertainment we seek and the systems by which we allow ourselves to be ruled - all of this finds its roots in a small group of people who first emerged in Mycenae over 3,000 years ago. It is a story that covers the...(展开全部)

乔纳森·芬比是十八本书的作者，包括备受称赞的《在边缘：法国的困扰》《将军：戴高乐及其拯救的法国》，后者被《纽约时报》誉为“精彩之书……博识敏锐、扣人心弦，让人不忍释卷”。他关注法国逾半个世纪，曾任路透社和《经济学人》巴黎通讯站负责人，也曾在《观察家》和《南华早报》发表和编辑诸多报道。他还被法国授予荣誉军团勋章和国家荣誉勋章。