The Invention of the Western Film ranges across literature, visual arts, social history, ideology, and legend to provide, for the first time, an in-depth exploration of the early Western, from short kinetoscopes of the 1890s through 'classic' features of the 1940s. By examining the American Indian's rise and demise during the silent era, B-Westerns of the 1930s, and film noir-i...(展开全部)

The hunt for the Higgs particle has involved the biggest, most expensive experiment ever. So exactly what is this particle? Why does it matter so much? What does it tell us about the Universe? Has the discovery announced on 4 July 2012 finished the search? And was finding it really worth all the effort? The short answer is yes. The Higgs field is proposed as the way in which pa...(展开全部)

The hunt for the Higgs particle has involved the biggest, most expensive experiment ever. So exactly what is this particle? Why does it matter so much? What does it tell us about the Universe? Has the discovery announced on 4 July 2012 finished the search? And was finding it really worth all the effort? The short answer is yes. The Higgs field is proposed as the way in which pa...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Creativity is about capturing those moments that make life worth living. The author's objective is to offer an understanding of what leads to these moments, be it the excitement of the artist at the easel or the scientist in the lab, so that knowledge can be used to enrich people's lives. Drawing on 100 interviews with exceptional people, from biologists and physicists ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Creativity is about capturing those moments that make life worth living. The author's objective is to offer an understanding of what leads to these moments, be it the excitement of the artist at the easel or the scientist in the lab, so that knowledge can be used to enrich people's lives. Drawing on 100 interviews with exceptional people, from biologists and physicists ...(展开全部)

The central actors in this book are some reclusive forest-dwelling ascetic meditation masters who have been acclaimed as 'saints' in contemporary Thailand. These saints originally pursued their salvation quest among the isolated villages of the country's periphery, but once recognized as holy men endowed with charisma, they became the radiating centres of a country-wide cult of...(展开全部)

The central actors in this book are some reclusive forest-dwelling ascetic meditation masters who have been acclaimed as 'saints' in contemporary Thailand. These saints originally pursued their salvation quest among the isolated villages of the country's periphery, but once recognized as holy men endowed with charisma, they became the radiating centres of a country-wide cult of...(展开全部)

布鲁诺·斯内尔（Bruno Snell，1896—1986），20世纪德国古典学家，蒙森学会成员之一，研究领域为古希腊文学与哲学。著有《前柏拉图哲学中“知识”概念的诸种表达》《埃斯库罗斯悲剧的思想史地位》《希腊诗歌格律》，以及代表作《精神的发现》。其主编的《早期希腊史诗辞典》与参与编纂的《希腊悲剧残篇集成》至今是古典学界的重要文献。

布鲁诺·斯内尔（Bruno Snell，1896—1986），20世纪德国古典学家，蒙森学会成员之一，研究领域为古希腊文学与哲学。著有《前柏拉图哲学中“知识”概念的诸种表达》《埃斯库罗斯悲剧的思想史地位》《希腊诗歌格律》，以及代表作《精神的发现》。其主编的《早期希腊史诗辞典》与参与编纂的《希腊悲剧残篇集成》至今是古典学界的重要文献。