The classic of contemporary science writing by a Nobel Prize-winning physicist explains what happened when the universe began, and how we know.

埃伦·米克辛斯·伍德（Ellen Meikins Wood），1942年生于美国纽约市，1962年在加州大学伯克利分校获斯拉夫语言文学学士，1970年在加州大学洛杉矶分校获哲学博士，研究领域为政治学。其主要学术经历如下：1967—1996年执教于加拿大约克大学葛伦登学院，1996年入选加拿大皇家学会会员，1984—1993年担任英国著名左翼期刊《新左派评论》（New Left Review）编委会委员，1997—2000年担任独立社会主义杂志《每月评论》（Monthly Review）主编。伍德是当代著名政治理论家、马克思主义理论家，开创了“政治理论的社会史”这一政治思想史研究的新路径。她与著名历史学家罗伯特·布伦纳（Robert Brenner）共同被誉为“政治马克思主义”这一重要流派的开创者与奠基人。最新著作有：《西方政治思想的社会史：从古代到中...(展开全部)

Capitalism is not a natural and inevitable consequence of human nature, nor is it simply an extension of age-old practices of trade and commerce. In this original and provocative book Ellen Meiksins Wood reminds us that capitalism is not a natural and inevitable consequence of human nature, nor is it simply an extension of age-old practices of trade and commerce. Rather, it is ...(展开全部)

How did the dynamic economic system we know as capitalism develop among the peasants and lords of feudal Europe? In The Origin of Capitalism, a now-classic work of history, Ellen Meiksins Wood offers readers a clear and accessible introduction to the theories and debates concerning the birth of capitalism, imperialism, and the modern nation state. Capitalism is not a natural an...(展开全部)

Ragnarok. Armageddon. Doomsday. Since the dawn of time, man has wondered how the world would end. In "The Last Three Minutes, " Paul Davies reveals the latest theories. It might end in a whimper, slowly scattering into the infinite void. Then again, it might be yanked back by its own gravity and end in a catastrophic " Big Crunch." There are other, more frightening possibilitie...(展开全部)

A half century ago, a shocking Washington Post headline claimed that the world began in five cataclysmic minutes rather than having existed for all time; a skeptical scientist dubbed the maverick theory the Big Bang. In this amazingly comprehensible history of the universe, Simon Singh decodes the mystery behind the Big Bang theory, lading us through the development of one ...(展开全部)

Chocolate chippers, lemon bars, madeleines, brownies, shortbread, thumbprints, rugelach, biscotti, mandelbrot, and fortune cookies we all love them. We love them even better when they are home-baked. The ultimate comfort food, fresh-baked cookies offer instant reassurance, consolation, and community. One of the reasons we hesitate to bake cookies is that all too frequentl...(展开全部)

"Narrative history in the great tradition . . ." Chicago Tribune Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and bestselling author Barbara W. Tuchman analyzes the American Revolution in a brilliantly original way, placing the war in the historical context of the centuries-long conflicts between England and both France and Holland. This compellingly written history paints a magnifice...(展开全部)

There is no more profound, enduring, or fascinating question in all of science than that of how time, space, and matter began. Now John Barrow, who has been at the cutting edge of research in this area and has written extensively about it, guides readers on a journey to the beginning of time, into a world of temperatures and densities so high that we cannot re-create them in th...(展开全部)

《新科学家》New Scientist创建于1956年，是一家国际性科学周刊，在科学出版界具有世界性的声望，在全世界有超过500万忠实读者。 格雷厄姆·劳顿，《新科学家》杂志执行主编，毕业于英国帝国理工学院，获得生物化学学士学位和科学传播硕士学位，在科学写作方面获得过许多奖项。 珍妮弗·丹尼尔，《纽约时报》著名插画设计师，Google创意总监。