Since man first wielded a stick in anger, war and conflict have been prime movers in the progress of science and technology. In our earliest days the impetus may have been as simple as protecting territory or a food supply; more recently science has benefited from massive injections of cash when national security is at stake. But as Michael White demonstrates in this superbly w...(展开全部)

Since man first wielded a stick in anger, war and conflict have been prime movers in the progress of science and technology. In our earliest days the impetus may have been as simple as protecting territory or a food supply; more recently science has benefited from massive injections of cash when national security is at stake. But as Michael White demonstrates in this superbly w...(展开全部)

迈克尔·怀特(Michael White)是一颗耀眼的新星，一位世界级畅销书作家。1991年前，他在英国剑桥大学主讲科技发展，尔后成为专业作家。至今他已出版25部作品，包括著名科学家的传记、科学技术史、科技侦探小说等，许多作品已被译成数十种文字，主要有《霍金传》、《达·芬奇传》、《达尔文传》、《托尔金传》、《牛顿传》、《阿西莫夫传》、《子夜奇案》等。 导言 科技是双刃剑

迈克尔·怀特(Michael White)是一颗耀眼的新星，一位世界级畅销书作家。1991年前，他在英国剑桥大学主讲科技发展，尔后成为专业作家。至今他已出版25部作品，包括著名科学家的传记、科学技术史、科技侦探小说等，许多作品已被译成数十种文字，主要有《霍金传》、《达·芬奇传》、《达尔文传》、《托尔金传》、《牛顿传》、《阿西莫夫传》、《子夜奇案》等。 导言 科技是双刃剑

在线阅读本书 Winner of The Independent Foreign Fiction Award, this “hauntingly beautiful novel, written by a North Vietnamese Army veteran, manages to humanize completely a people who up until now have usually been cast as robotic fanatics.” — Sunday Times

Fresh Fruits is the second collection of Tokyo street fashion portraits from Japan's premier street fanzine, comprising the sequel to the hugely successful compilation Fruits, published in 2001. Fruits magazine swept Japan off its feet in 1997. Initially a project to document the relentless explosion in street fashion in the suburbs of Tokyo, the magazine has grown to cult stat...(展开全部)

Fresh Fruits is the second collection of Tokyo street fashion portraits from Japan's premier street fanzine, comprising the sequel to the hugely successful compilation Fruits, published in 2001. Fruits magazine swept Japan off its feet in 1997. Initially a project to document the relentless explosion in street fashion in the suburbs of Tokyo, the magazine has grown to cult stat...(展开全部)

The night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common in London. At first, naive locals approach the cylinder armed just with a white flag only to be quickly killed by an all-destroying heat-ray, as terrifying tentacled invaders emerge. Soon the whole of human civilisation is under threat, as powerful Martians bu...(展开全部)

Fruits is a collection of Tokyo street fashion portraits from Japan's premier street fanzine of the same name. 'Fruits' was established in 1994, by photographer Shoichi Aoki, initially as a project to document the growing explosion in street fashion within the suburbs of Tokyo. Over the last five years, the magazine has grown to cult status and is now avidly followed by thousan...(展开全部)

Fruits is a collection of Tokyo street fashion portraits from Japan's premier street fanzine of the same name. 'Fruits' was established in 1994, by photographer Shoichi Aoki, initially as a project to document the growing explosion in street fashion within the suburbs of Tokyo. Over the last five years, the magazine has grown to cult status and is now avidly followed by thousan...(展开全部)