【作者简介】 菲利普·博比特（Philip Bobbitt），美国政治学家、法学家、律师，曾担任从吉米·卡特到比尔·克林顿四位美国总统的特别顾问；获耶鲁法学院法学博士学位、牛津大学现代史专业硕士与博士学位；在牛津大学、哈佛大学、哥伦比亚大学教授宪法理论、国际安全与战略等课程；同时也是美国艺术与科学学院成员。主要作品另有：《宪法命运：宪法的理论》（Constitutional Fate: Theory of the Constitution，1982）、《阿喀琉斯之盾：战争、和平与历史进程》（The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace and the Course of History，2002）、《恐怖与同意：21世纪的战争》（Terror and Consent: the Wars for the Twenty-first...(展开全部)

√ A panoramic view of life on Earth. drawing on geology, cosmology, chemistry, biology, and medicine √ Shows how oxygen drove the evolution of sophisticated cells, multicellular organisms, large animals and plants, photosynthesis, predators, giant insects, two sexes, and ageing √ Links the extremes of the living world, from bacterial tolerance of cosmic radiation, to the organi...(展开全部)

Dr Nick Lane is a British biochemist and writer. He was awarded the first Provost's Venture Research Prize in the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment at University College London, where he is now a Reader in Evolutionary Biochemistry. Dr Lane’s research deals with evolutionary biochemistry and bioenergetics, focusing on the origin of life and the evolution of comp...(展开全部)

Drawing on a grand evolutionary canvas, Oxygen offers fresh perspectives on life and death, explaining modern killer diseases, why we age, and what we can do about it. Advancing revelatory new ideas, following chains of evidence, the book ranges through many disciplines, from environmental sciences to molecular medicine. The result is a captivating vision of contemporary scienc...(展开全部)

Drawing on a grand evolutionary canvas, Oxygen offers fresh perspectives on life and death, explaining modern killer diseases, why we age, and what we can do about it. Advancing revelatory new ideas, following chains of evidence, the book ranges through many disciplines, from environmental sciences to molecular medicine. The result is a captivating vision of contemporary scienc...(展开全部)

Dr Nick Lane is a British biochemist and writer. He was awarded the first Provost's Venture Research Prize in the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment at University College London, where he is now a Reader in Evolutionary Biochemistry. Dr Lane’s research deals with evolutionary biochemistry and bioenergetics, focusing on the origin of life and the evolution of comp...(展开全部)

√ A panoramic view of life on Earth. drawing on geology, cosmology, chemistry, biology, and medicine √ Shows how oxygen drove the evolution of sophisticated cells, multicellular organisms, large animals and plants, photosynthesis, predators, giant insects, two sexes, and ageing √ Links the extremes of the living world, from bacterial tolerance of cosmic radiation, to the organi...(展开全部)

A groundbreaking historical account of how the Black Death unleashed revolutionary change across the medieval world and ushered in the modern age In 1346, a catastrophic plague beset Europe and its neighbours. The Black Death was a human tragedy that abruptly halved entire populations and caused untold suffering―it also brought about a cultural and economic renewal on a scale n...(展开全部)

Today's world textile and garment trade is valued at a staggering $425 billion. We are told that under the pressure of increasing globalisation, it is India and China that are the new world manufacturing powerhouses. However, this is not a new phenomenon: until the industrial revolution, Asia manufactured great quantities of colourful printed cottons that were sold to places as...(展开全部)