Fluent description of the development of both the integral and differential calculus. Early beginnings in antiquity, medieval contributions, and a century of anticipation lead up to a consideration of Newton and Leibniz, the period of indecison that followed them, and the final rigorous formulation that we know today.

弗兰茨·奥本海默（英语：Franz Oppenheimer，1864年3月30日－1943年9月30日），生于柏林，死于加州洛杉矶，德国犹太社会学家，政治经济学家，出版的作品涉及主权国家的基本社会理念。 在弗雷堡和柏林学习了医学后，奥本海姆在1886至1895年间在柏林行医。自1890年以后，他开始倾向于研究社会政治学和社会经济学问题。在结束医生生涯后，他成为了《上午世界》（Welt am Morgen）杂志的主编，在这里结识了弗雷德里克·瑙曼，当时瑙曼还在替不同的报社挨家挨户送报纸。 1909年，奥本海姆凭借一篇论述经济学家大卫·李嘉图的论文获得了基尔大学的博士学位。自1909年至1917年，奥本海姆在柏林先是做无薪讲师，然后做了两年挂名教授。在1914年他成了“解放俄国犹太人德国委员会”组织的联合创始人之一。1919年他接受了法兰克福的约翰-沃尔...(展开全部)

克里斯托弗•尼罗普，丹麦学者，博士，哥本哈根大学教授，以教授浪漫主义哲学著名。《接吻简史》出版后，尼罗普博士因创作此书而享誉一时。

Over the last four centuries, historians have increasingly turned to images in their attempts to understand and visualize the past. In this wide-ranging and engrossing book, a distinguished art historian surveys the various ways that they have adopted for making use of this material, and he examines the specific objects that became available to them through excavation, the crea...(展开全部)

This book provides information from Church history concerning the recognition of the canonical status of the several books of the New Testament. Canonization was a long and gradual process of sifting among scores of gospels, epistles, and other books that enjoyed local and temporary authority - some of which have only recently come to light among the discoveries of Nag Hammadi....(展开全部)

More than 240 rare photographs and drawings highlight this excellent pictorial record and analysis of Chinese architectural history. Based on years of unprecedented field studies by the author, the illustrations depict many of the temples, pagodas, tombs, bridges, and imperial palaces comprising China's architectural heritage. 152 halftones, 94 diagrams.

The state is the most massive and significant modern expression of the broader phenomenon of political power. This book offers a fresh, accessible and original interpretation of the modern state, concentrating particularly on the emergence and nature of democracy. Poggi presents an extensive conceptual portrait of the state, distinguishing its early characteristics from those w...(展开全部)

Reinhart Koselleck is one of the most important theorists of history and historiography of the last half century. His work has implications for contemporary cultural studies that extend far beyond discussions of the practical problems of historical method. He is the foremost exponent and practitioner of Begriffsgeschichte, a methodology of historical studies that focuses on the...(展开全部)

安德列·拉克斯（André Laks），现任墨西哥泛美大学古代哲学教授，曾任法国里尔第三大学哲学系、普林斯顿大学古典学系、巴黎第四大学索邦大学哲学系古代哲学教授，主要研究领域为古希腊哲学及其接受史，尤其是前苏格拉底哲学、柏拉图的《法律》、亚里士多德哲学、古代哲学的学述传统等，近年来特别关注古典学的现代转型。代表作有洛布版九卷本《早期希腊哲学》（与G. W. Most合作）、《调解与胁迫：解读柏拉图的〈法律〉》《柏拉图的政治哲学》《历史、学述、真理：论亚里士多德、特奥弗拉斯特、前苏格拉底哲学》《阿波罗尼亚的第欧根尼（版本、翻译和评论）》，主编有《正义与慷慨：希腊政治哲学研究》（与M. Schofield合作）、《Derveni纸草研究》（与G. W. Most合作）、《亚里士多德Metaphysics B研究》（与Crubellier M.合作）。 莫...(展开全部)

Hilarious sequel to The Cow That Laid an Egg Marjorie the cow is terribly excited. She's going to enter her daughter, Daisy, in the baby cow contest. Daisy has been a very special cow ever since the day that she surprised everyone by hatching out of an egg! Marjorie feels sure that Daisy will win, hooves down. But the other mothers are starting to talk...Daisy isn't quite lik...(展开全部)