在线阅读本书 Once there was a boy named Charlie. He had a nice life, but it wasn’t perfect. He had to spend too much time doing things he didn’t want to do. So one day he decided to pack up and save all his time – all his round, squishy years and square, mushy months, down to every itsy-bitsy second – in his suitcase and lock it up, say goodbye to his parents, and set off to find ...(展开全部)

In his first frankly autobiographical work, Jack Kerouac tells the exhilarating story fo the years when he was writing th books that captivated and infuriated the public, restless years of wandering during which he worked as a railway brakeman in California, a steward on a tramp steamer, and a fire lookout on the crest of Desolation Peak in the Cascde Mountains.

As he roams the US, Mexico, Morocco, Paris and London, Kerouac records life on the road in prose of pure poetry. Standing on the engine of a train as it rushes past fields of prickly cactus; witnessing his first bullfight in Mexico while high on opium; meditating on a sunlit roof in Tangiers or falling in love with Montmartre - Kerouac reveals both the endless diversity of huma...(展开全部)

With known exoplanets now numbering in the thousands and initiatives like 100 Year Starship and Breakthrough Starshot advancing the idea of interstellar travel, the age-old dream of venturing forth into the cosmos and perhaps even colonizing distant worlds may one day become a reality. A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars reveals how. Les Johnson takes you on a thrilling tour of the...(展开全部)

目前已知的系外行星数量已达数千颗，而“100周年星舰”和“突破摄星”等举措也推动了星际旅行的理念，冒险进入宇宙甚至殖民遥远世界的古老梦想有一天可能成为现实。 《星空旅行者指南》揭示了其中的原理。 莱斯·约翰逊将带您踏上一次激动人心的物理学和技术之旅，这些物理学和技术可能使我们能够到达星星。 他讨论了新的系外行星发现、在不远的地平线上有希望的星际任务，以及太空推进、电力、机器人、通信等方面令人兴奋的新发展。 但星际旅行并不容易，而且不适合胆小的人。 约翰逊描述了等待着我们的严酷而令人生畏的广阔空间，并解决了我们为了实现明天的可能性而需要克服的艰巨挑战——包括人类和技术方面的挑战。 《星空旅行者指南》是您通往人类发现的下一个伟大前沿的通行证，它提供了罕见的内部视角，让您了解科学和技术方面的显着突破，这将帮助明天的太空旅行者规划星空航线。 With kno...(展开全部)

罗伯特·L.比什（Robert L.Bish）不列颠哥伦比亚的维多利亚大学经济学和公共行政学教授，1968年在印第安纳大学获的经济学、公共事务、城市研究和公共行正等院（系）工作。主要著作有：《大城市区的公共经济》（1971年）等。目前比什博士正在完成与维多利亚大学的同事弗兰克·卡斯迪（Frank Cassidy）合作进行的一项题为《印第安人的自治政府：实践中的意义》的研究，并继续致力于公共服务签约外包方面的研究工作。 文森特.奥斯特罗姆（Vincent Ostrom），布卢明顿的印第安纳人学阿瑟·F.本特利政府研究教授、政治理论与政策分析中心主任之一。1950年在加州大学洛杉矶分校获政治学博士学位。曾先后任教于怀俄明大学、俄勒冈大学、加州大学洛杉矶分校、印第安纳大学；主持“未来资源”项目的研究；并先后提任社会科学研究会、行为科学高级研究中心、比尔福德...(展开全部)