The metropolis of the future — as perceived by architect Hugh Ferriss in 1929 — was both generous and prophetic in vision. Largely an illustrated essay on the modern city and its future, Ferriss' book incorporated his philosophy of architecture. Includes powerful illustrations of towering structures, personal space, wide avenues, and rooftop parks. 59 illustrations.

The smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The vagaries of game theory and evolutionary biology. Self-replicating moon bases and nuclear weapons. All bear the fingerprints of one remarkable man: John von Neumann. Born in Budapest at the turn of the century, von Neumann is one of the most influential scientists to have ever lived. His colleagues believed he had th...(展开全部)

An electrifying biography of one of the most extraordinary scientists of the twentieth century and the world he made. The smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The vagaries of game theory and evolutionary biology. Nuclear weapons and self-replicating spacecrafts. All bear the fingerprints of one remarkable, yet largely overlooked, man: John von Neumann. Born in ...(展开全部)

Let the games begin! From the New York Times best-selling author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry--a glorious and immersive novel about two childhood friends, once estranged, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives. On a bitter cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exit...(展开全部)

Let the games begin! From the New York Times best-selling author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry--a glorious and immersive novel about two childhood friends, once estranged, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives. On a bitter cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exit...(展开全部)

简介：任务：SCP物品对世界安全是一种显著的威胁。运作于世界各地的机构，则从地外生物、异次元世界和外层空间中保持人类的独立自主。在过去人类一直被这些异常的物品和相似的事物随意玩弄，但现在，人类的发展来到了一个历史转折点，使我们完全有能力控制和隔离这些违反自然法则的事物。目标：寻找超自然事物并基于其原理发展新科技。收容有潜在威胁的事物。发展安全措施来应对未来出现的危险事物。寻找，扣留，消灭任何阻止我们完成上述目标的人或事物。以人类之名，为文明唱响颂歌，以吾之名，谱写勇气之诗，我们没有退路，我们无法善终，我们为了基金会而战，我们为了文明而战。——Special Containment Procedures Foundation

简介：任务：SCP物品对世界安全是一种显著的威胁。运作于世界各地的机构，则从地外生物、异次元世界和外层空间中保持人类的独立自主。在过去人类一直被这些异常的物品和相似的事物随意玩弄，但现在，人类的发展来到了一个历史转折点，使我们完全有能力控制和隔离这些违反自然法则的事物。目标：寻找超自然事物并基于其原理发展新科技。收容有潜在威胁的事物。发展安全措施来应对未来出现的危险事物。寻找，扣留，消灭任何阻止我们完成上述目标的人或事物。以人类之名，为文明唱响颂歌，以吾之名，谱写勇气之诗，我们没有退路，我们无法善终，我们为了基金会而战，我们为了文明而战。——Special Containment Procedures Foundation

作者：(英)杰弗瑞·杰里柯(Geoffrey) 苏珊·杰里柯 译者：刘滨谊

Essential Reading for landscape architects, and should become a textbook for everyone interested in the philosophy and practice or environental improvement… Clearly this book is a major environmental event' –Design 'An astonishingly clear study of the man-made landscape of the world, its beginnings, its history and its future'' – Daily Telegraph The Compass of this excellent bo...(展开全部)

Two brothers meet at the remote fence line separating their cattle ranches in the lonely outback. In an isolated belt of Western Australia, they are each other’s nearest neighbor, their homes four hours’ drive apart. The third brother lies dead at their feet. Something caused Cam, the middle child who had been in charge of the family homestead, to die alone in the middle of now...(展开全部)