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约翰·亚瑟·汤姆森（John.ArthurThomson），爵士是苏格兰著名自然学家，1861年7月8日出生于苏格兰，曾于1893年至1899年，1899年至1930年分别在英国皇家兽医学院和阿伯丁大学任教，并获封爵士，其著作试图调和科学与宗教的关系，认为“生命无处不在”主张整体性生物学，强调自然界共生和合作的重要，1933年2月12日辞世。

More than any other writer, Gilbert White (1720-93) has shaped the relationship between man and nature. A hundred years before Darwin, White realised the crucial role of worms in the formation of soil and understood the significance of territory and song in birds. His precise, scrupulously honest and unaffectedly witty observations led him to interpret animals' behaviour in a u...(展开全部)

李安宅(1900-1985年)，河北省迁安县人。字仁斋,笔名任责。著名社会学、人类学、民族学家。曾任四川省政协委员,中国社会学研究会顾问、中国民族学会顾问、中国民俗学研究会顾问等。1926年燕京大学社会学系毕业,后赴美国深造。1938年赴甘肃拉卜楞寺对藏传佛教进行实地调查,后任教于成都华西大学。1947年到1949年在美英从事研究工作。1950年进藏任教。1963年任教于四川师范学院。1985年逝世。一生专治民族学、宗教学、社会学、藏学的研究,颇有成绩。宗教方面的专著有《藏族宗教史之实地研究》、《拉卜楞――李安宅的调查报告》、《宗教与边疆建设》等。

This lavishly illustrated volume is the first systematic general work to do justice to the fruits of recent scholarship in the history of natural history. Public interest in this lively field has been stimulated by environmental concerns and through links with the histories of art, collecting and gardening. Twenty-four specially commissioned essays cover the period from the six...(展开全部)

From Aztec accounts of hibernating hummingbirds to contemporary television spectaculars, human encounters with nature have long sparked wonder, curiosity and delight. Written by leading scholars, this richly illustrated volume offers a lively introduction to the history of natural history, from the sixteenth century to the present day. Covering an extraordinary range of topics,...(展开全部)

Some central questions in the natural and social sciences can’t be answered by controlled laboratory experiments, often considered to be the hallmark of the scientific method. This impossibility holds for any science concerned with the past. In addition, many manipulative experiments, while possible, would be considered immoral or illegal. One has to devise other methods of obs...(展开全部)

Some central questions in the natural and social sciences can't be answered by controlled laboratory experiments, often considered to be the hallmark of the scientific method. This impossibility holds for any science concerned with the past. In addition, many manipulative experiments, while possible, would be considered immoral or illegal. One has to devise other methods of obs...(展开全部)

The romance novel has the strange distinction of being the most popular but least respected of literary genres. While it remains consistently dominant in bookstores and on best-seller lists, it is also widely dismissed by the critical community. Scholars have alleged that romance novels help create subservient readers, who are largely women, by confining heroines to stories tha...(展开全部)

A journey into the heartbeat of life on Earth. Millennia ago, when we first began puzzling over the mysteries of the human body, one organ stood out as vital. The heart was warm, it was central, and it moved as it pumped blood. The ancient Egyptians treated it with reverence, mummifying it separately from the body so that the soul inside it could be weighed. Aristotle believed...(展开全部)