A thought-provoking history of papyrus paper―from its origins in Egypt to its spread throughout the world―revealing how it helped usher in a new era of human history. For our entire history, humans have always searched for new ways to share information. This innate compulsion led to the origin of writing on the rock walls of caves and coffin lids or carving on tablets. But it w...(展开全部)

乔纳森·戴利（JonathanDaly），哈佛大学历史学博士，伊利诺伊大学历史学教授，美国斯拉夫研究会成员，研究聚焦于现代文明的诞生和俄罗斯近现代史。在数十年的教学生涯中，戴利广受师生欢迎，并于2008年获雪莉·比尔奖。著有《欧洲如何塑造现代世界》《俄国革命及其影响》等。

乔纳森·戴利（JonathanDaly），哈佛大学历史学博士，伊利诺伊大学历史学教授，美国斯拉夫研究会成员，研究聚焦于现代文明的诞生和俄罗斯近现代史。在数十年的教学生涯中，戴利广受师生欢迎，并于2008年获雪莉·比尔奖。著有《欧洲如何塑造现代世界》《俄国革命及其影响》等。

A magisterial account of how a tiny city-state in ancient Greece became history’s most influential civilization, from the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian Filled with tales of adventure and astounding reversals of fortune, The Rise of Athens celebrates the city-state that transformed the world—from the democratic revolution that mark...(展开全部)

A magisterial account of how a tiny city-state in ancient Greece became history’s most influential civilization, from the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian Filled with tales of adventure and astounding reversals of fortune, The Rise of Athens celebrates the city-state that transformed the world—from the democratic revolution that mark...(展开全部)

The civilization of ancient Egypt continues to cast its spell across the millenia. This is undoubtedly due to the astonishing architectural, artistic, and technological achievements of that culture, as well as its advanced system of writing and the quality of its literature. An international team of scholars has come together for this book in order to present the extraordinary ...(展开全部)

《新科学家》New Scientist创建于1956年，是一家国际性科学周刊，在科学出版界具有世界性的声望，在全世界有超过500万忠实读者。 格雷厄姆·劳顿，《新科学家》杂志执行主编，毕业于英国帝国理工学院，获得生物化学学士学位和科学传播硕士学位，在科学写作方面获得过许多奖项。 珍妮弗·丹尼尔，《纽约时报》著名插画设计师，Google创意总监。

De Architectura, the ten books by the Roman architect Vitruvius, survives as the only complete architectural treatise from antiquity. Its influence from the early Renaissance on was enormous, and many architects and theorists in Renaissance Italy, following Vitruvius's example, attempted to codify architectural practice and theory by writing their own treatises. In this importa...(展开全部)