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)

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.

This is the English version of Otto Pacht's classic text on art history. His approach to art history is shaped by his conviction that visual art, like music, can express ideas in its own medium that no other can. He aims to sharpen the reader's perceptions by recreating the social and cultural context in which an object was made, clarifying unfamiliar notions of space and time ...(展开全部)

Marshall Sahlins centers these essays on islands--Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand--whose histories have intersected with European history. But he is also concerned with the insular thinking in Western scholarship that creates false dichotomies between past and present, between structure and event, between the individual and society. Sahlins's provocative reflections form a powerful c...(展开全部)

An ideal introduction for those starting out as practitioners of mathematical finance, this book provides a clear understanding of the intuition behind derivatives pricing, how models are implemented, and how they are used and adapted in practice. Strengths and weaknesses of different models, e.g. Black-Scholes, stochastic volatility, jump-diffusion and variance gamma, are exam...(展开全部)

This introductory text provides a clear understanding of the intuition behind derivatives pricing, how models are implemented, and how they are used and adapted in practice. M. Joshi covers the strengths and weaknesses of such models as stochastic volatility, jump diffusion, and variance gamma, as well as the Black-Scholes. Examples and exercises, with answers, as well as compu...(展开全部)

威尔•杜兰特（Will Durant，1885―1981），美国著名学者，终身哲学教授，普利策奖（1968年）和自由勋章（1977年）获得者。 他先后在美国圣彼得学院和哥伦比亚大学接受高等教育。后来进入哥伦比亚大学研究生物学，并在美国著名哲学家杜威的指导下攻读哲学，1917年获哥大博士学位。1926年，他出版了《哲学的故事》，获得出乎意料的成功。随后，他花了四十余年的时间完成了广受好评的重要著作——11卷的《世界文明史》。终其一生，杜兰特都热情致力于将哲学和知识从学术的象牙塔中解放出来。

The Lessons of History is a book by historians Will Durant and Ariel Durant. In The Lessons of History the authors provided a summary of periods and trends in history they had noted upon completion of their momentous eleven volume The Story of Civilization. Will Durant stated that he and Ariel "made note of events and comments that might illuminate present affairs, future proba...(展开全部)

米歇尔·德·塞尔托（Michelde Certeau），1925年5月出生在尚贝里城。他是一位充满好奇心、才华横溢且不墨守成规的智者。在接受了扎实的哲学、古典文献学、史学和神学教育之后，他于1950年加入了耶稣会，并在1956年获授圣职，此后一直没有离开。作为一位研究从文艺复兴到古典时期神学文本的历史学家，塞尔托对人类学、语言学以及心理分析学的方法都饶有兴趣。在巴黎、欧洲、美洲培养了大量的学生。1984年7月，离开加利福尼亚大学，返回法国社会科学高等研究院，主讲《信仰的历史人类学》。1986年1月9日，因罹患癌症卒于巴黎。 塞尔托学术视野开阔，研究见解独到、立论坚实、结构严谨，思想上的严格要求始终贯穿于其研究当中。他坚信普通人也有着一种创造性，而非处于被动，每一个人都可以发明一种“适当的”方式，在生命丛林中开辟出一条道路。