This book is the result of discoveries made by Nivison beginning in 1979, It uses critically (without superseding) his monographs from 1983 through 2002, combined with his discoveries through 2008. Its main thrust is to show that the methods and results of the PRC “Three Dynasties Project” are invalid, and that recovering chronology before 841 BCE can be solved only by using th...(展开全部)

【美】阿米尔·艾克塞尔（Amir D. Aczel） 国际著名数学家、科学史研究专家。出生于以色列海法．加州大学伯克利分校获得数学学士和物理学硕士，之后又在俄勒冈大学获得统计学博士学位。著有经典科普作品《费马大定理——解开一个古老数学问题的秘密》《费马大定理》《几率1》《商用统计学》《上帝的方程式——爱因斯坦、相对论和膨胀的宇宙》等。他是个说故事的能手，并是翻译爱因斯坦某些信件的第一人。

【美】阿米尔·艾克塞尔（Amir D. Aczel） 国际著名数学家、科学史研究专家。出生于以色列海法．加州大学伯克利分校获得数学学士和物理学硕士，之后又在俄勒冈大学获得统计学博士学位。著有经典科普作品《费马大定理——解开一个古老数学问题的秘密》《费马大定理》《几率1》《商用统计学》《上帝的方程式——爱因斯坦、相对论和膨胀的宇宙》等。他是个说故事的能手，并是翻译爱因斯坦某些信件的第一人。

The Pulitzer Prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4.6 billion years Twenty years ago, when John McPhee began his journeys back and forth across the United States, he planned to describe a cross section of North America at about the fortieth parallel and, in the process, come to an understanding not only of the science but of the sty...(展开全部)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4.6 billion years Twenty years ago, when John McPhee began his journeys back and forth across the United States, he planned to describe a cross section of North America at about the fortieth parallel and, in the process, come to an understanding not only of the science but of the sty...(展开全部)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4.6 billion years Twenty years ago, when John McPhee began his journeys back and forth across the United States, he planned to describe a cross section of North America at about the fortieth parallel and, in the process, come to an understanding not only of the science but of the sty...(展开全部)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4.6 billion years Twenty years ago, when John McPhee began his journeys back and forth across the United States, he planned to describe a cross section of North America at about the fortieth parallel and, in the process, come to an understanding not only of the science but of the sty...(展开全部)

Monte Verita was once the site of a famous avant-garde community attracting celebrities such as Isadora Duncan, Carl Jung and Thomas Mann. Legend has it that its leader had himself sealed in a grotto in the hillside; when it was unsealed, he had vanished. It is now 1938, and nearby Ascona is hosting a conference on the locked room mystery. A number of the participants are secre...(展开全部)

Monte Verita was once the site of a famous avant-garde community attracting celebrities such as Isadora Duncan, Carl Jung and Thomas Mann. Legend has it that its leader had himself sealed in a grotto in the hillside; when it was unsealed, he had vanished. It is now 1938, and nearby Ascona is hosting a conference on the locked room mystery. A number of the participants are secre...(展开全部)

Long ago, the wizards had vanished from the world, and all knowledge was left hidden in riddles. Morgon, prince of the simple farmers of Hed, proved himself a master of such riddles when he staked his life to win a crown from the dead Lord of Aum. But now ancient, evil forces were threatening him. Shape changers began replacing friends until no man could be trusted. So Morgon w...(展开全部)