A wonderfully readable account of scientific development over the past five hundred years, focusing on the lives and achievements of individual scientists, by the bestselling author of In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat In this ambitious new book, John Gribbin tells the stories of the people who have made science, and of the times in which they lived and worked. He begins with Cop...(展开全部)

A wonderfully readable account of scientific development over the past five hundred years, focusing on the lives and achievements of individual scientists, by the bestselling author of In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat In this ambitious new book, John Gribbin tells the stories of the people who have made science, and of the times in which they lived and worked. He begins with Cop...(展开全部)

✍ 著者简介 [美]吉姆·鲍威尔（Jim Powell），美国加图研究所高级研究员，自由史专家。曾为《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《君子》《美国遗产》等撰稿。曾在英国、德国、日本、阿根廷、巴西等国家，以及哈佛大学、斯坦福大学等高校做演讲和讲学。 ✍ 译者简介 岳玉庆，青岛大学外语学院英语系教授、中国翻译协会专家会员。

✍ 著者简介 [美]吉姆·鲍威尔（Jim Powell），美国加图研究所高级研究员，自由史专家。曾为《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《君子》《美国遗产》等撰稿。曾在英国、德国、日本、阿根廷、巴西等国家，以及哈佛大学、斯坦福大学等高校做演讲和讲学。 ✍ 译者简介 岳玉庆，青岛大学外语学院英语系教授、中国翻译协会专家会员。

Author of a number of celebrated works, including the bestselling The Story of the Jews and Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution, Simon Schama's latest book fuses history and art to create a tour de force of narrative sweep and illuminating insight. Using images from works-paintings, photographs, lithographs, etchings, sketches-found in London's National Portrait Gall...(展开全部)

Author of a number of celebrated works, including the bestselling The Story of the Jews and Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution, Simon Schama's latest book fuses history and art to create a tour de force of narrative sweep and illuminating insight. Using images from works-paintings, photographs, lithographs, etchings, sketches-found in London's National Portrait Gall...(展开全部)

Frank Ching brings to life 900 years of Chinese history through his own fascinating family tree. Beginning with his search for the grave of his first recorded ancestor, the 11th century poet Qin Guan, and ending with a moving account of his relationship with his father, a victim of China's historic upheaval, Frank Ching introduces a colourful cast of characters. His unbroken fa...(展开全部)

Frank Ching brings to life 900 years of Chinese history through his own fascinating family tree. Beginning with his search for the grave of his first recorded ancestor, the 11th century poet Qin Guan, and ending with a moving account of his relationship with his father, a victim of China's historic upheaval, Frank Ching introduces a colourful cast of characters. His unbroken fa...(展开全部)

Confucius—“Master Kung” (551–479 BCE), the Chinese thinker and social philosopher—originated teachings that have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese thought and life over many centuries. His philosophy emphasized personal and governmental morality, justice, and appropriateness in social relationships. In time these values gained prominence in China over ...(展开全部)

Commissioned in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Powered Flight. The airplane is a system comprising aspects of aerodynamics, propulsion, flight dynamics, and structures. This book outlines the history of the technical development of the airplane. Richly illustrated, it moves the reader through time beginning with Leonardo da Vinci and forward to the present. In each chr...(展开全部)