From the beginning of history, measurement has been interwoven into the human experience, shaping our understanding of nature, personal relationships, and the supernatural. We measure the world to know our past, comprehend the present, and plan the future. Renowned physicist Piero Martin explores how scientific knowledge is built around seven key pillars of measurement: the me...(展开全部)

约翰·罗谟，毕业于英国皇家艺术学院，参与美国芝加哥大学在上埃及底比斯碑言文调查，从此开始考古生涯。过去二十五年间，他在专业考古　与著书、影视创作之间游走，其著作和电视片获得批评家的好评。他目前在地中海地区和中东生活和工作。

关于这本书，美国历史学家史景迁（Jonathan D.Spence）在其《中国纵横》（Chinese Roundabout）中撰文《做中国人》作了精彩的介绍。 大凡研究中国的人都不免要问这样的问题：“做中国人意味着什么？”究竟是怎样一种价值观念，或者说是怎样一种文化，与历史的经验和共同的民族起源互相影响着，将中国人紧紧的维系在一起？ 杰里·邓尔麟的著作《钱穆与七房桥世界》是迄今我所见到的对上面这个问题最精细、最理性也是最合理的一个回答。邓尔麟给我们讲述的是历史学家、哲学家钱穆的故事。钱穆自1895年出生至1949年解放，一直生活在中国大陆，后来他相继寓居香港和台湾。钱穆是在江苏省一个名为“七房桥”的小村长大的。这个祖业辉煌的家族，它的晚辈在商业上的广泛投资，它所拥有的巨大良田资产，以及这个家族的慈善宽厚和慷慨，都使得钱氏家族，不论在精神上还是在经济上...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

The art market has been booming. Museum attendance is surging. More people than ever call themselves artists. Contemporary art has become a mass entertainment, a luxury good, a job description, and, for some, a kind of alternative religion. In a series of beautifully paced narratives, Sarah Thornton investigates the drama of a Christie's auction, the workings in Takashi Murakam...(展开全部)

谢林（F. W. J. Schelling, 1775-1854），德国唯心主义哲学家，与康德、费希特、黑格尔并称德国古典哲学四大家。代表作品有《自我作为哲学的本原》《一种自然哲学的理念》《先验唯心论体系》《哲学与宗教》《论人类自由的本质及相关对象》《世界时代》《神话哲学》《启示哲学》等。 先刚，图宾根大学哲学博士，北京大学哲学系教授，博士生导师。主要研究领域：德国古典哲学、古希腊哲学、西方哲学史。

A new English translation of Schelling’s unfinished magnum opus, complete with a contextualizing introduction by the translator. A new translation of the third and most sustained version of Schelling’s magnum opus, this great heroic poem is a genealogy of time. Anticipating Heidegger, as well as contemporary debates about post-modernity and the limits of dialectical thinking, S...(展开全部)

The first English translation of the first of three versions of this unfinished work by Schelling. In 1810, after establishing a reputation as Europe’s most prolific philosopher, F. W. J. Schelling embarked on his most ambitious project, The Ages of the World. For over a decade he produced multiple drafts of the work before finally conceding its failure, a “failure” in which He...(展开全部)

This third edition of Kenneth Katzner's best-selling guide to languages is essential reading for language enthusiasts everywhere. Written with the non-specialist in mind, its user-friendly style and layout, delightful original passages, and exotic scripts, will continue to fascinate the reader. This new edition has been thoroughly revised to include more languages, more countri...(展开全部)