General Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer were the two men chiefly responsible for the building of the first atomic bomb at Los Alamos, code name "The Manhattan Project." As the ranking military officer in charge of marshalling men and material for what was to be the most ambitious, expensive engineering feat in history, it was General Groves who hired Oppenheimer (with k...(展开全部)

In the long-awaited sequel to his surprise bestseller, Save the Cat , author and screenwriter Blake Snyder returns to form in a fast-paced follow-up that proves why his is the most talked-about approach to screenwriting in years. In the perfect companion piece to his first book, Snyder delivers even more insider's information gleaned from a 20-year track record as ?one of Holly...(展开全部)

Most popular books about science, and even about mathematics, tiptoe around equations as if they were something to be hidden from the reader's tender eyes. Dana Mackenzie starts from the opposite premise: He celebrates equations. No history of art would be complete without pictures. Why, then, should a history of mathematics - the universal language of science - keep the master...(展开全部)

达纳·麦肯齐，普林斯顿大学数学博士，自由科学记者，科普作家。他早年在杜克大学等大学教了13年的数学，但从未感觉教书是自己的使命，写作反而是他的最爱。1996年，在发现可以利用互联网传播科学知识后，他决定利用自己的数学和科学知识当一名专职作家，他经常在《科学》《发现》《新科学人》等杂志发表文章，他的著作有：《数学科学在发生着什么》《大撞击，或月球是怎么来的》。2012年麦肯齐获“美国数学政策联合会年度传播大奖”。

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)

Most popular books about science, and even about mathematics, tiptoe around equations as if they were something to be hidden from the reader's tender eyes. Dana Mackenzie starts from the opposite premise: He celebrates equations. No history of art would be complete without pictures. Why, then, should a history of mathematics - the universal language of science - keep the master...(展开全部)

达纳·麦肯齐，普林斯顿大学数学博士，自由科学记者，科普作家。他早年在杜克大学等大学教了13年的数学，但从未感觉教书是自己的使命，写作反而是他的最爱。1996年，在发现可以利用互联网传播科学知识后，他决定利用自己的数学和科学知识当一名专职作家，他经常在《科学》《发现》《新科学人》等杂志发表文章，他的著作有：《数学科学在发生着什么》《大撞击，或月球是怎么来的》。2012年麦肯齐获“美国数学政策联合会年度传播大奖”。

Pottery tells us about religion, daily life, humor, trade, sex, folklore and creativity. Bearing the imprint of their maker more than any other crafted object, ceramics give us a unique physical link to the past, often the only evidence of long-forgotten civilizations that have otherwise crumbled to dust. From ancient Egyptian canopic death jars to ethereally beautiful porcelai...(展开全部)

We have a problem with Stuff. With just 5 percent of the world’s population, we’re consuming 30 percent of the world’s resources and creating 30 percent of the world’s waste. If everyone consumed at U.S. rates, we would need three to five planets! This alarming fact drove Annie Leonard to create the Internet film sensation The Story of Stuff, which has been viewed over 10 mill...(展开全部)

We have a problem with Stuff. With just 5 percent of the world’s population, we’re consuming 30 percent of the world’s resources and creating 30 percent of the world’s waste. If everyone consumed at U.S. rates, we would need three to five planets! This alarming fact drove Annie Leonard to create the Internet film sensation The Story of Stuff, which has been viewed over 10 mill...(展开全部)