From a young age Albie Sachs played a prominent part in the struggle for justice in South Africa. As a result he was detained in solitary confinement, tortured by sleep deprivation and eventually blown up by a car bomb which cost him his right arm and the sight of an eye. His experiences provoked an outpouring of creative thought on the role of law as a protector of human dign...(展开全部)

奥比・萨克斯（Albie Sachs），1935年出生于南非约翰内斯堡，21岁取得法学学士后开始执业，因反对种族隔离政策而被单独监禁、凌虐168天，后被迫流亡英国。1990年，他回到阔别24年的南非，4年后曼德拉当选首任民选总统，奥比・萨克斯参与起草的新宪法获得通过，他成为新成立的宪法法院大法官，在各项涉宪案件的审查工作中，一直扮演着关键角色。 译者 陈毓奇 在台湾大学及宾夕法尼亚大学获得三个硕士学位。曾负责南非前总统德克勒克（William De Klerk）访台时在“和平高峰会”演讲的同步口译。负责本书第二章及以后章节的翻译。 陈礼工 台湾政治大学法律系、伦敦大学学院法律硕士班毕业，现于牛津大学攻读法律哲学。负责本书序言、第一章的翻译。

To women the world over, perfume means glamour, and in the world of perfume, Jean-Claude Ellena is a superstar. In this one-of-a-kind book, the legendary Ellena himself takes the reader through the doors of his laboratory and explains the process of creating precious fragrances, revealing key methods and "recipes" involved in this mysterious alchemy. Perfume is an extremely com...(展开全部)

From one of our preeminent neuroscientists: a landmark reflection that spans the biological and social sciences, offering a new way of understanding the origins of life, feeling, and culture. The Strange Order of Things is a pathbreaking investigation into homeostasis, the condition of that regulates human physiology within the range that makes possible not only the survival b...(展开全部)

From one of our preeminent neuroscientists: a landmark reflection that spans the biological and social sciences, offering a new way of understanding the origins of life, feeling, and culture. The Strange Order of Things is a pathbreaking investigation into homeostasis, the condition of that regulates human physiology within the range that makes possible not only the survival b...(展开全部)

What is objectivity? What is the rule of law? Are the operations of legal systems objective? If so, in what ways and to what degrees are they objective? Does anything of importance depend on the objectivity of law? These are some of the principal questions addressed by Matthew H. Kramer in this lucid and wide-ranging study that introduces readers to vital areas of philosophical...(展开全部)

What is objectivity? What is the rule of law? Are the operations of legal systems objective? If so, in what ways and to what degrees are they objective? Does anything of importance depend on the objectivity of law? These are some of the principal questions addressed by Matthew H. Kramer in this lucid and wide-ranging study that introduces readers to vital areas of philosophical...(展开全部)

In The Secrets of Alchemy, Lawrence M. Principe, one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject, brings alchemy out of the shadows and restores it to its important place in human history and culture. By surveying what alchemy was and how it began, developed, and overlapped with a range of ideas and pursuits, Principe illuminates the practice. He vividly depicts the place...(展开全部)

Alchemy, the "Noble Art," conjures up scenes of mysterious, dimly lit laboratories populated with bearded old men stirring cauldrons. Though the history of alchemy is intricately linked to the history of chemistry, alchemy has nonetheless often been dismissed as the realm of myth and magic, or fraud and pseudoscience. And while its themes and ideas persist in some expected and ...(展开全部)

The Alchemy Of The Heavens offers an exciting and accessible survey of what we know about our galaxy. The home of the earth, the sun, and countless other stars, the Milky Way has long been an object of human fascintation, but it's been in the last forty years that astromoners and astrophysicists have made the most startling discoveries about our galaxy. Author Ken Croswell rev...(展开全部)