The Universe and Beyond is a fact-packed, up-to-date guide to the universe written by best-selling astronomy author Terence Dickinson. This new edition includes all the most recent astronomical discoveries and events and features imaginative astronomical illustrations and dramatic photography from the Hubble Space Telescope, space probes and the largest observatories on Earth. ...(展开全部)

作者:（加）特伦斯·迪金森 TERENCE DICKINSON 译者:陈冬妮 特伦斯·迪金森是享誉世界的加拿大天文科普作家。自从5 岁时看到耀眼的流星，迪金森就对天文学产生了兴趣。20 世纪60 年代到70年代，迪金森是天文馆的工作人员，此后他成为全职的天文作家和编辑,《探寻宇宙 现代天文学通俗指南》和《夜观星空》都是他的代表作品。他的旅行足迹遍及世界各地最大的天文台站，也因此燃起了创作本书的欲望。除了已撰写的15 本天文书籍外，迪金森还编辑出版了加拿大的《天空新闻》杂志。他获得了众多奖项，包括纽约学院儿童科学书籍年度奖、太平洋天文协会克伦普客－罗伯兹公众天文学特殊贡献奖、加拿大勋章、安大略省彼得伯勒市特伦特大学荣誉博士等，第5272号小行星也以迪金森的姓氏命名。

作者:（加）特伦斯·迪金森 TERENCE DICKINSON 译者:陈冬妮 特伦斯·迪金森是享誉世界的加拿大天文科普作家。自从5 岁时看到耀眼的流星，迪金森就对天文学产生了兴趣。20 世纪60 年代到70年代，迪金森是天文馆的工作人员，此后他成为全职的天文作家和编辑,《探寻宇宙 现代天文学通俗指南》和《夜观星空》都是他的代表作品。他的旅行足迹遍及世界各地最大的天文台站，也因此燃起了创作本书的欲望。除了已撰写的15 本天文书籍外，迪金森还编辑出版了加拿大的《天空新闻》杂志。他获得了众多奖项，包括纽约学院儿童科学书籍年度奖、太平洋天文协会克伦普客－罗伯兹公众天文学特殊贡献奖、加拿大勋章、安大略省彼得伯勒市特伦特大学荣誉博士等，第5272号小行星也以迪金森的姓氏命名。

The Universe and Beyond is a fact-packed, up-to-date guide to the universe written by best-selling astronomy author Terence Dickinson. This new edition includes all the most recent astronomical discoveries and events and features imaginative astronomical illustrations and dramatic photography from the Hubble Space Telescope, space probes and the largest observatories on Earth. ...(展开全部)

"HYSTERICAL!" --The Philadelphia Inquirer The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads--so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the white killer robots of Krikkit and their goal of total annihilation. They are Arthur Dent, a mild-mannered space and time traveler, who tries to ...(展开全部)

In consequence of a number of stunning catastrophes, Arther Dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable cave on prehistoric Earth. However, just as he thinks that things cannot possibly get any worse, they suddenly do. He discovers that the galaxy is not only mind-bogglingly big and bewildering, but also that most of the things that happen in it are stragg...(展开全部)

Beyond Einstein takes readers on an exciting excursion into the discoveries that have led scientists to the brightest new prospect in theoretical physics today -- superstring theory. What is superstring theory and why is it important? This revolutionary breakthrough may well be the fulfillment of Albert Einstein's lifelong dream of a Theory of Everything, uniting the laws of p...(展开全部)

Brief, carefully paced lessons on options and trading strategies using verbal definitions and many trading examples for clarification. Each lesson builds on the one preceding it and explains options in plain English, from start to finish. Step-by-step coverage of controlling risk, protecting your investments -- even advanced strategies other introductory books ignore! Authored ...(展开全部)

Whether pondering why some numbers are uncountable, or why infinity + 1 is not the same as 1 + infinity, we've all asked the same question: What is infinity? In Beyond Infinity, Eugenia Cheng takes us on a staggering journey from elemental math to its loftiest abstractions. Along the way she considers how to use a chessboard to plan a worldwide dinner party, how to make a chick...(展开全部)

Japan is the pre-eminent food nation on earth. The Japanese go to the most extraordinary lengths and expense to eat the finest, most delectable, and downright freakiest food imaginable. Their creativity, dedication and ingenuity, not to mention courage in the face of dishes such as cod sperm, whale penis and octopus ice cream, is only now beginning to be fully appreciated in th...(展开全部)