From opals to orchids and tapirs to toadstools, this beautiful collection brings more than 100 incredible items from the natural world, from microscopic life to plants and animals. Perfect for all the nature-loving readers on the planet we call home.

Discover Earth's most beautiful and fascinating natural landmarks. From the spectacular granite domes of Yosemite to the reefs of the Bahama Banks and the ice sheets of the Antarctic, this is an unparalleled survey of the world's natural treasures. From the Rocky Mountains to the Great barrier Reef and everything in between, Natural Wonders of the World combines breathtaking la...(展开全部)

Discover Earth's most beautiful and fascinating natural landmarks. From the spectacular granite domes of Yosemite to the reefs of the Bahama Banks and the ice sheets of the Antarctic, this is an unparalleled survey of the world's natural treasures. From the Rocky Mountains to the Great barrier Reef and everything in between, Natural Wonders of the World combines breathtaking la...(展开全部)

伊恩•斯图尔特，英国皇家学会院士，毕业于剑桥大学（硕士）和华威大学（博士），拥有5个荣誉学位，。他先后出版了100多部著作，包括与特里•普拉切特（Terry Pratchett）、杰克•科恩（Jack Cohen）合著的《蝶形世界的科学》系列畅销书。他获得过英国皇家学会法拉第奖章、英国数学及应用研究所金奖、塞曼奖、路易斯•托马斯奖等，曾多次出现在电台和电视节目中，研究领域主要包括图形的形成、混沌、网络动态、生物数学等。

纳塔莉・安吉尔 纳塔莉・安吉尔：《纽约时报》科普专栏作家，她把创造性和无穷探索的精神与机智幽默的文学风格结合起来，对大自然和生命本质进行深刻考察和思索，对人类最新科学成就进行通俗而又妙趣横生的综述。其杰出成就使她获得了新闻及科普文学的最高奖项――普利策奖、刘易斯・托马斯奖和美国科学进步协会奖。本书是其最为人所称道的代表作，在美国畅销不衰。

纳塔莉・安吉尔 纳塔莉・安吉尔：《纽约时报》科普专栏作家，她把创造性和无穷探索的精神与机智幽默的文学风格结合起来，对大自然和生命本质进行深刻考察和思索，对人类最新科学成就进行通俗而又妙趣横生的综述。其杰出成就使她获得了新闻及科普文学的最高奖项――普利策奖、刘易斯・托马斯奖和美国科学进步协会奖。本书是其最为人所称道的代表作，在美国畅销不衰。

1929. The course of Gifford Lectures that Eddington delivered in the University of Edinburgh in January to March 1927. It treats of the philosophical outcome of the great changes of scientific thought which have recently come about. The theory of relativity and the quantum theory have led to strange new conceptions of the physical world; the progress of the principles of thermo...(展开全部)

Nature, money, work, care, food, energy, and lives: these are the seven things that have made our world and will shape its future. In making these things cheap, modern commerce has transformed, governed, and devastated Earth. In A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, Raj Patel and Jason W. Moore present a new approach to analyzing today’s planetary emergencies. Bringing ...(展开全部)

拉杰·帕特尔(Raj Patel)，美国知名记者、作家、社会活动家和学者。拉杰拥有牛津大学政治经济学与哲学学士学位、伦敦政治经济学院硕士学位和康奈尔大学发展社会学博士学位。 詹森·W.摩尔(Jason W. Moore)，美国纽约州立大学宾汉顿分校地理学者和世界历史学家，是“资本纪”理念和世界生态学观点方面的主要理论学家。时常撰写环境史、全球危机和经济变革等相关文章，创作以及参与过七部作品，其中包括《生命网络中的资本主义：生态与资本的累积》。