A major contribution to contemporary social theory. Not only does it provide a compelling critique of some of the main perspectives in 20th century philosophy and social science, but it also presents a systematic synthesis of the many themse which have preoccupied Habermas for thirty years. --Times Literary Supplement

In recent years, superstring theory has emerged as a promising approach to reconciling general relativity with quantum mechanics and unifying the fundamental interactions. Problems that have seemed insuperable in previous approaches take on a totally new character in the context of superstring theory, and some of them have been overcome. Interest in the subject has greatly incr...(展开全部)

1942年生于西班牙，1979年起任教于加州大学伯克利校区社会学与城市和区域规划学系，曾在巴黎大学任教12年，还曾任教与客座访问于马德里、智利、蒙特利尔、坎皮纳斯、卡拉卡斯、墨西哥、日内瓦、哥本哈根、威斯康星、波士顿、南加州、香港、新加坡、台湾、阿姆斯特丹、莫斯科、新西伯利亚、东京／一桥以及巴塞罗那等地。已出版了20余种著作，包括1989的《信息化城市》，古根海默（Guggenheim）会员，殴盟执委会委员。曾获得莱特・米尔斯奖与罗伯特和海伦・林德奖。

A comprehensive textbook covering not only the ordinary theory of the deformation of solids, but also some topics not usually found in textbooks on the subject, such as thermal conduction and viscosity in solids.

In two magnificent and authoritative volumes, Harold C. Goddard takes readers on a tour through the works of William Shakespeare, celebrating his incomparable plays and unsurpassed literary genius. 戈达德的著作自1951年问世以来即被奉为莎士比亚研究经典，历来受到莎学专家顶礼膜拜，至今其魅力不减。

In two magnificent and authoritative volumes, Harold C. Goddard takes readers on a tour through the works of William Shakespeare, celebrating his incomparable plays and unsurpassed literary genius. 戈达德的著作自1951年问世以来即被奉为莎士比亚研究经典，历来受到莎学专家顶礼膜拜，至今其魅力不减。

In Basic Linguistic Theory R. M. W. Dixon provides a new and fundamental characterization of the nature of human languages and a comprehensive guide to their description and analysis. In three clearly written and accessible volumes, he describes how best to go about doing linguistics, the most satisfactory and profitable ways to work, and the pitfalls to avoid. In the first vol...(展开全部)

This second volume of Marcuse's collected papers includes unpublished manuscripts from the late 1960s and early 1970s, such as Beyond One-Dimensional Man, Cultural Revolution and The Historical Fate of Bourgeois Democracy, as well as a rich collection of letters. It shows Marcuse at his most radical, focusing on his critical theory of contemporary society, his analyses of tec...(展开全部)

This fourth volume of Meyer Schapiro's Selected Papers contains his most important writings on the theory and philosophy of art. His highly lucid arguments, graceful prose, and extraordinary erudition guide readers through a rich variety of fields and issues including the roles in society of the artist and art, of the critic and criticism, and the relationships between patron a...(展开全部)