Duhem's 1908 essay questions the relation between physical theory and metaphysics and, more specifically, between astronomy and physics–an issue still of importance today. He critiques the answers given by Greek thought, Arabic science, medieval Christian scholasticism, and, finally, the astronomers of the Renaissance.

皮埃尔·迪昂（Pierre Duhem，1861--1916），法国著名的理论物理学家、科学史家和科学哲学家，是科学思想界一位至关重要的人物。他学识渊博，论著丰硕，思想敏锐，影响深远。 庞晓光，1973年出生，黑龙江省佳木斯人，中科院研究生院博士毕业。主要研究方向为科学哲学、科学思想史，现任中央财经大学副教授。

戴维•格雷斯（David Gress），丹麦著名历史学家。1998年出版著作《西方的敌与我：从柏拉图到北约》，全面检视西方的身份认同与宏大叙事，并因此闻名于西方学术界。 格雷斯先后在斯坦福大学胡佛研究所、剑桥大学冈维尔与凯斯学院担任研究员或访问学者，并在丹麦奥胡斯大学、美国波士顿大学讲授西方文明史与古典文化，期间，对国际战略、美国外交政策、北欧政治等均深有研究；目前担任丹麦国际事务研究所研究员、美国费城外交事务研究所美国与西方研究中心主任，同时也是著名智库——丹麦政策研究中心的高级研究员；持续关注西方政治哲学、西方繁荣的起源、当代史、政治文化等，发表、出版了相关论文与著作。

An in-depth intellectual history of the Western idea and a passionate defense of its importance to America's future, "From Plato to NATO" is the first book to make sense of the legacy of the West at a time when it is facing its greatest challenges. Readers of Francis Fukuyama, John Gray, Samuel Huntington, and other analysts of the dilemmas of Western nations in the twenty-firs...(展开全部)

Nearly twenty-five hundred years ago the Greek thinker Heraclitus supposedly uttered the cryptic words 'Phusis kruptesthai philei.' How the aphorism, usually translated as 'Nature loves to hide,' has haunted Western culture ever since is the subject of this engaging study by Pierre Hadot. Taking the allegorical figure of the veiled goddess Isis as a guide, and drawing on the wo...(展开全部)

Nearly twenty-five hundred years ago the Greek thinker Heraclitus supposedly uttered the cryptic words "Phusis kruptesthai philei." How the aphorism, usually translated as "Nature loves to hide," has haunted Western culture ever since is the subject of this engaging study by Pierre Hadot. Taking the allegorical figure of the veiled goddess Isis as a guide, and drawing on the wo...(展开全部)

Richard Harland provides a lucid account of all the major movements in literary theory up to the late 1960s. In a lucid and accessible style, he unfolds a comprehensive "story" of literary theory in all its manifestations. Because contemporary literary theory depends heavily upon European thinkers, the book has an international focus, and its coverage extends from philosophers ...(展开全部)

In this daring work, Edward O. Wilson proposes an alliance between science and religion to save Earth's vanishing biodiversity. Dear Pastor: We have not met, yet I feel I know you well enough to call you friend. First of all, we grew up in the same faith. Although I no longer belong to that faith, I am confident that if we met and spoke privately of our deepest beliefs, it wou...(展开全部)

The book that launched a movement: "Wilson speaks with a humane eloquence which calls to us all" (Oliver Sacks), proposing a historic partnership between scientists and religious leaders to preserve Earth's rapidly vanishing biodiversity. The Creation is E. O. Wilson's most important work since the publications of Sociobiology and Biophilia . Like Rachel Carson's Silent...(展开全部)