The early 1830s witnessed an extraordinary transformation in British political, literary, and intellectual life. New scientific disciplines begin to take shape, while new concepts of the natural world were hotly debated. James Secord, Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project, captures this unique moment of change by exploring key books, including Charles Lyell's Principles...(展开全部)

This comprehensive book explores the spectacular art of the first millennium B.C. from the Near East to Western Europe. This was the world of Odysseus, in which trade proliferated with Phoenician merchants; of King Midas, whose tomb was adorned with treasures; and of the Bible, whose stories are illuminated by recent artistic and archeological discoveries. It was also a time of...(展开全部)

阿图罗·吉拉尔德斯（Arturo Giraldez） 太平洋大学（University of the Pacific）现代语言和文学系及国际研究学院教授，加州大学圣芭芭拉分校（University of California, Santa Barbara）客座教授，主要研究领域为太平洋历史与西班牙世界的文化历史。

In the bestselling tradition of The Soul of a New Machine, Dealers of Lightning is a fascinating journey of intellectual creation. In the 1970s and '80s, Xerox Corporation brought together a brain-trust of engineering geniuses, a group of computer eccentrics dubbed PARC. This brilliant group created several monumental innovations that triggered a technological revolution, inc...(展开全部)

罗伯特•瓦赫特 ● 加州大学旧金山分校医学院院长、讲席教授，美国国家患者安全基金会理事，曾担任美国内科医学委员会会长，被誉为“医院医生之父”。 ●美国患者安全领域“约翰•艾森伯格奖”获得者，连续10年被《现代医疗》杂志（Modern Healthcare）评选为“美国50位具有影响力的医生高管”。 ●曾帮助美国政府编辑AHRQ患者安全网，他自己的网站也是颇受美国民众欢迎的医疗博客之一。出版过6本著作，是《纽约时报》当之无愧的畅销书作家。

罗伯特•瓦赫特 ● 加州大学旧金山分校医学院院长、讲席教授，美国国家患者安全基金会理事，曾担任美国内科医学委员会会长，被誉为“医院医生之父”。 ●美国患者安全领域“约翰•艾森伯格奖”获得者，连续10年被《现代医疗》杂志（Modern Healthcare）评选为“美国50位具有影响力的医生高管”。 ●曾帮助美国政府编辑AHRQ患者安全网，他自己的网站也是颇受美国民众欢迎的医疗博客之一。出版过6本著作，是《纽约时报》当之无愧的畅销书作家。

The Age of Wonder is a colorful and utterly absorbing history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science. When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired by the scientific ferment sweeping through Britain, the botanist had sailed wi...(展开全部)

The Age of Wonder is a colorful and utterly absorbing history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science. When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired by the scientific ferment sweeping through Britain, the botanist had sailed wi...(展开全部)