Sir Geoffrey Lloyd presents a cross-disciplinary study of the problems posed by the unity and diversity of the human mind. On the one hand, as humans we all share broadly the same anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and certain psychological capabilities - the capacity to learn a language, for instance. On the other, different individuals and groups have very different talents,...(展开全部)

埃莱娜・格里莫（Hélène Grimaud）出身于普罗旺斯的埃克斯，如今生活在美国。十三岁，她经全体评委一致同意被法国国立音乐学院录取，成为该学院历史上全票通过入学考试的第一人。两年以后，她以拉赫玛尼诺夫的作品录制他的第一张CD并获得了“唱片协会”的大奖。在世界各地巡回演出的同时，埃莱娜・格里莫还致力于教育事业。她在纽约创办了一个教育中心――“野狼保护中心”。在她还只有十六岁时，大钢琴家乔治・博列特曾如此评价她：“我已经很久没有见过如此杰出的人物了。”

" Je n'ai aucune nostalgie de l'enfance. " Dès les premiers mots, Hélène Grimaud donne le ton de son étonnant récit. L'itinéraire de cette pianiste française de renommée internationale emprunte mille chemins buissonniers ; on la suit, de seuil en seuil, à travers son adolescence prodige, sa rupture avec le milieu parisien, son exil aux Etats-Unis, les doutes et la solitude à Ne...(展开全部)

埃莱娜・格里莫（Hélène Grimaud）出身于普罗旺斯的埃克斯，如今生活在美国。十三岁，她经全体评委一致同意被法国国立音乐学院录取，成为该学院历史上全票通过入学考试的第一人。两年以后，她以拉赫玛尼诺夫的作品录制他的第一张CD并获得了“唱片协会”的大奖。在世界各地巡回演出的同时，埃莱娜・格里莫还致力于教育事业。她在纽约创办了一个教育中心――“野狼保护中心”。在她还只有十六岁时，大钢琴家乔治・博列特曾如此评价她：“我已经很久没有见过如此杰出的人物了。”

" Je n'ai aucune nostalgie de l'enfance. " Dès les premiers mots, Hélène Grimaud donne le ton de son étonnant récit. L'itinéraire de cette pianiste française de renommée internationale emprunte mille chemins buissonniers ; on la suit, de seuil en seuil, à travers son adolescence prodige, sa rupture avec le milieu parisien, son exil aux Etats-Unis, les doutes et la solitude à Ne...(展开全部)

This text provides a comparative investigation of the affinities and differences of two of the most dynamic currents in World Buddhism: Zen Buddhism and the Thai Forest Movement. Defying differences in denomination, culture, and historical epochs, these schools revived an unfettered quest for enlightenment and proceeded to independently forge like practices and doctrines. The a...(展开全部)

First 6 chapters include theory of fields and sufficient conditions for weak and strong extrema. Chapter 7 considers application of variation methods to systems with infinite degrees of freedom, and Chapter 8 deals with direct methods in the calculus of variations. Problems follow each chapter and the 2 appendices.

First 6 chapters include theory of fields and sufficient conditions for weak and strong extrema. Chapter 7 considers application of variation methods to systems with infinite degrees of freedom, and Chapter 8 deals with direct methods in the calculus of variations. Problems follow each chapter and the 2 appendices.

This textbook on the calculus of variations leads the reader from the basics to modern aspects of the theory. One-dimensional problems and the classical issues like Euler-Lagrange equations are treated, as are Noether's theorem, Hamilton-Jacobi theory, and in particular geodesic lines, thereby developing some important geometric and topological aspects. The basic ideas of optim...(展开全部)

Social Movements 1768-2018 provides the most comprehensive historical account of the birth and spread of social movements. Renowned social scientist Charles Tilly applies his synthetic theoretical skills to explain the evolution of social movements across time and space in an accessible manner full of historical vignettes and examples. Tilly explains why social movements are bu...(展开全部)