一幅16世纪的名画，暗藏多少文艺复兴的秘密？细品之，可见宗教的纷争与国家的碰撞、科学的革命与哲学的思辨；再品之，又可见东方与西方的竞争和交流、大航海时代的财富与血泪。本书正是从这样一幅名画娓娓道来，将一个触得到、摸得着的全球性文艺复兴呈现到了我们的面前。

艺术史上，文艺复兴时期堪称是一个巨人的时代。达•芬奇、丢勒、荷尔拜因、米开朗琪罗——这些名字代表着艺术中的尽善尽美，他们的作品至今仍备受尊崇。但是，他们为何能创造出如此杰作？那时的人们又是如何看待这些艺术家及其作品的？ 作者运用丰富生动的例证，展示了文艺复兴时期欧洲各地艺术的内容和形式，说明了它们的创作和发展过程，并分析了这些艺术品在当时的意义，为读者理解文艺复兴艺术构建了一个广阔而具体的背景。

艺术史上，文艺复兴时期堪称是一个巨人的时代。达•芬奇、丢勒、荷尔拜因、米开朗琪罗——这些名字代表着艺术中的尽善尽美，他们的作品至今仍备受尊崇。但是，他们为何能创造出如此杰作？那时的人们又是如何看待这些艺术家及其作品的？ 作者运用丰富生动的例证，展示了文艺复兴时期欧洲各地艺术的内容和形式，说明了它们的创作和发展过程，并分析了这些艺术品在当时的意义，为读者理解文艺复兴艺术构建了一个广阔而具体的背景。

More than ever before, the Renaissance stands as one of the defining moments in world history. Between 1400 and 1600, European perceptions of society, culture, politics and even humanity itself emerged in ways that continue to affect not only Europe but the entire world. This wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance sees the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual exc...(展开全部)

Botticelli, Holbein, Leonardo, Durer, Michelangelo: the names are familiar, as are the works, such as the Last Supper fresco, or the monumental marble statue of David. But who were these artists, why did they produce such memorable images, and how would their original beholders have viewed these objects? Was the Renaissance only about great masters and masterpieces, or were "mi...(展开全部)

Botticelli, Holbein, Leonardo, Durer, Michelangelo: the names are familiar, as are the works, such as the Last Supper fresco, or the monumental marble statue of David. But who were these artists, why did they produce such memorable images, and how would their original beholders have viewed these objects? Was the Renaissance only about great masters and masterpieces, or were "mi...(展开全部)

All living things on Earth are composed of cells. A cell is the simplest unit of a self-contained living organism, and the vast majority of life on Earth consists of single-celled microbes, mostly bacteria. These consist of a simple 'prokaryotic' cell, with no nucleus. The bodies of more complex plants and animals consist of billions of 'eukaryotic' cells, of varying kinds, ada...(展开全部)

为了帮助国内的读者了解胡适的英文作品，我们编选了这本胡适的英文作品选集，选文主要侧重在胡适向西方公众宣传、介绍、阐释中国文化这方面的作品。考虑到读者阅读理解的方便，我们收录了英文作品的中译文，这些译文系从海内外相关资料中辑选而出，由于译文的时间、作者不一，风格不尽一致，有些译文，甚至有紧缩原文的现象，故所收译文只是供读者阅读参考使用。

为了帮助国内的读者了解胡适的英文作品，我们编选了这本胡适的英文作品选集，选文主要侧重在胡适向西方公众宣传、介绍、阐释中国文化这方面的作品。考虑到读者阅读理解的方便，我们收录了英文作品的中译文，这些译文系从海内外相关资料中辑选而出，由于译文的时间、作者不一，风格不尽一致，有些译文，甚至有紧缩原文的现象，故所收译文只是供读者阅读参考使用。

- Introduces in a clear and concise way the most important basic findings and procedures of evolutionary biology - Looks at the evidence for evolution, eg the fossil record, the distribution of species, the similarities and differences between organisms - A section at the end looks at the seemingly difficult problems for the theory of evolution - Explains adaptation and natural...(展开全部)