本书原书由台湾东大图书公司于2000年出版，新版作了订正，同时增加了一篇序言《科学何以成为科学：爱因斯坦品读牛顿》。本书尽可能地利用原始资料，从文化层面介绍牛顿的生平及其工作。作者认为，承继科学革命时代一百五十年人类探索研究的精华而集大成者是英国科学家牛顿，他以近乎神一般的理解力最终说明了行星的运动、彗星的轨道和大海的潮汐。人类对于其自身厕身其间的宇宙的认识，就建立在这一理解之上；而牛顿的工作所提示的理性精神，则远远超过了物理学、天文学或任何一种具体学科的范围，成为人类思维的主要方法和准则。

Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith galvanized readers with their astonishing Jackson Pollock: An American Saga, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography, a book acclaimed for its miraculous research and overwhelming narrative power. Now Naifeh and Smith have written another tour de force—an exquisitely detailed, compellingly readable, and ultimately heartbreaking portrait of creative genius Vincent van Gogh.
Working with the full cooperation of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Naifeh and Smith have accessed a wealth of previously untapped materials. While drawing liberally from the artist’s famously eloquent letters, they have also delved into hundreds of unpublished family correspondences, illuminating with poignancy the wanderings of Van Gogh’s troubled, restless soul. Naifeh and Smith bring a crucial understanding to the larger-than-life mythology of this great artist—his early struggles to find his place in the world; his intense relationship with his brother Theo; his impetus for turning to brush and canvas; and his move to Provence, where in a brief burst of incandescent productivity he painted some of the best-loved works in Western art.
The authors also shed new light on many unexplored aspects of Van Gogh’s inner world: his deep immersion in literature and art; his erratic and tumultuous romantic life; and his bouts of depression and mental illness.
Though countless books have been written about Van Gogh, and though the broad outlines of his tragedy have long inhabited popular culture, no serious, ambitious examination of his life has been attempted in more than seventy years. Naifeh and Smith have re-created Van Gogh’s life with an astounding vividness and psychological acuity that bring a completely new and sympathetic understanding to this unique artistic genius whose signature images of sunflowers and starry nights have won a permanent place in the human imagination.
Praise
Advance praise for Van Gogh: The Life
“The definitive biography for decades to come.”—Leo Jansen, curator, the Van Gogh Museum, and co-editor of Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Letters
Praise for Jackson Pollock: An American Saga
“A superb biography [that] reads with the fluid grace of a fine novel. . . . In a period of many fine biographies, this ranks among the best.”—Detroit Free Press
“Amazing . . . An extraordinarily riveting work, full of miraculous research.”—Chicago Sun-Times
“Brilliant and definitive . . . so absorbing in its narrative drive and so exhaustingly detailed that it makes everything that came before seem like trial balloons.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Monumental and impressive.”—The Washington Post
“Unprecedented . . . Never before have we had such a thorough and affecting account of an American artist.”—Los Angeles Times
“As imposing as a history book, as entertaining as a novel, and as close as the reader may ever come to sharing the breadth—and sensing the madness—of artistic genius and the genesis of a masterpiece.”—USA Today

雅諾什．科爾奈是傑出的匈牙利經濟學家，青年時曾狂熱地信奉社會主義，之後轉而批判社會主義政治和經濟體系。他的家人大部分在二戰猶太大屠殺中喪生。他先後做過報社記者、研究員（因為政府禁止他在本國從事教學工作），1956年匈牙利十月革命爆發，他已具備堅實的理論基礎，成為頗具影響力的理論家。科爾奈是東西學術界交流的使者，並在哈佛大學經濟學終身教授職位上榮休。《思想的力量》是以第一身角度追溯了科爾奈一生的學術探索之旅。
這部自傳描述了科爾奈長達半個世紀的研究經歷及其成果，並介紹了進行這些研究工作時的社會和政治環境。許多秘密警察文件及告密者對科爾奈活動的報告，塵封已久，最近才得到披露，在如此重大困難的環境下，清楚地展示了作者在探索學術追求真理中所擁有的勇氣和思想力。科爾奈發表的《經濟管理的過度集中化》（1956），是第一部鐵幕生活下的人公開批判蘇式經濟的著作，在匈牙利國內受到猛烈抨擊，但卻受西方經濟學家青睞。科爾奈－利普塔克的雙層計劃理論引起數理經濟學家的注意。他後來出版了一系列著作，如備受爭議的《反均衡論》（1971），批評當時用來分析市場的主流經濟理論──一般均衡理論；《短缺經濟學》（1980）；《通向自由經濟之路》（1990）以及總結其畢生研究成果的著作《社會主義制度：共產主義的政治經濟學》（1992）。
對於主修經濟學思想、社會主義制度和後社會主義轉軌等專業的學生，以及對東歐學界如何經歷共產體制興衰感興趣的讀者，《思想的力量》是一本必備的重要學術參考書。

《希尔伯特数学世界的亚历山大》是被科学界公认的经典读本。大卫·希尔伯特是20世纪上半叶国际数学界的一位领袖人物，他于1900年在巴黎第二届国际数学家大会上提出的23个数学问题，激发了整个数学界的想象力，造就了20世纪一大批著名的数学家。此后，这些问题几乎成为检阅数学重大成就的一张航图。这位创造20世纪数学史奇迹的数学家和数学思想家，就像数学世界的亚历山大，在整个数学版图上留下了巨大显赫的名声。全书以平静的笔触叙述了这位极富想象力的人在一个极抽象的世界里如鱼得水、平淡而又神奇的一生。

"It presents a sensitive portrait of a great human being. It describes accurately and intelligibly on a nontechnical level the world of mathematical ideas in which Hilbert created his masterpieces. And it illuminates the background of German social history against which the drama of Hilberts life was played. Beyond this, it is a poem in praise of mathematics." -SCIENCE

《我和爷爷熊庆来》讲述了：作者熊有德女士曾在爷爷熊庆来身边度过了她的青少年时代。正是因为这段难忘的岁月，使熊有德女士能够有机会近距离地接触和了解一代数学大师的思想和生平。不少的媒体都刊登过有关熊庆来先生的回忆文章，坊间也有多种关于他的传记作品，但熊有德女士都不太满意，她觉得很多作品仅仅是从学术的角度来解读，有的甚至把爷爷熊庆来神化了，尤其是对他的生活和思想，很少有客观真实的描写。所以，她一直有个夙愿，在有生之年用文字给世人留下一个真实的熊庆来。在熊庆来先生去世四十周年之际，熊有德女士终于写完了这部厚重的回忆录，而此时她已是花甲之年。
熊有德女士坦言除了了却夙愿，这部作品她也是专门写给年轻人看的。她在序言里写道：“我的这一本书写在爷爷去世四十周年纪念的前夕，是对爷爷的纪念，也是对后来人的一个鼓励，希望后人接过接力棒，把知识分子的美德，清贫刻苦、努力钻研、为国为民的好风格代代传下去。”虽然逝者已去，但他用毕生精力所铸就的不朽丰碑仍将永远耸立在那里，他的精神也将永留世间。

本书介绍了60位数学家的生平，从1707年出生的欧拉到1903年出生的冯·诺伊曼。他们通过各自的思想、教学或是其他方式，对数学作出了重要贡献。
这60位数学家经历多样、命运各异。他们中仅有3位女性，分别是热尔曼、柯瓦列夫斯卡娅和诺特。他们在文化上非常多元化，特别是犹太人占了很大比例。虽然有一些人来自非常富有的家庭，但大多数人出身贫寒。总的来说，比起他们的父母来，他们的社会地位得到了显著提升。这些人中的大部分都有着寻常的天分。阅读本书，你就能了解数学如何改变了他们的命运，以及他们如何改变了数学。

New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides returns with a white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded Age
In the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: the North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans, although theories abounded. The foremost cartographer in the world, a German named August Petermann, believed that warm currents sustained a verdant island at the top of the world. National glory would fall to whoever could plant his flag upon its shores.
James Gordon Bennett, the eccentric and stupendously wealthy owner of The New York Herald, had recently captured the world's attention by dispatching Stanley to Africa to find Dr. Livingstone. Now he was keen to re-create that sensation on an even more epic scale. So he funded an official U.S. naval expedition to reach the Pole, choosing as its captain a young officer named George Washington De Long, who had gained fame for a rescue operation off the coast of Greenland. De Long led a team of 32 men deep into uncharted Arctic waters, carrying the aspirations of a young country burning to become a world power. On July 8, 1879, the USS Jeannette set sail from San Francisco to cheering crowds in the grip of "Arctic Fever."
The ship sailed into uncharted seas, but soon was trapped in pack ice. Two years into the harrowing voyage, the hull was breached. Amid the rush of water and the shrieks of breaking wooden boards, the crew abandoned the ship. Less than an hour later, the Jeannette sank to the bottom,and the men found themselves marooned a thousand miles north of Siberia with only the barest supplies. Thus began their long march across the endless ice—a frozen hell in the most lonesome corner of the world. Facing everything from snow blindness and polar bears to ferocious storms and frosty labyrinths, the expedition battled madness and starvation as they desperately strove for survival.
With twists and turns worthy of a thriller, In The Kingdom of Ice is a spellbinding tale of heroism and determination in the most unforgiving territory on Earth.

Based on a National Magazine Award-winning article, this masterful biography of Hungarian-born Paul Erdos is both a vivid portrait of an eccentric genius and a layman's guide to some of this century's most startling mathematical discoveries.

Beethoven biographer Solomon here presents a revisionist biography of Mozart, which his publisher claims is the first full-scale biography in nearly 40 years. Certainly it is a major work in terms of heft and range. Solomon will have none of the "divine child" approach, limning instead a man growing up under the shadow of an impossibly demanding father who was at once overprotective and jealous of his son's vast gifts. There is a great deal of psychological probing into the agonies of their relationship, much of it sensible; and Solomon paints an indelible portrait of Mozart's last years, begging for money, guilty about his deprived wife Constanze, resentful of being virtually cut out of his father's will, yet still heroically forging a new musical aesthetic. He also clears up much of the mystery about the bizarre Requiem commission, and the burial in the "pauper's grave." He is convinced that Mozart and his cousin "the Basle," recipient of many of the infamous smutty letters, were lovers for a time; and the portrait of the composer that emerges is of an extraordinarily sensitive, liberal-minded (the Masonic material is superb), extravagant but responsible person who has been much belittled by biographers beginning almost immediately after his death. Solomon also writes acutely about what was daringly new, and wonderfully enduring, about Mozart's music. Only a certain lack of flow between the chapters suggests the origin of much of this material in lectures. Illustrations. BOMC selection.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

尽管这一切都已时过境迁，物去人非，连那个时代种种标志物都成了收藏品，但它在社会生活里和我的心里却还时隐时现，并使我不得安宁。
这一次，冯骥才讲述自己的“文革”十年
历史不是他者，它已是你生命深处的一部分

《杨度与梁启超——我们的祖父与外祖父》系杨度之孙杨友麒、梁启超外孙女吴荔明夫妇合著，也是国内第一部杨度和梁启超的合传。全书史料丰厚，见解独到，总以时间为序，在整体纵向叙述的同时，采取比较研究的方式横向论述，横纵交替。不单介绍了杨度和梁启超的生平及二人的关系，也介绍了他们与同时代重要历史人物关系、他们在重大历史事件中发挥的作用。最后部分还专章介绍了杨度与梁启超的后代，以现其流风余韵，对当今读者尤为有益。
阅世谁如朗月，成功只有东风。
江山人物古今同，尽入扁舟一梦。
——杨度
不恨年华去也，只恐少年心事，强半为销磨。愿替众生病，稽首礼维摩。
——梁启超
他是杨度的孙子，她是梁启超的外孙女。
杨友麒、吴荔明伉俪晚年成书，
向你讲述两位祖辈的传奇人生!

本书深沉地展示了传主在社会急剧转型、国家衰弱危亡之际而鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已，在国难家难中缔造复旦、奠基复旦的历程，以及他探索的既融合耶鲁，又具有崭新的中西文化特色的大学管理和教学的理念、方法。通过与时代背景的有机交融和生动的故事贯穿，使我们读到一段也许快被人们遗忘的复旦历史和复旦精神，感受到它对我们整个国家和民族的过去、现在和未来的深刻影响。
“复旦复旦旦复旦，巍巍学府文章焕。学术独立，思想自由，政罗教网无羁绊。”这就是李登辉长校期间创立的复旦精神的精髓，它必将为一代又一代复旦人所承继和发扬，为争创世界一流大学而“日月光华同灿烂”。

This richly detailed biography captures both the personal life and the scientific career of Isaac Newton, presenting a fully rounded picture of Newton the man, the scientist, the philosopher, the theologian, and the public figure. Professor Westfall treats all aspects of Newton's career, but his account centres on a full description of Newton's achievements in science. Thus the core of the work describes the development of the calculus, the experimentation that altered the direction of the science of optics, and especially the investigations in celestial dynamics that led to the law of universal gravitation.

作者取晒太阳时闲话之义，于八十年代前期著文，写三十年代前期以北京大学为中心的旧人旧事，得章太炎、黄晦闻等六十余篇，集为《负暄琐话》，于1986年出版。用意是记可传之人、可感之事和可念之情。作者说“是当作诗和史写的”，因而笔下总是轻松中含有严肃，幽默中含有泪水。出版以后，国内外报刊曾发表多篇评介文章，认为作者有卓识和深情，以行云流水、冲淡自然之笔写今世之《世说新语》，描画“逝者如斯”而寓悲悯人之怀，惜古怜今之趣，书格之奇，文笔之高，为近年所罕见。1988年秋日起，作者又写此类文，以人、地、事、意为次，得辜鸿铭、张庆桐等五十余篇，集为《负暄续话》，于1990年出版。出版以后，仍有不少读者视为爱读之书。其后，作者仍写此类文，积稿渐多，集为此《负暄三话》，内容及格调与琐话、续话相类，凡喜读前二书者亦应一读。

本书首先通过对奥古斯丁的生平和著作的简要介绍，使得读者了解其思想的形成过程，而后则对他在神学、哲学、政治学等方面的重要思想进行详细阐述，有条不紊地帮助读者领会这位神学家和哲学家的主要思想体系,把握其富有启发性和包蕴性的思想。

Review
"An intellectual tour of the discipline of comparative politics with some of its most creative pioneers and contemporary practitioners. The carefully organized interviews offer surprising perspectives about our eclectic and evolving field, and remind us of why we became scholars of comparative politics in the first place." -- Edward Gibson, Northwestern University
"This fascinating history of comparative politics offers a panoramic view of major debates and of trends in theoretical and methodological approaches over the second half of the 20th century. It brings the field to life by letting scholars who shaped it sketch their own intellectual biographies. Reading it is a truly enriching and enjoyable experience for any comparativist." -- Evelyne Huber, University of North Carolina
"This book fills a huge void in the profession of political science. Through a series of fifteen carefully prepared and referenced, wide-ranging, and often captivating interviews with many of the most influential scholars of comparative politics, we gain a priceless perspective on the growth of the discipline and the craft of research and theory building. In their intelligent and probing interviews (and very valuable introductory chapters), Munck and Snyder go a long way toward correcting our crippling deficit in professional memory, while revealing the life histories, moral convictions, intellectual passions, and divergent theoretical and methodological approaches that have shaped and advanced comparative politics in the last half-century. This book should be read by everyone who is preparing for, or thinking about, a career in political science, no matter the field." -- Larry Diamond, coeditor, Journal of Democracy
"Reading autobiographical reflections of notable scholars is a pleasurable way of learning about a field of study. These interviews cover a good slice of modern comparative government. They are wide ranging, focused, and informative. And fun to read." -- Nelson W. Polsby, University of California, Berkeley
"To show how great works that have shaped our understanding of politics and society are rooted in individual lives is a wonderful project. Munck and Snyder are the best of guides. Thoroughly informed about the scholarship, they explore the personal side with deftness, tact, and imagination. The result is a series of lively and revealing intellectual portraits." -- Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Watson Institute for International Studies
"A fascinating oral history of comparative politics in the United States. You could read the collected books and articles of all the fifteen leading lights represented here and never grasp the insights that these interviews offer: how wars, immigration, and the economy shaped the research agenda; how the backgrounds, personalities, and life experiences of these scholars guided their work; and how these scholars evaluate one another and those beyond this elite circle. Munck and Snyder have performed an invaluable service to the discipline." -- Michael Coppedge, University of Notre Dame
"This distinctive book frequently illuminates the dynamics of major scholars' research agendas (and of their career paths more generally), thus making it highly recommended reading for researchers in this subfield." -- Choice
"I told my qualitative research class to read at least three of the interviews in the book and summarize what they took from each. The response was amazing. Most of them had read most of the book. They were moved, inspired, and reassured by it. Each of them felt validated by something one of these scholars said. We ended up discussing the interviews through much of the class... the discussion of how real scholars relate their world and their scholarship was so exciting to them that I didn't want to stop it. So thanks... for helping them to bridge the often daunting distance between themselves and the names on the texts they read in class -- it was truly rewarding." -- Margaret Keck, Johns Hopkins University
Product Description
In the first collection of interviews with the most prominent scholars in comparative politics since World War II, Gerardo L. Munck and Richard Snyder trace key developments in the field during the twentieth century.
Organized around a broad set of themes -- intellectual formation and training; major works and ideas; the craft and tools of research; colleagues, collaborators, and students; and the past and future of comparative politics -- these in-depth interviews offer unique and candid reflections that bring the research process to life and shed light on the human dimension of scholarship.
Giving voice to scholars who practice their craft in different ways yet share a passion for knowledge about global politics, Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics offers a wealth of insights into contemporary debates about the state of knowledge in comparative politics and the future of the field.

哈德良回忆录，ISBN：9787506016254，作者：（法）玛格丽特·尤瑟纳尔（Marguerite Yourcenar）著；陈筱卿译