這段大歷史不僅關乎地質，還包括動、植物，山川、河流、地震、大洋、大氣，以及其他星體，貨真價實是部地球萬物的歷史，也呈現出人類如何創造自身？人類如何發現和發明大地的時間？深時間如何需要歷史感？作者獲頒美國科學史學會終身成就Sarton Medal本書榮獲英國科學史學會年度最佳通俗專著Dingle Prize科學史學會最佳通俗專著Watson Davis and Helen Miles D
Earth has been witness to mammoths and dinosaurs, global ice ages, continents colliding or splitting apart, comets and asteroids crashing catastrophically to the surface, as well as the birth of human
Earth has been witness to mammoths and dinosaurs, global ice ages, continents colliding or splitting apart, and comets and asteroids crashing catastrophically to the surface, as well as the birth of h
Nikolay Novikov (1744–1818) was a key figure in Russian cultural life under Catherine the Great. He was in turn a successful journalist, historiographer, educator, publisher, leading freemason and philanthropist and he left his distinctive mark on each of these spheres at a formative moment in Russia. This book is a Western study of Novikov's complete career and it shows how he responded to Catherine's enlightened despotism in cultural matters and why their ways eventually parted. Novikov is viewed here not only as a founding father of the Russian intelligentsia, but as a representative of the general European Enlightenment, who discovered and encouraged a new generation of writers. A knowledge of Novikov and the kind of enlightenment he strove to spread in Russia is important for an understanding of the particular cast of mind evident in Russian thought and writings in the nineteenth century. The book will therefore be of interest to a wide range of scholars and students of Russian li
