秘密晚餐SECRET SUPPER

作者：  Paperback

出版社：家庭电子杂志社 2007年03月

简介：
Milan, 1497: Leonardo da Vinci is completing his masterpiece, The Last Supper.
　　Pope Alexander VI is determined to execute him after realizing that the painting contains clues to a baffling -- and blasphemous -- message, which he is determined to decode. The Holy Grail and the Eucharistic Bread are missing, there is no meat on the table and, shockingly, the apostles are portraits of well-known heretics -- none of them depicted with halos. And why has the artist painted himself into the scene with his back turned toward Jesus? The clues to Leonardo's greatest puzzle are right before your eyes....

Bearing the Heavens

作者：  Paperback

出版社：Cambridge University Press 2012年01月

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　　This book was first published in 2007 and is a study of theastronomical culture of sixteenth-century Europe. It examines, inparticular, the ways in which members of the nascent internationalastronomical community shared information, attracted patronage andrespect for their work, and conducted their disputes. Particularattention is paid to the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546–1601),known for his observatory Uraniborg on the island of Hven, hisoperation of a printing press, and his development of a thirdworld-system to rival those of Ptolemy and Copernicus. Adam Mosleyexamines the ways in which Tycho interacted with a Europe-widenetwork of scholars, looking not only at how he constructed hisreputation through print, but also at his use of correspondence andthe role that instruments played as vehicles for data and theories.The book will be of interest to historians of science, historiansof the book, and historians of early modern culture in general.

The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel

作者：  Paperback　著

出版社：Cambridge University Press 2012年01月

简介：　　The Greek and Roman novels of Petronius, Apuleius, Longus,Heliodorus and others have been cherished for millennia, but nevermore so than now. The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and RomanNovel contains nineteen original essays by an international cast ofexperts in the field. The emphasis is upon the criticalinterpretation of the texts within historical settings, both inantiquity and in the later generations that have been and continueto be inspired by them. All the central issues of currentscholarship are addressed: sexuality, cultural identity, class,religion, politics, narrative, style, readership and much more.Four sections cover cultural context of the novels, their contents,literary form, and their reception in classical antiquity andbeyond. Each chapter includes guidance on further reading. Thiscollection will be essential for scholars and students, as well asfor others who want an up-to-date, accessible introduction intothis exhilarating material.

Common Law Theory

作者：  Paperback

出版社：Cambridge University Press 2012年01月

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