IN OUR TIME: A HISTORY OF IDEAS

Book ID/图书代码： 12100008B30231

English Summary/英文概要： In Our Time is a collection of sixteen of the series’ most popular discussions, presented here in a conversational and accessible manner. Included are subjects as diverse as Darwin’s impact on the history of science, the language of Shakespeare, the factors that led to the siege and capture of Constantinople, and the history of tea-drinking.

Melvyn Bragg’s In Our Time series regularly enlightens and entertains substantial audiences on BBC Radio 4. For this book he has selected episodes which reflect the diversity of the radio programmes, and takes us on an amazing tour through the history of ideas, from philosophy, physics and history to religion, literature and biology.

We can discover the reasons for the fall of the Byzantine empire, and why women were persecuted as witches in the seventeenth century. What happened in the peasants’ revolt? What shape is the origin of life? Where does our calendar come from? We can unearth the influence of great Islamic thinkers, prime numbers, Socrates and Tectonic plates.

Melvyn Bragg orchestrates the ideas of leading academics in each field so that the dynamic and lively discussion from the programmes comes through vividly on the page. In Our Time brings to life the signposts of history, the moments that significantly changed the world as we know it, and the individuals and ideas that made us what we are today.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 光是聽Melvyn Bragg的節目就可以改變你對世界的看法，更何況是閱讀其作品 !!
本書整理出廣泛的文化思想、歷史時事、科學知識。
從改變人類生活方式的曆法計算、改變世界的基本數學原理、改變人類思考方向與生命科學發展的達爾文，至莎士比亞的人生智慧等等。
Melvyn Bragg訪問各領域中頂尖的學者，已談話的方式呈現本書，使讀者深入了解科學、哲學、藝術、人文，如何塑造現今的世界，以獨特看法用不同角度來重新檢視我們的世代。(CL)

Awards/获奖情况：紐約時報暢銷作家
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/opinion/17wed4.html?scp=1&sq=%22melvyn%20bragg%22&st=cse
全球有150萬人收聽Melvyn Bragg在BBC電台的節目
以獨特看法用不同角度來重新檢視我們的世代

About the Author/作者介绍： Melvyn Bragg，知名小說家、文化評論家、廣播與電視節目主持人。多年來領導並參與多項文化藝術文學機構，擁有十餘項榮譽學位，目前任里茲大學（University of Leeds）校長、英國國家藝術推廣協會(National Campaign for the Arts)主席及英國上議院成員。
Melvyn Bragg著有三十餘作品，包括小說、文化評論及童書。數年來他在英國的BBC廣播電台上推廣知識、藝文教育，製作出很多令人激賞的節目，目前全球有150萬人收聽其節目。Melvyn Bragg擁有深厚人文知識，推廣文化及藝術不遺餘力，也因此成為紐約時報當紅的作家。http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/opinion/17wed4.html?scp=1&sq=%22melvyn%20bragg%22&st=cse

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