从人类的起源到每一个历史时期都有精辟凝炼的论述,以深厚的人文关怀和俏皮睿智的文笔,展示了人类历史的浩荡长卷。其中有节奏明快的“大历史”叙述,也不放过任何真正影响人类文明进程的事件和细节。无论是对历史一无所知的人,还是通读过浩繁巨著的专家,都可以在这本经典的通俗人类史中,获得启发和阅读的快感。中英对照的体例安排,还可使读者在阅读流畅优美的中文译文外,体认和享受房龙笔下隽永深刻的英文魅力。为生动地再现历史,唤起读者对空间的感觉,书中采用了丰富的漫画,其中详尽而清晰的漫画年表使读者对整个人类的历史一目了然。
Research on electronic systems in condensed matter physics is at present developing very rapidly, where the main focus is changing from the "single-particle problem" to the "many-particle problem". That is, the main research interest changed from phenomena that can be understood in the single particle picture, as, for example, in band theory, to phenomena that arise owing to the interaction between many electrons.