解析:根据第一段中的“At his birth,it is believed,seers foretold that the infant prince,named Siddhartha Gautama,would become either a chakravartin—a‘world-conquering ruler’一or a Buddha—a‘fully enlightened being’.Hoping for a ruler like himself, Siddhartha’s father tried to surround his...
When the first Lunar Expedition was launched the Moon was a thin sliver, becoming a wider crescent by the time of the landing. The shadow angle at the landing site was chosen carefully to allow maximum visibility of the surface relief, and the landing site was thus near the inner edge of ...
Siddhartha Mukherjee. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer When The Emperor of All Maladies was published in late 2010, I knew it would be near the top of my stack of books to read. Since I am a PhD student in the History of Science and Medicine, reading a notable book...