I think the reason books are bigger and bigger but still carry the same information is that examples are more and more interesting.

我认为书越来越厚但是,所包含的信息仍然不变,原因就在于仅是例子越来越吸引人

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

You can go way there's lots of books on this and articles on this; why cockfighting was more popular in the South, why country fighting and eye-gouging was--.

你可以去查阅,有很多相关的资料和书籍,为什么斗鸡在南方更盛行,为什么打架和挖眼珠子更

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

He had many religious books, the kind of standard liturgical texts that were the stuff of religious enthusiasm, and more modern theological works in the Russian Orthodox tradition.

他有许多宗教书籍 大多是关于标准的礼拜仪式的,也就是一些宗教狂热的东西,还有一些俄国东正教传统中更现代的神学作品

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

There are 100 times more books, pamphlets, prints, and maps produced in Russia under the time of Peter the great than there had been in the whole previous century.

彼得大帝在位时期发行了大量的书籍,宣传册子,报纸和地图等印刷制品,数量比俄国过去一个世纪的总和还多百倍

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选