How We Got to Now 在线电子书 图书标签: 科技史 历史 英文原版 Innovation 科普 文明 发明 社会学
发表于2024-05-19
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有点虎头
评分If knowledge is at the heart of progress, the question is, then, where can we find the sources of knowledge that can move us forward?
评分蜂鸟效应,好概念,够蛊惑人心。“碎片化”科技史也缤纷琳琅煞是好看。
评分玻璃 寒冷 声音 清洁 时间 光 影响人类历史进程的六大科技发明
评分这种书特别适合做饭的时候听,做完吃完洗完,两个小时过去了,书也听了四分之一。
Steven Johnson is the author of the bestsellers Where Good Ideas Come From, The Invention of Air, The Ghost Map, Everything Bad Is Good for You, Mind Wide Open, Emergence, and Interface Culture, and is the editor of the anthology The Innovator’s Cookbook. He is the founder of a variety of influential websites and writes for Time, Wired, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Johnson lives in Marin County, California, with his wife and three sons.
From the New York Times–bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Everything Bad Is Good for You, a new look at the power and legacy of great ideas.
In this illustrated volume, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life (refrigeration, clocks, and eyeglass lenses, to name a few) from their creation by hobbyists, amateurs, and entrepreneurs to their unintended historical consequences. Filled with surprising stories of accidental genius and brilliant mistakes—from the French publisher who invented the phonograph before Edison but forgot to include playback, to the Hollywood movie star who helped invent the technology behind Wi-Fi and Bluetooth—How We Got to Now investigates the secret history behind the everyday objects of contemporary life.
In his trademark style, Johnson examines unexpected connections between seemingly unrelated fields: how the invention of air-conditioning enabled the largest migration of human beings in the history of the species—to cities such as Dubai or Phoenix, which would otherwise be virtually uninhabitable; how pendulum clocks helped trigger the industrial revolution; and how clean water made it possible to manufacture computer chips. Accompanied by a major six-part television series on PBS, How We Got to Now is the story of collaborative networks building the modern world, written in the provocative, informative, and engaging style that has earned Johnson fans around the globe.
我们知道虎克发明显微镜,却不知道是古登堡的印刷发明促进了镜片的大量使用,而显微镜和望远镜的出现又由此促进了微生物学和天文学的进步。更不用说从书里得知了为什么威尼斯附近有个专门生产玻璃的玻璃岛了。关于玻璃,确实没多少人对它的重要性论述过这么重的篇章,在本书里...
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