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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.
- 科技史
- 曆史
- 英文原版
- Innovation
- 科普
- 文明
- 發明
- 社會學
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.
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讀後感
生活中当今世界，我们对很多东西都习以为常，玻璃、冰箱、空调、电灯、音乐、自来水，我们并不知道这些发明背后的故事，很多发明是经历上千年才在近几百年陆续发明。技术的发明不仅仅改变了我们的生活，也在极大程度上改变了整个社会、文化，技术所引领的社会变化并不明显，因...
評分15世纪古腾堡发明印刷机，让印刷出来的书籍价格便宜，便于携带，人们文化水平提高，接着暴露了很多人的近视问题，为眼镜提供了巨大的市场。随着玻璃技术的发展，人们可以通过镜子看见自己，开启了社会重新定位的序幕。芒福德在《技术与文明》写道：“自我意识、自我反省、对镜...
用戶評價
雖然作者在前言就解釋瞭爲何選擇歐美中心論的書寫角度，我仍然認爲如果不採歐美中心論，有些推論可能會不一樣。
评分一種偶然的發現，如何像北美蝴蝶扇動一樣引起連鎖反應，導緻瞭社會的巨大變化…玻璃，因此有瞭鏡子，人類開始注意儀容。更重要的是，因此發明瞭顯微鏡和望遠鏡，讓我們可以看到微觀和宏觀的世界！ 在冰箱發明之前，人們隻能靠天然的冰塊獲得冷氣，然後冰塊是靠長途運輸來販賣的！由於空調的發明，很多炎熱而不適閤人居住的地區現在也已經是繁華都市！我們可以通過古生物化石瞭解過去，但是聲音卻沒辦法保存。當有一天聲音可以錄製和傳播，黑人爵士樂開始流行，人們對黑人的偏見也有所改變！在發現在水裏添加氯氣可以殺菌之前，有很多人死於各種病菌，而人們對此完全一無所知！日常洗澡的習慣，也是後來對衛生知識的瞭解纔推廣開的。據說此前很多歐洲貴族都是常年不洗澡的，他們認為這會洗掉身上聖潔的東西，而更容易得病……這個世界曾經多麼蠻荒！！！
评分蜂鳥效應，好概念，夠蠱惑人心。“碎片化”科技史也繽紛琳琅煞是好看。
评分hummingbird effect和butterfly effect還是不一樣的。從另一個角度（賓語）看待問題，還是很有趣的。
评分Watched the first episode of pbs-made documentaries based on this book on modern sewage and get intrigued about this book. Well-written and interesting history of important modern technologies.
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