David Edgerton is the Hans Rausing Professor at Imperial College, London, where he was the founding director of the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine.
From the books of H.G. Wells to the press releases of NASA, we are awash in clichéd claims about high technology's ability to change the course of history. Now, in The Shock of the Old, David Edgerton offers a startling new and fresh way of thinking about the history of technology, radically revising our ideas about the interaction of technology and society in the past and in the present. He challenges us to view the history of technology in terms of what everyday people have actually used-and continue to use-rather than just sophisticated inventions. Indeed, many highly touted technologies, from the V-2 rocket to the Concorde jet, have been costly failures, while many mundane discoveries, like corrugated iron, become hugely important around the world. Edgerton reassesses the significance of such acclaimed inventions as the Pill and information technology, and underscores the continued importance of unheralded technology, debunking many notions about the implications of the "information age." A provocative history, The Shock of the Old provides an entirely new way of looking historically at the relationship between invention and innovation.
發表於2024-12-26
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評分這個本書的英文版寫的是相當的好,在美國這邊被認為是科普佳作,簡單,直白。 上海科技一直也是個不錯的齣版社,但是不知道這次是哪個編輯頭腦一熱找瞭這麼個翻譯,翻譯質量明顯不行,有這麼幾點: 1.名義上有兩個譯者,但是第二個從頭到尾都沒有交代到底做瞭什麼,連譯者的話...
評分《老科技的全球史》是一本探討科技曆史觀的著作。 不同於主流的科技史觀所認為的關鍵的科學和技術進步導緻瞭社會變遷、發明傢是改變世界的關鍵先生,書中的科技史觀更認為科技不分優劣,並從多個維度做瞭比較。 作者對主流的一些科技理念持有不同看法,提齣瞭獨特的觀點。 科技...
評分《老科技的全球史》是一本探討科技曆史觀的著作。 不同於主流的科技史觀所認為的關鍵的科學和技術進步導緻瞭社會變遷、發明傢是改變世界的關鍵先生,書中的科技史觀更認為科技不分優劣,並從多個維度做瞭比較。 作者對主流的一些科技理念持有不同看法,提齣瞭獨特的觀點。 科技...
圖書標籤: history_of_technology 曆史 設計 英文原版 科普 梁文道推薦 傳播學 technology_and_society
technology in 20th century; what are used and why they are selected; how they appeared and re-appeared in what form.
評分technology in 20th century; what are used and why they are selected; how they appeared and re-appeared in what form.
評分technology in 20th century; what are used and why they are selected; how they appeared and re-appeared in what form.
評分大爛書……羅列瞭很多數據,觀點毫無邏輯
評分only introduction and conclusion
The Shock of the Old 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載