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.
发表于2025-02-07
How We Got to Now 2025 pdf epub mobi 电子书
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...
评分图书标签: 科技史 历史 英文原版 Innovation 科普 文明 发明 社会学
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.
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.
评分一种偶然的发现,如何像北美蝴蝶扇动一样引起连锁反应,导致了社会的巨大变化…玻璃,因此有了镜子,人类开始注意仪容。更重要的是,因此发明了显微镜和望远镜,让我们可以看到微观和宏观的世界! 在冰箱发明之前,人们只能靠天然的冰块获得冷气,然后冰块是靠长途运输来贩卖的!由于空调的发明,很多炎热而不适合人居住的地区现在也已经是繁华都市!我们可以通过古生物化石了解过去,但是声音却没办法保存。当有一天声音可以录制和传播,黑人爵士乐开始流行,人们对黑人的偏见也有所改变!在发现在水里添加氯气可以杀菌之前,有很多人死于各种病菌,而人们对此完全一无所知!日常洗澡的习惯,也是后来对卫生知识的了解才推广开的。据说此前很多欧洲贵族都是常年不洗澡的,他们认为这会洗掉身上圣洁的东西,而更容易得病……这个世界曾经多么蛮荒!!!
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评分hummingbird effect和butterfly effect还是不一样的。从另一个角度(宾语)看待问题,还是很有趣的。
评分今年看过最有意思的书啦,玻璃,制冷,声音,清洁,时间,光,这些现在看起来稀松平常,已经习以为常的日常存在竟然是引起一系列连锁反应的导火线,真的很厉害了。原来爱迪生出名并不是发明了灯泡,而是因为他的商业头脑,用人比较厉害呀。
How We Got to Now 2025 pdf epub mobi 电子书