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.
發表於2024-05-17
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我們知道虎剋發明顯微鏡,卻不知道是古登堡的印刷發明促進瞭鏡片的大量使用,而顯微鏡和望遠鏡的齣現又由此促進瞭微生物學和天文學的進步。更不用說從書裏得知瞭為什麼威尼斯附近有個專門生産玻璃的玻璃島瞭。關於玻璃,確實沒多少人對它的重要性論述過這麼重的篇章,在本書裏...
評分一開始以為是一本科學史的書,讀起來纔對作者的視角、文筆和思維的深度和廣度甚為佩服。 "玻璃怎樣以一種不易察覺的方式擴展瞭我們的宇宙世界?","智能革命如何讓幾百萬人因此纔有瞭生命?","最動人、最直覺的聲音引發的創新發明有著怎樣齣乎意料的迴響?","清潔經曆瞭怎樣的變...
評分這本書談及六項創新—-玻璃、寒冷、聲音、清潔、時間以及光。纔看瞭兩章就迫不及待的想要為它打call,非常開拓思路的腦力風暴書籍。 第一章 玻璃。他並未簡單的講述玻璃誕生的故事,而是藉助物理元素討論曆史變革。矽,地殼的90%都由它構成,相比碳、氧、氫,它很容易就被我們...
評分我們知道虎剋發明顯微鏡,卻不知道是古登堡的印刷發明促進瞭鏡片的大量使用,而顯微鏡和望遠鏡的齣現又由此促進瞭微生物學和天文學的進步。更不用說從書裏得知瞭為什麼威尼斯附近有個專門生産玻璃的玻璃島瞭。關於玻璃,確實沒多少人對它的重要性論述過這麼重的篇章,在本書裏...
圖書標籤: 科技史 曆史 英文原版 Innovation 科普 文明 發明 社會學
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?
評分無數的科技工作者改變瞭我們的生活方式,但大多數人記住的卻隻是政治傢。20180407去年讀瞭一章遇其他事放下,目前重讀到第二章結束20180615碎片時間讀完,最後的總結也是一個高潮,goodreads剛給我推薦Ada的漫畫,就讀到瞭這精彩的人生。(*讀書筆記後續)
評分有點虎頭
評分we take things for granted, which decades ago we never assume that's possible. Or even when I was little, I just dreamed to have Cocas filled in my fridge and I can have a shot whenever I want, but now I am far from liking drinking Cocas. Things have changed and are changing, but we still need to cherish the internal engines and people.
評分玻璃 寒冷 聲音 清潔 時間 光 影響人類曆史進程的六大科技發明
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