Edward Dolnick is the author of Down the Great Unknown and the Edgar Award-winning The Rescue Artist. A former chief science writer at the Boston Globe, he has written for The Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times Magazine, and many other publications. He lives with his wife near Washington, D.C.
发表于2024-05-15
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对《经度》这本书感兴趣,始于一个偶然的机会。有一次,在电视里碰到BBC制作的一个系列片,讲的是寻找经度的故事,但只看到其中的一集。故事没看完,胃口却被吊了起来。在网上查了一下,知道有这么一本书,也在当当和卓越的书目中发现海南出版社曾经出过一个中文版,于是它在收...
评分自小我就得出了一个“常识”,海盗船长多是独眼龙,又丑又凶,令人厌恶。但是很奇怪,男孩们却对海盗情有独钟,他们用布蒙住自己的一只眼睛,插上一面画有骷髅头的小旗就开始横行霸道,虽然是在陆地上,他们也要装出眺望海平面的样子对即将出现在视野里的倒霉蛋进行一番征服。...
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New York Times bestselling author Edward Dolnick brings to light the true story of one of the most pivotal moments in modern intellectual history—when a group of strange, tormented geniuses invented science as we know it, and remade our understanding of the world. Dolnick’s earth-changing story of Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the birth of modern science is at once an entertaining romp through the annals of academic history, in the vein of Bill Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything, and a captivating exploration of a defining time for scientific progress, in the tradition of Richard Holmes’ The Age of Wonder.
于是是少于10人评价的。。。我们历史课就看这种书啊。。不过很喜欢这本!
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评分讲具体发明过程的前半本更有趣些,后半本稍显冗长。总的来说,这部书再一次证实了一个规律,超前于时代的创新及时再优秀,也要经过与既得利益者一翻艰苦的斗争,才能真正被大众接受。
评分很有趣,有空了要读读同作者其他几本传记
评分于是是少于10人评价的。。。我们历史课就看这种书啊。。不过很喜欢这本!
Longitude 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书