圖書標籤: 科普 科技史 地理 航海 紀實 經度 科學 歷史
发表于2024-12-24
Longitude pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024
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.
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.
喜歡科技史
評分John Harrison太謙虛瞭,其實早就可以把奬領掉瞭
評分一個(對感興趣於此話題的人而言)激動人心且讓人唏噓的科技史故事。技術工匠對時代的強大推動力容易籠罩在大科學理論的陰影之下被人忽視,這個故事就是一個例證。等到孤獨匠人 Harrison 的天纔作品終於在其死後被後來人改造、量産、普及,歐洲也終於解決瞭最棘手的經度測量問題,駛嚮全球的艦隊從此再無任何阻礙。也就是一兩個 decades 之後,中國迎來瞭鴉片戰爭。Gould 從皇傢天文學會被遺忘的角落裏捧齣被不公平地遺棄的 Harrison 作品,花費十多年時光,讓它們時隔 165 年後重獲作為鍾錶的生命,實在是非常動人的結局。
評分講具體發明過程的前半本更有趣些,後半本稍顯冗長。總的來說,這部書再一次證實瞭一個規律,超前於時代的創新及時再優秀,也要經過與既得利益者一翻艱苦的鬥爭,纔能真正被大眾接受。
評分很有趣,有空瞭要讀讀同作者其他幾本傳記
Longitude pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024