They Made America
内容简介
The real inventor of the steam engine. The creator of the bra. The man who invented modern banking. The creator of the computer operating system. These and scores of others are the characters that populate Harold Evans's rollicking, brilliant history of the men and women who made America great. Vast and beautifully designed with hundreds of duotones and photos throughout (many never before published), the book is itself a creation as grand as those it describes. Evans reveals the surprising truths behind many of the creations that made our modern world, as well as the lessons we can learn by studying the great entrepreneurs and innovators of the past two centuries.
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作者简介
Harry Evans was the founding editor of Conde Nast Traveler, editorial director of US News and World Report, and President and Publisher of Random House, where he published a record number of bestsellers. He is English and was born in Manchester.
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目录
America's genius for innovation 10
Pt. I Pathfinders to a new civilization 16
The heroes who got America going 18
Pt. II America takes off 136
Adventurous men unite a continent 138
Sect. I Inventors 150
Sect. II Democratizers 234
Pt. III The digita
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读书文摘
科学家探索发现，发明家寻求解决办法，创新者不择手段地为某项解决办法谋求大众化应用。
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