书架上的书
The book on the bookshelf
Henry Petroski · 初版 1999 年
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“他曾被誉为‘工程技术界的桂冠诗人’。如今，Henry Petroski 将目光转向了书籍和书架，并探讨书籍演变到如今在横向书架上垂直摆放是否是一种必然。随着我们了解到古代卷轴如何变为抄本、又如何变成我们所习惯的书册，我们探索了书籍存放方式的演变过程。Petroski 带我们走进古登堡时代之前的世界，那时的书籍极其稀缺，为了安全甚至被锁在讲台上。他解释了印刷机不仅如何改变了书籍的制作和摆放
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如果你对图书馆的历史感兴趣，我强烈推荐亨利·佩特罗斯基（Henry Petroski）的《书架上的书》（The Book on the Bookshelf）http://www.amazon.com/Book-Bookshelf-Henry-Petroski/dp/03757... 。这本书既干货满满，读起来又趣味横生。
If you are interested in the history of libraries, I strongly recommend Henry Petroski's "The Book on the Bookshelf" http://www.amazon.com/Book-Bookshelf-Henry-Petroski/dp/03757... . It's both full of information and an entertaining read.
如果你喜欢这篇文章，亨利·佩特罗斯基（Henry Petroski）的《书架上的书》（The Book on the Bookshelf）绝对值得一读。他对那段历史讲得非常详尽，解释了为什么以前书通常都要用链子锁在书架上等等。如果你不了解这位作者，他最有名的书大概是《工程始于……
If you liked this article, Henry Petroski's "The Book on the Bookshelf" is worth reading. He goes into great detail about the history, explaining why books were usually chained to their shelves, etc. If you don't know the author, his most famous is probably "To Engineer…