经度
Longitude
Dava Sobel · 初版 1995 年
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为什么值得读
- 还原经度测定问题的曲折科学史
- 记录约翰·哈里森研发H4钟表的艰辛
- 呈现个人对抗时代偏见的真实历程
这是一段跌宕起伏的人类传奇，记录了一场史诗般的科学探索，以及一个人耗时四十年的执着追求——只为解决当时最棘手的科学难题：“经度问题”。生活在 18 世纪的人无一不知“经度问题”是当时最严峻的科学困境，而且已经困扰世人长达数个世纪。由于无法测定经度，整个大航海时代的水手们一旦看不到陆地，就会彻底在大海中迷失方向。成千上万人的性命和日益增长的国家财富都维系在这一难题的解答上。一个人，
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我在 2018 年读过的最爱书单：* Matthew Walker 写的《我们为什么要睡觉》（https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34466963-why-we-sleep）* Dava Sobel 写的《经度：寻找地球刻度的人》（https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4806.Longitude）* 《强势谈判：99%的人都不知道的沟通秘诀》（Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As…
Favorites that I read in 2018: * Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34466963-why-we-sleep) * Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4806.Longitude) * Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As…
Dava Sobel 的《经度》一书详尽记述了经度问题波澜壮阔的历史。书中关于制造出 H4 航海钟之前的种种钟表故事非常精彩，关于约翰·哈里森（John Harrison）所感受到的“不公”也有更多细节。http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4806.Longitude
An excellent history of the problem of longitude is detailed in the book 'Longitude' by Dava Sobel. There are great stories about the clocks leading up to the creation of H4, and many more details on the "injustice" that John Harrison felt. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4806.Longitude
我过去 25 年里读过的最好的非虚构类书籍是 Dava Sobel 的《经度》。
The best non-fiction I have read in the past 25 years is * Longitude, by Dava Sobel.
……今年，你觉得自己挺擅长这个，还得过几个学生奖项，全身心全职投入进去……结果一次又一次被拒，一直被拒到 2019 年。” 这让我想起了“经度的故事”，约翰·哈里森耗费了数十年的人生去追逐属于他的大奖（这算最早的“X-Prize”了吧？），而且当时所有人都觉得他不可能成功。一个自学成才的钟表匠，怎么可能击败那个时代最顶尖的头脑？……
…this year, that you felt you were pretty good at, having won some student awards, devoting yourself to it full time…and then getting rejected over and over until 2019." This reminds me of the "Story of Longitude" where John Harrison spent decades of his life in search of his prize (the first "X-Prize"?), and everyone is betting against him. How could a self-educated clockmaker beat the best minds of the day?…
直接给她买一本这个就行了：https://www.amazon.com/Longitude-Genius-Greatest-Scientific-... :)
Just get her a copy of this: https://www.amazon.com/Longitude-Genius-Greatest-Scientific-... :)
Dava Sobel 写的《经度》非常精彩地讲述了这个故事。而且它还有一部改编的电影。
The book “Longitude” by Dava Sobel is an excellent telling of this story. And there’s a movie adaptation too.