……当年在《New Scientist》和《Nature》上的专栏。如果你喜欢 Randall Munroe 的《What-If》，我由衷推荐这两部已经绝版的经典作《The Inventions of Daedalus》及其续作《The Further Inventions of Daedalus》，风格大致相近。上次听说他（几年前）还健在，而且有人专门拍了一部纪录片，主要讲他那些精妙绝伦的“永动机”。希望他老人家依然硬朗，不过……
…column in New Scientist and Nature in years gone by. To those of you who are fans of Randall Munroe's What-If I heartily recommend the out of print classics The Inventions of Daedalus and its sequel The Further Inventions of Daedalus which are in a losely similar vein. Last I heard (a few years ago) he was still alive and a documentary largely about his ingenious "perpetual motion" machines was made. I hope he's still hearty but…
其中一些专栏文章已经结集出版了。《The Inventions of Daedalus》：http://www.amazon.com/Inventions-Daedalus-Compendium-Plausib... 《The Further Inventions of Daedalus》：http://www.amazon.com/Further-Inventions-Daedalus-Compendium...
Some of these columns were collected in book form. The Inventions of Daedalus: http://www.amazon.com/Inventions-Daedalus-Compendium-Plausib... The Further Inventions of Daedalus: http://www.amazon.com/Further-Inventions-Daedalus-Compendium...
……于 1964 年开始为《New Scientist》撰写他的 Daedalus 专栏，并在那里持续写了 24 年，之后转投《Nature》和《卫报》。这些专栏被结集成书：《The Inventions of Daedalus》（1982年）和《The Further Inventions of Daedalus》（1999年），两本书均配有他自己画的插画。David Jones 创作了这幅插画来解释他那项会让人产生听觉眩晕的“发明”。他配文道：“Vertigosound 可以用人道的方式清空公共建筑……
…writing his Daedalus columns for New Scientist in 1964 and continued there for 24 years before transferring to Nature and the Guardian. The columns were compiled in The Inventions of Daedalus (1982) and The Further Inventions of Daedalus (1999), both illustrated by his own cartoons. David Jones produced this cartoon to illustrate his ‘invention’ of audible vertigo. He captioned it: ‘Vertigosound could clear public buildings humanely…
……当年在《New Scientist》和《Nature》上的专栏。如果你喜欢 Randall Munroe 的《What-If》，我由衷推荐这两部已经绝版的经典作《The Inventions of Daedalus》及其续作《The Further Inventions of Daedalus》，风格大致相近。上次听说他（几年前）还健在，而且有人专门拍了一部纪录片，主要讲他那些精妙绝伦的“永动机”。希望他老人家依然硬朗，不过……
…column in New Scientist and Nature in years gone by. To those of you who are fans of Randall Munroe's What-If I heartily recommend the out of print classics The Inventions of Daedalus and its sequel The Further Inventions of Daedalus which are in a losely similar vein. Last I heard (a few years ago) he was still alive and a documentary largely about his ingenious "perpetual motion" machines was made. I hope he's still hearty but…
其中一些专栏文章已经结集出版了。《The Inventions of Daedalus》：http://www.amazon.com/Inventions-Daedalus-Compendium-Plausib... 《The Further Inventions of Daedalus》：http://www.amazon.com/Further-Inventions-Daedalus-Compendium...
Some of these columns were collected in book form. The Inventions of Daedalus: http://www.amazon.com/Inventions-Daedalus-Compendium-Plausib... The Further Inventions of Daedalus: http://www.amazon.com/Further-Inventions-Daedalus-Compendium...
……于 1964 年开始为《New Scientist》撰写他的 Daedalus 专栏，并在那里持续写了 24 年，之后转投《Nature》和《卫报》。这些专栏被结集成书：《The Inventions of Daedalus》（1982年）和《The Further Inventions of Daedalus》（1999年），两本书均配有他自己画的插画。David Jones 创作了这幅插画来解释他那项会让人产生听觉眩晕的“发明”。他配文道：“Vertigosound 可以用人道的方式清空公共建筑……
…writing his Daedalus columns for New Scientist in 1964 and continued there for 24 years before transferring to Nature and the Guardian. The columns were compiled in The Inventions of Daedalus (1982) and The Further Inventions of Daedalus (1999), both illustrated by his own cartoons. David Jones produced this cartoon to illustrate his ‘invention’ of audible vertigo. He captioned it: ‘Vertigosound could clear public buildings humanely…