梦想机器
The Dream Machine
M. Mitchell Waldrop · 初版 2001 年
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- 从二战源头细致梳理人物思想与成就
- 详述阿帕网及现代网络的技术演进脉络
- 精彩记录LISP开发等关键技术节点
“那是 1962 年。距离个人电脑从硅谷的车库中诞生还有十余年，距离 20 世纪 90 年代互联网的爆发式增长还有整整三十年。‘计算机’这个词依然带有一种令人不安的色彩，让人联想起一台巨大而令人生畏的机器，藏在灯火通明、配备空调的地下室里，日夜不休地为某个庞大机构处理着穿孔卡片：那是属于‘他们’的机器。然而，在 Robert McNamara 掌管的五角大楼一间不起眼的办公室里，一位平静的四十七岁文职人员已然在规划一场革命，它将彻底改变世人对计算机的认知
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例外情况少之又少，值得点名表扬。有这么几本：David Mindell 的《数字阿波罗》（Digital Apollo，讲述阿波罗制导和通用航空电子设备的发展）；Mitchell Waldrop 的《梦想机器》（The Dream Machine，讲述催生出 Arpanet 并最终演化出互联网的技术演进）；Jack Copeland 等人的《巨像机：布莱切利园密码破译计算机的秘密》（Colossus, the secrets of Bletchley Park's codebreaking computers）。不幸的是，……
Exceptions are rare enough to get called out for praise. A few: Digital Apollo, by David Mindell (development of Apollo guidance and avionics generally) The Dream Machine by Mitchell Waldrop (technical development leading up to the Arpanet, thence to the Internet) Colossus, the secrets of Bletchley Park's codebreaking computers, by Jack Copeland et al. Unfortunately,…
我一直在读他提到的那本书，Mitchell Waldrop 写的《梦想机器》（The Dream Machine）。目前为止读起来体验很棒（我刚读过 ARPA 创立的那段），尤其是 John McCarthy 开发 LISP 并构想其架构的那部分……
I've been reading the book he mentions, "The Dream Machine", by Mitchell Waldrop. It has been a great read so far (I'm a little past the point of the creation of ARPA), particularly the section about John McCarthy developing LISP and conceiving of the architecture…
……我们所熟知的个人电脑（P.C.）背后的真正核心推动力之一。《梦想机器》（The Dream Machine）[1] 这本书对此有非常有趣的记录（以及关于现代计算机历史其余部分的更多详实内容），如果你对这类东西感兴趣，我强烈推荐。[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARC_(company) [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/722412.The_Dream_Machine
…of the real major driving forces behind the P.C. as we know it. An interesting account (as well as a great deal more about the rest of the history of modern computers) is documented in the book "The Dream Machine" [1], which I highly recommend if you find this sort of stuff interesting. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARC_(company) [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/722412.The_Dream_Machine
任何对这段历史感兴趣的人都应该去读读 M. Mitchell Waldrop 写的《梦想机器》（The Dream Machine）。
Anyone interested in this kind of history should read The Dream Machine by M. Mitchell Waldrop.
《梦想机器：J.C.R. 利克莱德与个人计算革命》（The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal）。这本书写得极其精彩，从二战时期的最开端讲起，追溯了人物、思想、挣扎与成就……
The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal It's an extremely well written book, starting from the very beginning at the time of WWII, tracing people, ideas, struggles, and achievements…
我在 2013 年读过的两本极佳的技术史书籍是 M. Mitchell Waldrop 的《梦想机器》（Dream Machine）和 Severo Ornstein 的《中世纪计算》（Computing in the Middle Ages）。尤其是《梦想机器》，把我之前零散了解的许多线索串联在了一起；它视野宏阔，……
Two excellent technology history books I read in 2013 are _Dream Machine_ by M. Mitchell Waldrop and _Computing in the Middle Ages_ by Severo Ornstein. _Dream Machine_ in particular tied together many strands that I had previously explored separately; it's a far-ranging,…