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大桥

The Great Bridge

David McCullough · 初版 1972 年

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为什么值得读

  • 详尽记录施工细节与沉箱病等技术难题
  • 精彩展现宏大工程背后的政治利益角力
  • 史料丰富生动还原了罗布林家族的壮举

为连接飞速扩张的New York与Brooklyn而建的Brooklyn Bridge,最初被许多人视为不可能完成的壮举,即使不因无法克服的技术难题而夭折,也注定会败于政治腐败。(当时正值New York的Boss Tweed全盛时期。)然而,Brooklyn Bridge不仅成为了那个时代最伟大的工程奇迹,更是一件卓越的艺术杰作、一个令美国人自豪的象征,以及一段在我们历史上绝无仅有的传奇。勇气、诡计、前所未有的巧思与纯粹的失误,英雄、恶棍,人性中所有最崇高与最丑陋的侧面皆在其中轮番登场。在

Hacker News 上怎么说

  • ……HN 上有什么这类的书推荐吗?我目前找到的其他书有:- 本·R·里奇与利奥·贾诺斯合著的《臭鼬工厂》(Skunk Works)- 马克·莱文森的《集装箱改变世界》(The Box)- 查尔斯·A·默里与凯瑟琳·布莱·考克斯合著的《阿波罗》(Apollo)- 同样是大卫·麦卡洛写的《大桥》(The Great Bridge)

    …Does HN have anything of that kind to recommend? Other books I've found so far: - Skunk Works by Ben E. Rich & Leo Janos - The Box by Marc Levinson - Apollo by Charles A Murray & Catherine Bly Cox - The Great Bridge also by David McCullough

  • 有一本书叫《大桥》(The Great Bridge)[1],详细记录了布鲁克林大桥的建造历史以及罗布林父子的故事。我读的时候,书里正在描述“潜水病”(减压病)的问题,我当时简直忍不住在心里大喊:“他们得的是……

    There is a book The Great Bridge[1] that is a detailed history of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge and Roebling. When I read it, they were describing the problem of "caisson disease", and I was literally screaming "They have the…

  • 对布鲁克林大桥建造过程感兴趣的人,可以看看《大桥》(The Great Bridge)[1]这本书,里面讲述的故事非常引人入胜,不仅有艰难的工程技术难题,还有那个时代的政治内幕阴谋。[1] https://www.amazon.com/dp/067145711X

    For those interested in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, the book The Great Bridge[1] tells a very interesting story of both the difficult engineering problems and the political intrigue of those times. [1] https://www.amazon.com/dp/067145711X

  • 前几年读过这本……强烈推荐!大卫·麦卡洛写的《大桥:布鲁克林大桥建造的史诗故事》(The Great Bridge)https://www.amazon.com/Great-Bridge-Story-Building-Brooklyn/...

    Read this a few years back.. highly recommended The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by David McCullough https://www.amazon.com/Great-Bridge-Story-Building-Brooklyn/...

  • 《最后的维京人》(The Last Viking)——极地探险家罗尔德·阿蒙森的传记。《维杰号》(The Wager)——一本关于同名船只在德雷克海峡失事的书。《偏心轨道》(Eccentric Orbits)——讲述铱星卫星星座的故事。《大桥》(The Great Bridge),大卫·麦卡洛著——非常详尽地介绍了布鲁克林大桥建造过程中的工程细节和衍生出的各种棘手问题。

    The Last Viking - a biography of explorer Roald Amundsen The Wager- a book about a ship by the same name which wrecked in the Drake Passage. Eccentric Orbits - about the Iridium constellation. The Great Bridge by David McCullough - goes into a pretty good amount of detail in the engineering and sub-problems of construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.

  • ……94. 贝丽尔·马卡姆《夜航西飞》(West with the Night)95. 托比亚斯·许尔特《不确定性时代》(The Age of Uncertainty)96. 理查德·普雷斯顿《美国钢铁》(American Steel)97. G·帕斯卡尔·扎卡里《绝杀》(Showstopper)98. 约翰·布鲁姆《偏心轨道》(Eccentric Orbits)99. 大卫·麦卡洛《大桥》(The Great Bridge)100. 萨菲·巴考尔《相变点》(Loonshots)101. 理查德·汉明《工程与科学的艺术》(The Art of Doing Science and Engineering)102. 凯蒂·哈芙娜《编织梦网》(Where Wizards Stay Up Late)103. 亨利·S·……的《长庚星》(The Evening Star)

    …West with the Night by Beryl Markham 95. The Age of Uncertainty by Tobias Hürter 96. American Steel by Richard Preston 97. Showstopper by G. Pascal Zachary 98. Eccentric Orbits by John Bloom 99. The Great Bridge by David McCullough 100. Loonshots by Safi Bahcall 101. The Art of Doing Science and Engineering by Richard Hamming 102. Where Wizards Stay Up Late by Katie Hafner 103. The Evening Star by Henry S.…

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