【英國維多利亞時代如何啟蒙後世科學家和發明家,讓我們成功上月球?】
英國維多利亞時代是工業革命最興盛的時期,各種發明與想法科學家和研究者腦中構思,他們雖然沒有極佳的材料,卻有不怕失敗和與勇於嘗試的心。他們想探索機械、天空、訊息傳遞,當Cyrus Field1866年成功建起第一條橫跨大西洋的纜線, Charles Babbage研發分析機,Ada Lovelace撰寫史上第一次程式設計,科技發明與進步之路就此展開。科學史作家帶我們回到過去,一窺當時科學家們的創見與努力,如何影響電腦之父圖靈(Turin)和特斯拉(Nikola Tesla),甚至讓20世紀的人類成功登上月球。
The rich and fascinating history of the scientific revolution of the Victorian Era, leading to transformative advances in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
The Victorians invented the idea of the future. They saw it as an undiscovered country, one ripe for exploration and colonization. And to get us there, they created a new way of ordering and transforming nature, built on grand designs and the mass-mobilization of the resources of the British Empire.