THEY LAUGHED AT GALILEO
Book ID/图书代码： 07980015B78367
English Summary/英文概要： From the wireless to the computer, and from hula hoops to interplanetary travel, inventions and discoveries have changed our lifestyles in ways that would have astounded our ancestors. Each of them was originally developed by visionaries who dreamt of the seemingly impossible, but who were opposed by an array of experts publicly declaring that ’It cannot be done.’ Well, yes it could ...And here’s the story of how those dreamers overcame the odds against them.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 从无线到电脑，从呼啦圈到星际旅行，发明和发现不断改变着我们的生活方式，我们的祖先根本无法想象我们过着现在这样的生活。而当一个全新的看法被提出的时候，人们当时往往会觉得这个人八成是疯了，这不可能办到。好吧，但这些的确可以，这本书就介绍了这些梦想家是如何突破重重阻碍，获得成功的。（XAT）
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“这不可能成功。”
从无线到电脑，从呼啦圈到星际旅行，发明和发现不断改变着我们的生活方式，我们的祖先根本无法想象我们过着现在这样的生活。而当一个全新的看法被提出的时候，人们当时往往会觉得这个人八成是疯了，这不可能办到。好吧，但这些的确可以，这本书就介绍了这些梦想家是如何突破重重阻碍，获得成功的。
封底：
“全世界只需要5台电脑就足够了。”——托马斯•沃森，IBM创立者，1943年
From the Inside Flap
’That will never work . . .’
From the wireless to the computer, and from hula hoops to interplanetary travel, inventions and discoveries have changed our lifestyles in ways that would have astounded our ancestors. Each of them was originally developed by visionaries who dreamt of the seemingly impossible, and who were opposed by an array of experts publicly declaring ’It cannot be done.’
Well, yes it could, and here’s the story of how those dreamers overcame the odds against them.
From the Back Cover
’I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.’
Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943
About the Author/作者介绍： 阿尔伯特•杰克是一位英国作家和历史学家，他在2004年出版了他的第一本书《红鲱鱼和白大象》而一举成名，书中介绍了英语中著名短语的起源。这本书随后称为了国际畅销书，并被《星期日泰晤士报》连载一年多，并位列《英国星期天时代报》畅销书前十位长达十六个月。阿尔伯特随后又写了《长毛狗和黑绵羊》，又是一本畅销书，自2005年10月出版后共售出15万本。阿尔伯特还有其他的一些畅销书，分别为《幻影旅行者》、《尼斯湖怪兽》、《蛙雨》和《鼬鼠跳》。Albert Jack is an English writer and historian who became something of a publishing phenomenon in 2004 when his first book Red Herrings and White Elephants, which explored the origins of well-known phrases in the English language, became a huge international best-seller. The book was serialised by the Sunday Times for over a year and stayed in the top ten of the UK Sunday Times best-seller list for sixteen months. His follow up book Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep was also a best seller and has sold over 150,000 copies since publication in October 2005. His other successful titles include Phantom Hitchhikers, Loch Ness Monsters and Raining Frogs and Pop Goes the Weasel.
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