53 1/2 THINGS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD: AND SOME THAT DIDN’T
Book ID/图书代码： 03650310B41693
English Summary/英文概要： Grade 3-6?A book that’s chronologically organized and punctuated with lighthearted cartoons that add humor and reinforce the text. Its main strength is the first section, "Before History Began," which sets an easy tone and presents inventions, such as tools, clothes, and the wheel, that were pivotal in forming early society. The second section discusses how toilets, clocks, the printing press, and a variety of other increasingly sophisticated inventions have changed the ways people live. Parker winds up with the atomic bomb and fusion power. The third section is extraneous: useful things that haven’t really changed the course of history, such as chess, napkins, and umbrellas. Children will be attracted to the author’s chatty, questioning style. While inventions and not inventors are the focus here, women appear to be underrepresented in both the text and pictures. Less intimidating than Small Inventions That Make a Big Difference (National Geographic Society, 1984) and historically broader than Charlotte Jones’s Mistakes That Worked (Doubleday, 1994), this title adds some spark to learning about everyday things. It’s a good introduction to inventions, their basic principles, and why we use them?
A collection of funny and informative stories describes how technological progress has been advanced throughout human history by some of the greatest inventing catastrophies ever.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 3-6年级 一本按时间顺序编写的书，当中穿插漫画增添幽默轻松，加强字里行间的感染力。本书重点是第一部分——“在历史开始之前”。以轻松简单的基调，展现了发明创造，如工具、衣服和车轮，这些是早期社会形成的关键。第二部分讨论了厕所、钟表、印刷出版以及其他各种越来越复杂的发明是如何改变人们生活方式的。帕克以原子弹与融合能量结尾。第三部分是无关的：描写那些并没有真正改变历史但实用的东西，如象棋、餐巾纸、雨伞。孩子们会被本书作者健谈、质疑的风格所吸引。虽然这里关注的是发明而不是发明人，但女性在本书文字和图片中出现的确实很少。本书比《创造大不同的小发明》(《国家地理社会》，1984年)少些威吓，比夏洛特•琼斯所作《起作用的错误》(《双日》，1994年)根据历史广泛性，为了解日常事物增添了一些火花。本书很好地介绍了发明及其基本原理，以及我们使用这些发明的原因。
一个有趣而信息量丰富的故事集，描写了在整个人类历史上技术进程是如何被一些伟大甚至是灾难的发明加速的。(兼职翻译-JDM)
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