BOFFINOLOGY: THE REAL STORIES BEHIND OUR GREATEST SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES
Book ID/图书代码： 07100011B50601
English Summary/英文概要： The history of science is often seen as a story of advancement but nothing could be further from the truth. Science, it is true, has progressed, but rarely in the direction intended and seldom for the reasons given. This has a lot to do with the people responsible. Meet Thales, credited as ‘the father of science’, whose only real claim to fame is that he often fell into ditches, discover how Archimedes never said Eureka and hated baths anyway and how the most lucrative ancient Greek invention was not democracy but the slot machine.
Justin Pollard also fills us in on Issac Newton who liked to disguise himself and lurk in London’s less salubrious pubs, how eleven people claimed to have invented the steam engine and why the first website was twelve foot across and made of wood.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 科学的历史常常被看作是一个进步的故事，但它离真相却很远。科学的确是进步了，但很少朝着人们预想的方向进步，而且鲜有原因说明。这与负责的人们有很大的关系。
比如泰勒斯(Thales)，被誉为“科学之父”，真正使他出名的事情却令人啼笑皆非，他经常掉进沟里，发现了阿基米德(Archimedes)是如何得痛恨洗澡，还有，最有利可图的古希腊发明不是民主，而是老虎机。
贾斯汀.波拉德(Justin Pollard)也喜欢告诉我们一些另类科学，例如牛顿喜欢伪装自己然后潜伏在伦敦一些不健康的酒吧里，有11个人声称是自己发明了蒸汽机，还有为什么第一个网站有12英尺长，并且是用木头做的。(XAT & CK)
Awards/获奖情况：这本有关科学家以及他们发明故事的汇编读来易于理解且十分有趣，同时也告诉我们一个道理：科学并不只是那些自封的捍卫者口中严肃冷静的理论和原则。——《金融时报》
About the Author/作者介绍： 贾斯汀.波拉德(Justin Pollard)在剑桥研读了考古学和人类学。他是一个历史作家和电影电视顾问。他的作品包括《伊丽莎白》(Elizabeth)和《赎罪》(Atonement)以及英国广播公司电视剧《都铎王朝》(The Tudors)，还有二十五余部纪录片系列，如第四台的《时间团队》(Time Team)。他是QI的作者和研究员，也著作了7本书，包括《有趣的位，冲啊！》(The Interesting Bits, Charge!)和《揭秘英国》(Secret Britain)。
JUSTIN POLLARD read Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge. He is a historical writer and consultant in film and TV. His credits include Elizabeth and Atonement and the BBC TV drama The Tudors, as well as more than twenty-five documentary series such as Channel 4’s Time Team. He is a writer and researcher for QI and the author of seven books including The Interesting Bits, Charge! and Secret Britain.
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