WEAPONS GRADE: THE REVEALING HISTORY OF THE LINK BETWEEN MODERN WAPFARE AND OUR HIGH TECH WORLD

Book ID/图书代码： 03275004B08906

English Summary/英文概要： Understanding how business is likely to evolve in the coming years is itself a multi-million dollar business. Plenty of gurus, academics and snake-oil salesmen will tell you all about the future - for a price. What all of these experts often overlook is that the future is already here. Chances are, the products and services we will buy and sell tomorrow are available - to a very limited clientele - at a top-secret research institute near you. Throughout human history war and the threat of war have driven innovation and accelerated the uptake of new technology - from the nomadic warriors who introduced the stirrup and the kebab to the world, to the British Navy’s funding of Marconi’s new-fangled radio. And since 1945 the relationship between military needs and modern business has grown ever closer, especially in the United States. David Hambling traces the history of this relationship in the modern era and shows how precision eye surgery emerged out of the military quest for a ’death ray’, how transistors and silicon chips first helped build better bombs, and exactly why the 747 has such a distinctive shape. As well as telling the story of technology transfer in the past Hambling explores the cutting edge of modern military research. Throughout he seeks to identify the technologies that will transform business in the decades to come. If history does repeat itself - and it tends to - Market Forces will be much more than a book about the shape of current preoccupations: Hambling’s readers will actually learn something about the real future of business.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 了解在即将到来的几年里，商业将会最有可能以何种形式发展，本身就具有了价值数百万的意义。许多权威、专业和狡猾的销售员将告诉你未来几年中金钱的流向。这些专业人员通常持有抓住现在的观念。到处都有机遇，在不久的将来，我们目前买卖的物品和服务将只适用于很小的一部分人群，你将从本书中了解最秘密的研究成果。贯穿整个人类历史战争时期发展和因战争威胁我们所要面对的压力，这些都引领我们去创新，并促进我们对新科技的了解和熟知——从游牧的勇士向世界介绍了马镫和烤肉，到因马哥尼发明了新式无线电装置，英国海军所创办的基金。自1945年开始，军事的需要和现代商业之间的关系越来越紧密，尤其在美国，这种现象更为突出。作者David Hambling追随历史的脚步，以新时代的眼光审视过往的实例，向人们展现精确的眼部外科手术是如何让军人摆脱了“死亡发射线”的纠缠，电晶体和硅片是如何首次帮助人类建造了更具杀伤力的炸弹，和为什么747的模型是如此的特别。在叙述过往科技转换发展故事的同时， Hambling也对现代军事做了刨根到底的研究。他始终试着在本书中证明在日后的几十年里，科技将彻底转换商业模式。如果历史确实照着原来的方式再现，市场的巨大能量将远远比书中介绍的超过目前拥有的份额：Hambling的读者将从书中学习到商业真正的未来趋势。

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