《现代的历程》内容简介

　　什么是古代？什么是现代？我们身处的这个世界是怎样形成的？我们和祖先的生活又有什么不同？请跟随这套以技术革命探究数千年人类文明轨迹的作品，沿着机器和齿轮的轨迹，回溯历史。

　　《现代的历程：机器改变世界》是一套讲述机器的发明史和人类现代历程的通识读本，分为启蒙时代、工业时代、国家时代、全球时代四卷。该书以机器的发明与演进为主线，从时间机器（钟表）开始，历经文字机器（印刷机）、效率机器（纺织机）、力量机器（蒸汽机），至智能机器（计算机），并巧妙地将文艺复兴、启蒙运动、工业革命、洋务运动等历史事件，置于一个由机器和技术构建的框架中。借由机器的演进，独辟蹊径地讲述了一段有趣有料的现代史，呈现出一个清晰全面的现代社会发展历程。

　　一部关于机器与人的进化史！解构科技革命进化史，重构文明秩序路线图。

　　许倬云、张笑宇、陶林作序，张维迎、俞敏洪、岳南、罗振宇、余世存、许纪霖、刘苏里、胡洪侠、傅国涌、张明扬、朱学东等盛赞推荐。

　　有别于历史教科书和传统史书的平铺直叙，通过不同时代独具特色的技术发明，讲述机器的发展史以及近现代人类社会的发展史，引发新的启发和思索。

　　引证资料丰富、知识点密集，以涵盖古今的思想广度，阐述机器科技推动人类社会同步发展的新颖认知，以理性的态度反思机器进化和人类文明的关系。

　　既讲述时间跨度上的机器科技历史，也讲述空间跨度上的东西方科技比较；从技术史的角度剖析现代社会的发展过程中，东西方文明不同的处境、碰撞和历程。

　　通过机器的发明与演进，回望过去；立足当下，探讨人类文明和机器文化的冲撞；展望未来：面对更加智能的机器，人类将走向何方？人与机器的时代，是人类更像机器，还是机器更像人类？

　　作者简介

　　杜君立，关中人，通识历史写作者。毕业于包头机械工业学校，先后从事机器制造、电梯工程、房地产销售、广告设计等行业，四十岁之后开始历史写作。主要历史作品有：《历史的细节》《现代的历程》《新食货志》等。《现代的历程》曾获得“第12届文津图书奖”推荐图书、华文好书年度评委会特别奖。

The Course of Modern History

What is ancient? What is modern? How did the world we live in come to be? How is our life different from that of our ancestors? Follow the path of machines and gears through history in this series of technological revolutions that trace thousands of years of human civilization.

The Modern Course: Machines Changing the World is a comprehensive book that tells the history of the invention of machines and the modern course of human beings, which is divided into four volumes: the Age of Enlightenment, the Industrial Age, the National Age and the Global Age. The book focuses on the invention and evolution of machines, starting with time machines (clocks), going through writing machines (printing presses), efficiency machines (textile machines), power machines (steam engines), and intelligent machines (computers), and cleverly places historical events such as the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, and the Westernization Movement in a framework constructed by machines and technology. Through the evolution of the machine, it tells an interesting and interesting modern history in a unique way, showing a clear and comprehensive development process of modern society.

A history of the evolution of machines and men! Deconstruct the evolutionary history of scientific and technological revolution and reconstruct the roadmap of civilized order.

Xu Zhuoyun, Zhang Xiaoyu, Tao Lin wrote the preface, Zhang Weiying, Yu Minhong, Yue Nan, Luo Zhenyu, Yu Shicun, Xu Jilin, Liu Suri, Hu Hongxia, Fu Guoyong, Zhang Mingyang, Zhu Xuedong and other highly recommended.

Different from the plain narration of history textbooks and traditional history books, it tells the development history of machines and the development history of modern human society through the unique technological inventions of different times, and arouses new inspiration and reflection.

The cited materials are rich and the knowledge points are dense to cover the breadth of ancient and modern thought, to elaborate the novel cognition that machine technology promotes the synchronous development of human society, and to reflect the relationship between machine evolution and human civilization with a rational attitude.

It not only tells the history of machine technology in the span of time, but also tells the comparison of Eastern and Western science and technology in the span of space. From the perspective of the history of technology, this paper analyzes the different situations, collisions and processes of the Eastern and Western civilizations in the development of modern society.

Looking back through the invention and evolution of machines; Based on the present, discuss the collision between human civilization and machine culture; Looking to the future: Where will humanity go in the face of ever smarter machines? In the era of man and machine, will humans be more like machines, or machines more like humans?

About the author

Du Junli, Guanzhong native, general history writer. Graduated from Baotou Machinery Industry School, has engaged in machine manufacturing, elevator engineering, real estate sales, advertising design and other industries, after 40 years old began to write history. The main historical works are: "Details of history", "Modern course", "New food records" and so on. "Modern Course" has won the "12th Wenjin Book Award" recommended books, Chinese good Book annual jury special Award.