《工业革命400年》内容简介

　　从第一次工业革命的煤炭与锅炉，一直到智能手机的出现；从无敌舰队第一次贩卖黑奴，讲到乔布斯和比尔·盖茨。一边是技术的演变更迭，另一边是人与人之间的恩怨情仇，再加上社会环境的变迁，这几条线索交织成工业革命的一张网。评书一般连绵不绝，讲述出400年工业革命背后的故事。

　　历史上一轮又一轮的工业革命究竟是如何发生的？人类的一项又一项技术发明，如何推动着社会的不断进步？为什么瓦特成了蒸汽机之父？瓦特做对了什么？为什么最早发明火车头的理查·特里维西克穷困潦倒，反倒是乔治·斯蒂芬森成了火车之父？电灯泡是不是爱迪生发明的？他怎么成了洛克菲勒的潜在竞争对手？特斯拉是如何从欧洲移民到美国的？为什么这些人总喜欢往美国跑？

　　本书延续吴京平科学史评话风格，以人物为叙述主体，以评话的形式将工业革命400的经历程完整叙述。从一个个故事和现场中，我们了解到和我们生活密切相关的工业发展进程，如何造就了便捷高效的现代文明，我们是如何从手工业时期，走到如今的科技时代。

　　作者简介

　　吴京平，男，毕业于上海理工大学。生于军工科研大院，玩着天文望远镜听着相声评书长大，做过广告公司的美术总监，干过资深人机交互设计师，现为专职科普作家，全国首档科学秀主播，科学声音组织成员。长期从事大众科普工作，在中国科技馆、上海天文馆、贵州科技馆、长沙科技馆等全国各科技馆举行的讲座极受欢迎。出版图书《柔软的宇宙》销量12万册，《无中生有的世界》销量8万册，《达尔文的战争》获文津奖推荐图书。

400 Years of the Industrial Revolution

From coal and boilers in the first industrial Revolution to the advent of the smartphone; From the Armada's first slave trade to Jobs and Bill Gates. On one side is the evolution of technology, on the other side is the hatred and hatred between people, coupled with the changes of the social environment, these clues are intertwined into a network of industrial revolution. Pingshu is an endless series that tells the story behind 400 years of industrial revolution.

How on earth did the industrial revolution take place round after round in history? How does one technological invention after another of human beings promote the continuous progress of society? Why did Watt become the father of the steam engine? What did Watt do right? Why did Richard Trevithick, the inventor of the first locomotive, fall into poverty, while George Stephenson became the father of the train? Was the light bulb invented by Edison? How did he become a potential rival to Rockefeller? How did Tesla migrate from Europe to the United States? Why do these people always go to America?

This book continues Wu Jingping's style of commentary on the history of science, with characters as the main narrative subject, and a complete narration of the 400th Industrial Revolution in the form of commentary. From each story and scene, we understand how the industrial development process closely related to our lives has created a convenient and efficient modern civilization, and how we have gone from the handicraft period to the current era of science and technology.

About the author

Wu Jingping, male, graduated from University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. Born in the military scientific research institute, playing with astronomical telescopes and listening to crosstalk storytelling grew up, worked as an art director of an advertising company, worked as a senior human-computer interaction designer, and is now a full-time science writer, the first anchor of the national science show, and a member of the Scientific Voice organization. He has been engaged in popular science work for a long time, and his lectures held in China Science and Technology Museum, Shanghai Planetarium, Guizhou Science and Technology Museum, Changsha Science and Technology Museum and other science and technology museums across the country are very popular. Published books "Soft Universe" sold 120,000 copies, "A World from Nothing" sold 80,000 copies, "Darwin's War" won the Wenjin Award recommended book.