kurze Geschichte der Welt, Oder wie der Untertitel meint ein Schlüssel für die Betrachtung der Geschichte, Overview of the major trends, events, and personalities of world history fromBC to the present, with occasional interpretive remarks that often emphasize the great impact of technological innovations on the development of civilization, organized into,year progressions, with seperate sections devoted to
each millennial period from,B.
C. to,A. D. , preceded by a short chapter on human antecedents and capped by a lengthier one on how civilization might unfold in the next,years given current problems and technological possibilities.
The jacket describes this book as "An entire history of the world in a convenient paperback volume, " Ambitious!
At about onehundred eighty pages, Asimov zooms through human history with his characteristic style and nuance, March starts with the invention of agriculture around,B, C. E. and covers history until, when the book was first published, Asimov has a knack for inserting his opinion as fact in a nonchalant way, I particularly enjoyed his coverage of the Middle East,
March is a quick read and should amuse anyone with an interest in human history, Although specific coverage is usually shallow due to the scope of the book, Asimov has a knack for unifying the material in such a way that his own synthesis is instructive.
I know it's been said before, but I'm compelled to restate it: the only way to understand the present, e, g. , our culture, other cultures, economies, technologies and endless other aspects of humanity is to understand it's history, i, e. , political, psychosocial, and technological histories,
Nobody but, nobody explains it better than Asimov, Human history broken down into millennia, with some speculation and pontificating at the end,
Mõnus ja kokkuvõtlik ülevaade inimkonna algusest kuni tänapäevani või peaaegu raamatu ilmumise ajani, aastal. Lisaks ka põgus pilguheit järgmisse aastatuhandesse,
Ma ei ole kunagi suur ajaloohuviline olnud, nii et selline ülevaatlik ja selge ülevaade oli igati tänuväärne, Asimov on ise öelnud, et talle meeldib rääkida lugusid ja jätta üleliigne kõrvale, Nii ka sedapuhku.
Millest ma aga puudust tundsin, olid Asimovi mõtted, Üks asi on fakte ritta seada, teine aga neist järeldusi ja mustreid otsida, Esimest oli tehtud eeskujulikult, teist aga pinnapealselt, Asimovi järeldused ja mõtted on aga väga põnevad, nagu varasemate raamatute põhjal öelda julgen, Eks muidugi tuleb arvastada ka seda, et Asimov suri, aastal ehk üsna varsti pärast antud teose ilmumist, Ja nimi kaanel kaasautorina ei pruugi tähendada sugugi võrdset panust ka sisu osas, . .
Kuigi ma kõigi seisukohtadega ei nõustu, meeldis mulle väga tuleviku prognoos arvutite ja sellega seoses haridussüsteemi ning töö iseloomu üle, Täna teame, et ka ses osas on areng olnud autorite ennustatust kiirem,
Raamatus avaldatakse lootust, et õige pea jõuab kätte aeg, mil igaüks võib lubada isiklikku arvutit, Tänaseks on nutiseadmed ka juba lasteaialastel,
Igatahes soovitan vähemalt selle peatüki läbi lugeda, Ning samuti haarata kätte Asimovi esse evolutsiooniteooria teemal eesti keeles ilmunud kogumikus sitelinkVaade kõrgelt, Ja siis mõelda, et elu on ilus ja me saame selle veel ilusamaks muuta, : The Good Doctor and his colleague Frank White present a lucid and concise chronology which covers,years of human history, from,B, C. to,A. D. , including speculation about Humanity's future, Isaac Asimov was a Russian born, American author, a professor of biochemistry, and a highly successful writer, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books.
Professor Asimov is generally considered one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited thanbooks and an estimated,letters and postcards, He has works published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey Decimal System lacking only an entry in thes category of Philosophy, Asimov is widely considered a master of the science fiction genre and, along with Robert A, Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, was considered one of the Big Three science fiction writers during his lifetime, Asimovs most famous work is t Isaac Asimov was a Russian born, American author, a professor of biochemistry, and a highly successful writer, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books.
Professor Asimov is generally considered one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited thanbooks and an estimated,letters and postcards, He has works published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey Decimal System lacking only an entry in thes category of Philosophy, Asimov is widely considered a master of the science fiction genre and, along with Robert A, Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers during his lifetime, Asimov's most famous work is the Foundation Series his other major series are the Galactic Empire series and the Robot series, both of which he later tied into the same fictional universe as the Foundation Series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those pioneered by Robert A.
Heinlein and previously produced by Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson, He penned numerous short stories, among them "Nightfall", which inwas voted by the Science Fiction Writers of America the best short science fiction story of all time, a title many still honor.
He also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as a great amount of nonfiction, Asimov wrote the Lucky Starr series of juvenile science fiction novels using the pen name Paul French, Most of Asimov's popularized science books explain scientific concepts in a historical way, going as far back as possible to a time when the science in question was at its simplest stage.
He often provides nationalities, birth dates, and death dates for the scientists he mentions, as well as etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms, Examples include his Guide to Science, the three volume set Understanding Physics, and Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery, Asimov was a long time member and Vice President of Mensa International, albeit reluctantly he described some members of that organization as "brain proud and aggressive about their IQs" He took joy in being president of the American Humanist Association.
The asteroidAsimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, a Brooklyn, NY elementary school, and two different Isaac Asimov Awards are named in his honor, Isaac Asimov., November. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, Retrieved:, November,, from sitelink sitelink,