Big Ideas that Changed the World Series 1-3 - Don Brown 电子书 cbr
Product details
Reading age : 8 - 12 years
Lexile measure : GN940L
Grade level : 3 - 7
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams; Illustrated edition (March 5, 2019)
Language : English
Hardcover : 136 pages
ISBN-10 : 1419734040
ISBN-13 : 978-1419734045
1. Rocket to the Moon! (March 5, 2019)
2. Machines That Think! (April 28, 2020)
3. A Shot in the Arm! (April 20, 2021
Award-winning author Don Brown explores the history of rocket building in this installment of the Big Ideas That Changed the World series
Big Ideas That Changed the World is a graphic novel series that celebrates the hard-won succession of ideas that ultimately changed the world. Humor, drama, and art unite to tell the story of events, discoveries, and ingenuity over time that led humans to come up with abig idea and then make it come true.
About the Author
Don Brown is the award-winning author and illustrator of many picture-book biographies. His books have been given a Sibert Medal and an Orbis PictusAward, among other awards and notice.He lives in Merrick, New York
该系列共3册，分别简要梳理了疫苗、计算机和太空探索的历史。如果只是“概述科技史”，孩子怎么会乐意挑灯夜读呢？作者必然是有两把刷子的！
要知道，《从病毒到疫苗》获得了2022年美国科学进步学会/斯巴鲁杰出科普图书奖呢！
除非孩子已经对某个主题特别感兴趣，否则，在新冠病毒肆虐的当下，首先获得关注的肯定是《从病毒到疫苗》。
虽然这三本书都是“科技史”，但疫苗、计算机和太空探索这3个主题，无不贴近我们当下的日常生活。即便是太空探索这样高深的领域，考虑到中国空间站建设的相关新闻、“天宫课堂”的推广等，孩子们一定也听到过不少专有名词，很关心这个热门领域。
这样的主题下，眼下的现实都跟历史的关键环节有或多或少的关系。疫苗vaccine这个英文单词源于拉丁语vaccinus，意思是“来自奶牛”，因为最初的疫苗的确跟奶牛有关；电脑的发明跟织布机有关，毛笔书法给了乔布斯设计计算机的灵感……
