Technology & Science

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions 《科学革命的结构》 Thomas Kuhn Kuhn argues that science does not accumulate linearly but cycles between “normal science” and revolution: a paradigm guides research until… Technology & Science Classic Index 95

Gödel, Escher, Bach 《哥德尔、艾舍尔、巴赫》 Douglas Hofstadter Hofstadter weaves formal systems, recursion, self-reference, and isomorphism around a single thread: how meaning emerges from meaningless symbol… Technology & Science Classic Index 94

Chip War 《芯片战争》 Chris Miller Miller braids the history of the semiconductor industry with geopolitics: from the invention of the transistor, through Japan's rise and Taiwan's… Technology & Science Classic Index 93

Understanding Media 《理解媒介》 Marshall McLuhan McLuhan advances a counterintuitive claim: the real effect of a medium lies not in the content it carries but in how it reshapes the ratios of human… Technology & Science Classic Index 90

The Information 《信息简史》 James Gleick Gleick tells the story of information along three threads: the history from African talking drums to the telegraph, how Shannon's theory turned… Technology & Science Classic Index 89

The Innovators 《创新者》 Walter Isaacson Isaacson rejects the lone-genius narrative and argues that the digital revolution was above all collaborative: a relay among mathematicians and… Technology & Science Classic Index 87

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! 《别闹了，费曼先生》 Richard Feynman This oral autobiography follows Feynman picking locks, playing bongos, teaching physics, and investigating a shuttle disaster, but its real subject… Technology & Science Classic Index 85

The Second Machine Age 《第二次机器革命》 Erik Brynjolfsson Brynjolfsson and McAfee argue that digital technology now lets machines substitute for cognitive as well as physical labor, opening a “second… Technology & Science Classic Index 84

Structures 《结构》 J. E. Gordon Gordon uses bridges, cathedrals, bones, and eggshells to explain structural mechanics: why materials break, why shape matters more than material… Technology & Science Classic Index 82

Technology & Science 2022 Starry Messenger Neil deGrasse Tyson Starry Messenger 《星际信使》 Neil deGrasse Tyson The big picture, seen from a cosmologist's perspective. Technology & Science AZM's list

Technology & Science 2019 Harald Lesch 这个宇宙和我有什么关系 《这个宇宙和我有什么关系》 Harald Lesch Physics, and finding meaning in an indifferent universe. Technology & Science AZM's list

Technology & Science 2020 Until the End of Time Brian Greene Until the End of Time 《直到时间尽头》 Brian Greene String theory, entropy, and the end of everything. Technology & Science AZM's list

Technology & Science 2019 Alessandro Vespignani 算法与预言 《算法与预言》 Alessandro Vespignani Big data, prediction, algorithms, and how society changes. Technology & Science AZM's list

Technology & Science 2017 Visions of Technological Transcendence James A. Herrick Visions of Technological Transcendence 《人类未来进化史》 James A. Herrick Technological immortality, rhetoric, and the future of human evolution. Technology & Science AZM's list

Technology & Science 2021 Extraterrestrial Avi Loeb Extraterrestrial 《外星人》 Avi Loeb A Harvard astronomer on alien civilizations and the scientific spirit. Technology & Science AZM's list

Technology & Science 2019 Our Symphony with Animals Aysha Akhtar Our Symphony with Animals 《伴生》 Aysha Akhtar Animal ethics and the foundations of a civilized social order. Technology & Science AZM's list

Technology & Science 1976 The Selfish Gene Richard Dawkins The Selfish Gene 《自私的基因》 Richard Dawkins Gene-centred evolution and its anti-humanist implications. Technology & Science AZM's list

Technology & Science 1967 The Naked Ape Desmond Morris The Naked Ape 《裸猿》 Desmond Morris The human being examined as just another animal. Technology & Science AZM's list

Technology & Science 2014 The Meaning of Human Existence Edward O. Wilson The Meaning of Human Existence 《人类存在的意义》 Edward O. Wilson Evolution and humanism seen through sociobiology. Technology & Science AZM's list

Technology & Science 2021 You Bet Your Life Paul A. Offit You Bet Your Life 《赌命》 Paul A. Offit Medical risk, vaccine development, and the case for scientific reasoning. Technology & Science AZM's list

Technology & Science 2016 Complexity unknown-complexity Complexity 《生命大趋势》 unknown-complexity Biodiversity and the large-scale trends of human society. Technology & Science AZM's list

Technology & Science Stephen Webb 费米悖论的75种解释 《费米悖论的75种解释》 Stephen Webb A systematic survey of the Zoo, Great Filter, Rare Earth and other hypotheses. Technology & Science XMS's list

Technology & Science 2009 Biocentrism Robert Lanza Biocentrism 《生物中心主义三部曲》 Robert Lanza The universe does not stand alone: life and consciousness define it. Technology & Science XMS's list

Crystal Fire 《晶体之火》 Michael Riordan & Lillian Hoddeson How a slab of germanium became the foundation of the information age Technology & Science Daily Pick

The Man Behind the Microchip 《硅谷之父》 Leslie Berlin A technical breakthrough persists as an industry only when paired with institutions that let engineers share in the rewards Technology & Science Daily Pick

The Idea Factory 《贝尔实验室与美国革新大时代》 Jon Gertner Innovation is not the lucky flash of genius but a product designed out of funding structures, physical space, and cross-disciplinary collaboration Technology & Science Daily Pick

Stuff Matters 《迷人的材料》 Mark Miodownik How matter shapes civilisation: a materials-science tour from steel and glass to graphite and aerogel Technology & Science Daily Pick