Infographic: The History of Transportation Adventures -- From Ox Cart to Spaceship

Author: Chen Zhongdan (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: The author claims this book is a popular reading that spreads history as well as science. Popularization is very important, and doing popularization work is not simple; not everyone can do it well. The author has been engaged in history for decades, has read extensively, and has a broad knowledge, making it easy for him to write this book. The content of the book spans from ancient times to the present, with a wide range of coverage, including many general descriptions, but also many interesting details. The entire book grasps the development of transportation and exploration over thousands of years from a macro perspective and highlights the relationship between the two. Looking at the four parts of the book, it indeed appropriately reflects the main trends of transportation and exploration development in the ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary periods. The subtleties of the book still await readers to appreciate carefully. Opening this book, the first thing that leaves a deep impression is the large number of exquisite illustrations it contains, both paintings and photographs, which are closely coordinated with the text content, telling stories and verifying history together. Verifying history with images is a traditional practice in the compilation of historical books in China, with the saying "left image, right history" dating back to ancient times.