Infographic: The History of Traffic Adventures: From Ox Cart to Spaceship

Author: Chen Zhongdan
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
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, 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, including many overall 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 in the ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary periods. The subtleties of it are yet to be experienced by the readers. Opening this book, what leaves a deep impression first is the large number of exquisite illustrations it contains, both paintings and photographs, which are closely coordinated with the text to tell stories and verify history. Verifying history with images is a long-standing tradition in the compilation of historical books in China. The saying "left image, right history" dates back to ancient times.