142 Reading Start Points – Learning Methods Aligned with the New Century (Digital Age Series)

Author: (USA) James Burke
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: 10 unique reading journeys unlike any before; a dazzling journey through the history of knowledge. This is a very creative idea for the West! — The Washington Post
James Burke is one of my favorite authors! — Bill Gates
Introducing a web-based knowledge system and creating a learning method connected to the new century. — Wang Zhidong
A learning method connected to the 21st century, an interesting read that combines the history of science, new learning methodologies, and sociology. A timeless book that can be read linearly, selectively, linked, or in a zigzag manner.
This book introduces a web-based knowledge system using a method called "a learning method connected to the new century." The author observes that every new discovery or invention in the history of technology has led to the redistribution of social wealth and the emergence of new dominant classes. Through this argument, the author reviews the development of world technological history. Moreover, the author designs ten different "travel" methods and 142 "entry points" for web-based reading, which are the intersections of knowledge points and time points of other "journeys." By using this forward and backward prompting method, these knowledge points are linked into a network.
It is an interesting read that combines the history of science, new learning methodologies, and sociology.