语言为使用或不使用数字的人提供了一扇窗口,让我们了解到数字的发明是如何重塑人类经历的。
Speakers of numeric, or numberless, languages offer a window into how the invention of numbers reshaped the human experience.
它经历一个连续的混合过程,就像企业家发明新产品并将其付诸生产一样。
It goes through a constant process of discombobulation as entrepreneurs invent new products and processes.
特拉斯因为发明了无线电台和交流发电机而开启了一个电的时代,确切的说,在1856年甚至连他的出生都经历了一场猛烈的闪电暴风。
Tesla, who is credited with the invention of the wireless radio and the AC generator that kick-started the electrical age was even born, fittingly, during a violent lightning storm in 1856.
It's like we have laws of thermodynamics that underlie the use of engines, but you can't just go from the laws of thermodynamics to an automobile; there are a million steps along the way.
这就好比热力学定律,为引擎的使用打下了理论基础,但你不能从热力学定律一步跨越到发明汽车,这中间还要经历成千上万的步骤
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