in 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old ernst gombrich was invited to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. amazingly, he completed the task in an intense six weeks, and "eine kurze weltgeschichte fur junge leser" was published in vienna to immediate success, and is now available in twenty-five languages across the world. in forty concise chapters, gombrich tells the story of man from the stone age to the atomic bomb. in between emerges a colourful picture of wars and conquests, grand works of art, and the spread and limitations of science. this is a text dominated not by dates and facts, but by the sweep of mankind's experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements and an acute witness to its frailties.the product of a generous and humane sensibility, this timeless account makes intelligible the full span of human history.in 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old ernst gombrich was invited to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. amazingly, he completed the task in an intense six weeks, and "eine kurze weltgeschichte fur junge leser" was published in vienna to immediate success, and is now available in twenty-five languages across the world. in forty concise chapters, gombrich tells the story of man from the stone age to the atomic bomb. in between emerges a colourful picture of wars and conquests, grand works of art, and the spread and limitations of science. this is a text dominated not by dates and facts, but by the sweep of mankind's experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements and an acute witness to its frailties.the product of a generous and humane sensibility, this timeless account makes intelligible the full span of human history.
虽然贡布里希(ernst gombrich)写的《艺术的故事》更有名,但是他的《a little history ofthe world》也是广受好评的。这本书最初是用德语于1935年写就,当时他只有26岁。后来,他于92岁时,2001年去世,当时他正在用英文重写它,并且坚持只能是他来重新写/翻译。最终由他的助手完成了全部的翻译工作。他用编年体的方式写了世界各地的历史,从人类住岩洞时期开始,直到第一次世界大战。其中有不少内容讲述了各种宗教教义,主义和文化思潮,以及它们是如何融...