《Sex, Bombs and Burgers》

《Sex, Bombs and Burgers》 内容介绍：

War, porn and fast food quite rightly deserve their bad reputation. War is responsible for untold human suffering and death; porn is blamed for everything from marital infidelity to the erosion of our morals; and fast food is causing rising obesity levels, and the increasing uniformity and blandness of western culture. So why celebrate them? Well, according to Peter Nowak, if it wasn't for war, porn and fast food, we might all still be living in caves. Sex, Bombs and Burgers is that rare thing - a pacy history of the potentially dry world of technology. Based on research into the histories of all three industries, it includes extensive interviews with inventors, experts, academics, executives and commentators. It is also a chronicle of popular culture, chock-full of surprising 'fancy that?' moments. From cars to high-definition televisions, from website logins to microwave popcorn and slinkies, it reveals how our everyday lives have been shaped - for the most part indirectly - by war, porn and fast food.

作者Peter Nowak介绍：

Peter Nowak writes about technology for various media outlets around the world and is currently the senior science and technology reporter for CBC News Online. His writing has appeared in many of the world's top newspapers, including The Sydney Morning Herald, The South China Morning Post and The Boston Globe. He has also interviewed technology giants including Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Virgin Group chairman Sir Richard Branson and the inventor of the Internet, Vinton Cerf. Nowak has worked in New Zealand and still has strong professional ties there. In 2006 the Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand named him the technology journalist of the year. According to Tim Murphy, editor in chief, of The New Zealand Herald, 'Peter Nowak is a journalist's journalist - quick, sceptical, brave, exacting and hungry for answers.'

《Sex, Bombs and Burgers》 目录大纲：

Introduction: A Shameful Trinity 1
1 Weapons of Mass Consumption 27
2 Better Eating Through Chemistry 53
3 Arming the Amateurs 87
4 A Game of War 109
5 Food from the Heavens 143
6 The Naked Eye Goes Electronic 169
7 The Internet: Military Made, Porn Perfected 197
8 Seeds of Conflict 225
9 Fully Functional Robots 255
10 Operation Desert Lab 287
Conclusion: The Benevolence of Vice 317
Notes 337
Acknowledgments 359
Photo Credits 363