中文名: 探索频道-今古发明
英文名: Discovery Channel Ancient Inventions
别名: 古代发明
资源格式: DVDRip
发行时间: 1998年
制作发行: Discovery Channel
地区: 美国
语言: 英语
简介:
Discovery Channel: 今古发明1:武器大观 Ancient Inventions:War And Conflict
防御与攻击，是人类发明的最大原动力之一。冲突的起因通常不是理念，而是为了财富与权势。历代残暴及野心勃勃的君王，更使得武器竞赛愈演愈烈。历代文献清楚地记载了人类研究各式杀人武器的狂热，从古至今未曾间歇。
Discovery channel 将带领您一起来了解远古人类在各式武器上的科学发明。人类最早的武器是5万年前用火烤硬削尖的棍子尖端；之后为拉长作战距离及准确度，回力棒与弓箭等运应而生。火焰的应用帮助君士坦丁四世赢得对叙利亚的回教之战；中国炼丹术士发明的火药在13世纪时传入欧洲，穆罕默德研发出超级大炮后以回敬君士坦丁堡。另外，枪炮在1541年由葡萄牙人引进亚洲的日本，美军在1853年以此逼破日本开放国际商港，日本随后以珍珠港之役一雪前耻。之后，原子弹提供了足以毁灭世界的能量，军用电报系统及网际网路更加速各种出其不意的战争型态进行，本片为您介绍各种如火如荼从未间断的武器发明，您千万不可错过。
Discovery Channel: 今古发明2: 性爱之间 Ancient Inventions: Sex And Love
和谐的性爱关係是人类发明的最大原动力之一。并非只有现代人才会想要使自己更
性感，法老王的奴隶因化妆品用尽而罢工；时髦的古罗马女人，将驍勇善战斗士的
汗水涂抹於身上，我们的老祖宗同样拼命想改变外表，和现代人一样想尽办法挑逗
对方。
Discovery channel 将带领您一起探访老祖宗改善男女性爱生活的重要发明。性与
爱以吻为起点，在文献记载中接吻只是普遍的打招呼的方式，而古罗马人却对此大
感兴趣，将接吻的方式发扬光大。五世纪时印度贤人马哈里希撰写的性爱手册，不
仅详细介绍交媾姿势，更有改善两性关係及料理家事的秘诀。
其他诸如: 化妆品、髮型、香水、各种健身方法等皆是为了吸引异性而发明。而许
多东西方文明将性的极乐视为神圣的责任，无怪乎须由宗教领袖来教导信眾，完成
这神圣的使命，东西方古老世界裏各式各样的性爱发明，真是令人大开眼界。
Discovery Channel: 今古发明3：城市建设ANCIENT INVENTIONS: CITY LIFE
据载城市源起於一万年前的中东，在此之前，古老人类散居各地，以渔猎为生，或逐水草而居，农业技术进步后，温饱无虞，不须日复一日为下一顿饭发愁，人们终於可以各司其职，投入制造发明，为求更安全便利的群居生活，城市生活方於此焉然而生。Discovery Channel 将带领您一同来了解城市生活中各种发明的缘由始末，及古往今来人类城市生活发明的智慧结晶。纽约是现代城市的表徵，高楼林立、交通拥塞，包罗万象的生活机能，一应俱全。但西方古老城市以罗马为最，本片将介绍城市生活基本问题的演进过程，包括：城市用水、水泥建筑、交通工具、道路系统、烹飪餐饮、街灯照明、钱币制度、以及城市垃圾处理等等。探访罗马老祖先修筑可绕行地球两圈总长达5万哩公路的古老世纪中，面对生活的难题时的解决之道，邀您一起来鑑古知今，共同寻找提升未来城市生活的聪明对策。
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Join Monty Python's Terry Jones on a tour of the ingenuity of our ancestors. Take a humorous yet factual look at inventions we think of as unique to modern times when really they have been around for centuries and many even longer. Some of the amazing discoveries include: automatic doors - first designed over 2000 years ago; accurate pregnancy tests - a regular feature of ancient Babylon; and tanks - actually devised by the Assyrians in 8 BC. Clearly the ancient world was every bit as inventive as our own.
Narrated by Terry JonesProduced by David Souden and Amanda WilkieWritten by Terry Jones, Daniel Percival and David SoudenBook written by Peter James & Nick ThorpeDirected by Daniel PercivalEdited by Phil ReynoldsMusic by Dimitri Tchamouroff2 hours, 30 minutes, English audio, 1998
Part 1: War and Conflict
Julius Caesar never used a mobile phone, Socrates never consulted a digital watch, and Alexander the Great never flushed the lavatory. But that doesn't mean they were stupid. Archeologists tell us the human brain is the same size now as it was 60,000 years ago, and our ancestors were every bit as intelligent as we are today, so we shouldn't assume that the scientists and inventors of the past have nothing to teach us. In fact, when it comes to weapon's technology - well, none of it is as new as we think it is. Guided missiles, flame-throwers, chemical weapons, tanks, even the theory of the atom bomb - they're all ancient inventions.
Part 2: Sex and Love
No one invented sex or love, but they've always been one of the greatest spurs to human inventiveness. Making ourselves sexually attractive is not just a modern obsession. Our ancient ancestors were just as obsessed with inventing new ways of looking good and turning each other on as we are today. For example, Pharaoh's slaves once went on strike because they ran out of makeup. And, fashionable Roman women used to smear themselves with gladiator sweat. And, when it comes to finding ways to improve our sex lives, our ancestors came up with a good many inventions modern Man has only just rediscovered. The female condom, the pregnancy tester, yes, and even the oral contraceptive. Believe it or not, they're all ancient inventions.
Part 3: City Life
It took Christopher Columbus over eight weeks to cross the Atlantic. Nowadays, we can do it in less than eight hours in a jumbo jet. What would Columbus or Archimedes have made of it? Well, it doesn't mean they were less intelligent than you or me. They were probably more intelligent. And maybe all this progress that modern man seems to be making is partly an illusion. Perhaps there are even things we can learn from the science and technology of ancient times. Take the city, for example. Cities seem so much the product of modern technology and yet, in fact, they are one of the most ancient of all inventions.
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