Incompatible with modernity -- Puzzling Chinese -- Radical machines -- What do you call a typewriter with no keys? -- Controlling the Kanjisphere -- QWERTY is dead! Long live QWERTY! Lin Yutang and the birth of input -- The typing rebellion

The fascinating, untold story of how the Chinese language overcame unparalleled challenges and revolutionized the world of computing. A standard QWERTY keyboard has a few dozen keys. How can Chinese—a language with tens of thousands of characters and no alphabet—be input on such a device? In The Chinese Computer, Thomas S. Mullaney sets out to resolve this paradox, and in doing so, discovers that the key to this seemingly impossible riddle has given rise to a new epoch in the history of writing—a form of writing he calls “hypography.” Based on fifteen years of research, this pathbreaking history of the Chinese language charts the beginnings of electronic Chinese technology in the wake of World War II up through to its many iterations in the present day. Mullaney takes the reader back through the history and evolution of Chinese language computing technology, showing the development of electronic Chinese input methods—software programs that enable Chinese characters to be produced using alphanumeric symbols—and the profound impact they have had on the way Chinese is written. Along the way, Mullaney introduces a cast of brilliant and eccentric personalities drawn from the ranks of IBM, MIT, the CIA, the Pentagon, the Taiwanese military, and the highest rungs of mainland Chinese establishment, to name a few, and the unexpected roles they played in developing Chinese language computing. Finally, he shows how China and the non-Western world—because of the hypographic technologies they had to invent in order to join the personal computing revolution—“saved” the Western computer from its deep biases, enabling it to achieve a meaningful presence in markets outside of the Americas and Europe. An eminently engaging and artfully told history, The Chinese Computer is a must-read for anyone interested in how culture informs computing and how computing, in turn, shapes culture.

Plenty of books tell you how to do research. This book helps you figure out WHAT to research in the first place, and why it matters. The hardest part of research isn't answering a question. It's knowing what to do before you know what your question is. Where Research Begins tackles the two challenges every researcher faces with every new project: How do I find a compelling problem to investigate—one that truly matters to me, deeply and personally? How do I then design my research project so that the results will matter to anyone else? This book will help you start your new research project the right way for you with a series of simple yet ingenious exercises. Written in a conversational style and packed with real-world examples, this easy-to-follow workbook offers an engaging guide to finding research inspiration within yourself, and in the broader world of ideas. Read this book if you (or your students): have difficulty choosing a research topic know your topic, but are unsure how to turn it into a research project feel intimidated by or unqualified to do research worry that you’re asking the wrong questions about your research topic have plenty of good ideas, but aren’t sure which one to commit to feel like your research topic was imposed by someone else want to learn new ways to think about how to do research. Under the expert guidance of award-winning researchers Thomas S. Mullaney and Christopher Rea, you will find yourself on the path to a compelling and meaningful research project, one that matters to you—and the world. For more information, online classes, webinars, and other materials related to the book, see the Where Research Begins website.

「超級有用……關於如何設計一個有效的研究計畫，包括編寫和測試你的研究問題。不僅有閱讀樂趣並具有實用性。 」──普利茲獎得主張彥（Ian Johnson） 上市三天即登上amazon工具書類第一名 踏出論文研究計畫的第一步 【專業推薦】 王宏仁 國立中山大學西灣學院院長 吳鄭重 國立臺灣師範大學地理學系教授 洪伯邑 國立臺灣大學地理環境資源學系教授、《田野敲敲門：現地研究基本功》主編 畢恆達 國立臺灣大學建築與城鄉研究所教授 陳宜倩 世新大學性別研究所教授 黃春木 臺北市立建國高級中學歷史教師 黃貞祥 國立清華大學生命科學系副教授 讀完本書，從下筆的那一刻開始，你的報告和論文就會比他人更出色 本書提供步驟及經過測試的技術來幫助正要開始「研究」的你： 第一步：以自我為中心的研究方法 本書的第一部分將引導你找到核心的研究問題，並將這些問題與你心中最關注的事結合在一起。這些問題及你所關注的事，和生活、全世界，甚至和存在本身都相關。這並非意謂你的研究是虛無飄渺的、充滿哲思或者是充滿自傳意味。你不會書寫關於自身的內容，但你的書寫卻來自自我的內在，而非源於外在的角度。這是一個自我反思的決策過程，在研究計畫的起始階段非常關鍵。 第二步：以我為中心的研究並非獨角戲 第二部分的主要目標是意識到其他人的研究方向和問題，與我們之間有何交集，並且充分利用這些交集。研究從來不是一場獨白，你的研究身分也並非一成不變的。你必須在你所屬的領域中找到定位（你可能會更改或加入新的領域），這涉及與不同的課題群體互動。要做到這一點，你需要保持靈活、開放的心態。然而，與他人進行思想交流的關鍵則是要保有你的自我中心。 最後一步：成為論文的主導者 養成了全新的以自我為中心的研究者的心態。這種心態讓你擺脫了普遍存在於研究社群中的誤解、恐懼、禁忌和不安全感。這些無非都是困擾著許多研究社群成員，或者阻止人們踏進研究領域的因素。你的中心穩固但極具靈活性，能夠有自信地、富有洞察力且和諧地與各領域的研究者互動。你不會被其他研究者的成就所威嚇，也不會因為知道自我提升是一個持續的過程而感到畏縮。 -->誰需要讀這本書： 不知該如何選擇研究主題 雖然有主題，但不確定如何將其轉化為研究計畫 感到害怕或覺得自己沒有資格做研究 擔心自己對研究主題提出了錯誤的問題 有很多好主意，但不確定要選哪一個 感覺研究主題是別人給的 想學習新的方法思考如何做研究

Simplified Chinese Edition of The Chinese typewriter