《Elmer Sperry》是美國技術史學者托馬斯·帕克·休斯（Thomas Parker Hughes）於1993年出版的傳記作品，聚焦美國發明家埃爾默·斯佩里在1880至1930年間的技術革新曆程。全書以斯佩里獲得的350餘項專利為線索，結合其工程實踐與商業活動，呈現技術變革時代的創新生態。
書中系統梳理了斯佩里在陀螺羅盤、船舶自動駕駛儀等領域的突破性發明，揭示其通過反饋控制技術實現機械系統的自我調節，為現代自動化奠定基礎。同時涵蓋電弧照明、電力交通、電化學工藝等多領域技術研發，展現其跨學科整合能力。該書曾獲技術史學會德克斯特獎。
基本介紹
- 中文名：埃爾默·斯佩里
- 外文名：Elmer Sperry
- 作者：Hughes, Thomas Parker
- 頁數：372 頁
- ISBN：9780801847561
內容簡介
This is a biography of a major American inventor, who obtained more than 350 patents during his lifetime. Elmer Sperry contributed greatly to the technological changes occurring between 1880 and 1930. He was best known for the Sperry gyrocompass and automatic pilot, and his inventions included arc-light systems, mining machinery, electric automobiles and streetcars, and electrochemical processes. Characteristic of his various inventions were feedback controls which have made automation a fact of life. The book won the Dexter Prize of the Society for the History of Technology.
