| 词汇 | ergonomics |
| 词源 | ergonomics. Said to have been coined about 1950 by En- glishman K. F. H. Murrell from Greek ergon, work, to describe the science of equipment design, especially for the workplace, to increase worker efficiency and maximize production. The field is also called “human engineering.” Engineer Alphonse Chapanis (1917–2002) was a leading American exponent of the science and examined it at length in his autobiography, The Chapanis Chronicles (1999). One story described his meeting in a showroom with Chrysler chairman Lyman A. Townsend: “I was looking at a sporty model that had a steering column with a sharply pointed tip extending an inch or two beyond the steering wheel. Townsend asked me what I thought about it. My exact, or very nearly exact, words were: ‘Mr. Townsend, do you know what you’ve designed here? You’ve designed a spear aimed at the driver’s heart.’ I also remember distinctly his cyni- cal reply, ‘Doc, it’ll sell.’ ” |
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