Pinball Effect, The: How Renaissance Water Gardens Made Carburetor Possible - and Other Journeys - Softcover

Burke, James

 
9780316116107: Pinball Effect, The: How Renaissance Water Gardens Made Carburetor Possible - and Other Journeys
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0316116106 ISBN 13: 9780316116107
Verlag: Back Bay Books, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

Using 100s of fascinating examples, James Burke shows how old established ideas in science and technology often lead to serendipitous and amazing modern discoveries and innovations.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Australian-born James Burke is a family man who has worked in the media for much of his professional life. He has a university degree in modern history.

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The Pinball Effect takes the reader on many different journeys through the web of knowledge. Knowledge, it turns out, has many unforeseen and surprising effects. The book, for instance, owes its existence to German jeweler Johannes Gutenberg's getting the date wrong one day in the fifteenth century. James Burke, author and host of the highly rated documentary series Connections 2, draws upon years of research to examine the intrigues and surprises on the journey through knowledge, a trip with all the twists and turns of a detective story. Ultimately, the larger picture that emerges has far-reaching and important implications for the future, revealing why the fundamental mechanism of change is the way things come together and connect. To add to the excitement, The Pinball Effect has been designed to be read interactively: throughout the book, cross-chapter references mimic computer hypertext "hot links" and allow readers to leap from one chapter to another. The result is a fascinating tour through history's most dramatic innovations.

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Verlag
Back Bay Books
Erscheinungsdatum
1997
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0316116106
ISBN 13 
9780316116107
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
340
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