The Pinball Effect: How Renaissance Water Gardens Made the Carburetor Possible-And Other Journeys Through Knowledge - Couverture souple

Burke, James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0316116025 ISBN 13 : 9780316116022

Editeur : Little, Brown and Company, 1996

Synopsis

Explores how simple changes in one century can have far-reaching implications in another.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

For James Burke, knowledge is a vast interconnected web - which means you never know how a new discovery or development, or even a chance accident, will affect everything else. To prove his point, he takes us on twenty exhilarating, all-new journeys through history's byways and shortcuts - from the zigzag path that starts with medieval spicy food and ends with smart bombs to the road that connects bottle caps with the Bowie Knife. Through these and hundreds of other fascinating examples - further linked by 447 cross references - Burke proves once more that he has 'one of the most intriguing minds in the Western world' - WASHINGTON POST.

Biographie de l'auteur

Although James Burke works extensively in the US he still calls England home. He is both a writer and broadcaster, well-known in England for his popular TV series.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Little, Brown and Company
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0316116025
• ISBN 13: 9780316116022
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 16
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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