The Pinball Effect: How Renaissance Water Gardens Made Carburetor Possible - And Other Journeys Paperback - 1997
by James Burke
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IT doesn't matter where you begin a journey on the great web of change.
From the rear cover
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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- Title The Pinball Effect: How Renaissance Water Gardens Made Carburetor Possible - And Other Journeys
- Author James Burke
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Later Printing
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Back Bay Books, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Date 1997-08-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780316116107 / 0316116106
- Weight 1.11 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 9.02 x 6.14 x 0.86 in (22.91 x 15.60 x 2.18 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Inventions - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95049601
- Dewey Decimal Code 609
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