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The Knowledge Web: From Electronic Agents to Stonehenge and Back -- And Other
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The Knowledge Web: From Electronic Agents to Stonehenge and Back -- And Other Journeys Through Knowledge Paperback - 2000

by James Burke

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Applying his trademark approach to making connections among seemingly unrelated things and events, the bestselling author of "Connections" and "The Day the Universe Changed" explores the interlocking threads of knowledge and information that underlie Western history. 32 photos & illustrations.

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In The Knowledge Web, James Burke, the bestselling author and host of television's Connections series, takes us on a fascinating tour through the interlocking threads of knowledge running through Western history. Displaying mesmerizing flights of fancy, he shows how seemingly unrelated ideas and innovations bounce off one another, spinning a vast, interactive web on which everything is connected to everything else: Carmen leads to the theory of relativity, champagne bottling links to wallpaper design, Joan of Arc connects through vaudeville to Buffalo Bill. Illustrating his open, connective theme in the form of a journey across a web, Burke breaks down complex concepts, offering information in a manner accessible to anybody -- high school graduates and Ph.D. holders alike. The journey touches almost two hundred interlinked points in the history of knowledge, ultimately ending where it begins. At once amusing and instructing, The Knowledge Web heightens our awareness of our interdependence -- with one another and with the past. Only by understanding the interrelated nature of the modern world can we hope to identify complex patterns of change and direct the process of innovation to the common good.

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This book takes a journey across the vast, interconnected web of knowledge to offer a glimpse of what a learning experience might be like in the twenty-first century once we have solved the problem of information overload.

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  • Title The Knowledge Web: From Electronic Agents to Stonehenge and Back -- And Other Journeys Through Knowledge
  • Author James Burke
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition New edition
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Touchstone Books, New York ; London
  • Publication date 2000-06-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780684859354 / 0684859351
  • Weight 0.69 lbs (0.31 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.58 x 0.68 in (21.59 x 14.17 x 1.73 cm)
  • Category Science
  • Library of Congress subjects History, Technology
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 99-24539
  • Dewey Decimal Code 609

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James Burke is the author of several bestselling books, including Circles, American Connections, and The Knowledge Web. He is a monthly columnist at Scientific American and also serves as director, writer, and host of the television series Connections 3 on The Learning Channel. He is the founder of the James Burke Institute for Innovation in Education, whose flagship project, the Knowledge Web, an interactive website, was recently launched. He lives in London.

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