The Pinball Effect: HOW RENAISSANCE WATER GARDENS MADE THE CARBURETTOR POSSIBLE AND OTHER JOURNEYS THROUGH KNOWLEDGE.
Publishing Details
The Pinball Effect: HOW RENAISSANCE WATER GARDENS MADE THE CARBURETTOR POSSIBLE AND OTHER JOURNEYS THROUGH KNOWLEDGE.
By (Author) James Burke
Little, Brown & Company
Little, Brown & Company
7th May 1998
7th May 1998
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
500
Physical Properties
336
Width 157mm, Height 240mm
Description
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.
Author Bio
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.
