Connections
by Burke, James
Explores the accidents of time, place, and circumstance that culminated in the century's technological achievements: the computer, the telephone, the production line, the airplane, the atomic bomb, the guided rocket, plastics, and television.
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- Full title :Connections / James Burke.
Summary
Explores the accidents of time, place, and circumstance that culminated in the century's technological achievements: the computer, the telephone, the production line, the airplane, the atomic bomb, the guided rocket, plastics, and television.
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- Publication Date:2007.
- Edition:1st Simon & Schuster pbk. ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2007.
Notes
"With a new preface by the author"--Cover.
The Physical Object
- Description:xiii, 304 pages : : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; : 26 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780743299558, 0743299558
- oclc:ocn174040346
- LC Classification:T15
- Dewey Decimal:609
Table of Contents
The trigger effect -- The road from Alexandria -- Distant voices -- Faith in numbers -- The wheel of fortune -- Fuel to the flame -- The long chain -- Eat, drink and be merry -- Lighting the way -- Inventing the future.
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