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The Pinball Effect: How Renaissance Water Gardens Made the Carburetor Possible and Other Journeys Through Knowledge
The Pinball Effect How Renaissance Water Gardens Made the Carburetor Possible and Other Journeys Through Knowledge
Author: James Burke
Knowledge has many unforeseen and surprising effects.  Like a pinball, a simple discovery in one area can -- through necessity, intuition, or serendipity -- connect with, bounce off, and redirect the course of another seemingly unrelated discovery made elsewhere in the world or at a distant time.  — James Burke draws on years of researc...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780316116107
ISBN-10: 0316116106
Publication Date: 8/1/1997
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Back Bay Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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A compelling look at complexity theory and how knowledge links us all together.


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