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Book Review of Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers

Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers
Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers
Author: Simon Winchester
Genre: History
Book Type: Paperback
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Highly biased in its narration, and spotty and miscellaneous in its choice of topics. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the chapters on the origin and popularization of surfing and the creation of the transistor radio.



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