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Connections (Paperback)
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How did the popularity of underwear in the twelfth century lead to
the invention of the printing press?
How did the waterwheel evolve into the computer?
How did the arrival of the cannon lead eventually to the
development of movies?
In this highly acclaimed and bestselling book, James Burke
brilliantly examines the ideas, inventions, and coincidences that
have culminated in the major technological advances of today. With
dazzling insight, he untangles the pattern of interconnecting
events: the accidents of time, circumstance, and place that gave
rise to the major inventions of the world.
Says Burke, "My purpose is to acquaint the reader with some of the
forces that have caused change in the past, looking in particular
at eight innovations -- the computer, the production line,
telecommunications, the airplane, the atomic bomb, plastics, the
guided rocket, and television -- which may be most influential in
structuring our own futures....Each one of these is part of a
family of similar devices, and is the result of a sequence of
closely connected events extending from the ancient world until the
present day. Each has enormous potential for humankind's benefit --
or destruction."
Based on a popular TV documentary series, "Connections" is a
fascinating scientific detective story of the inventions that
changed history -- and the surprising links that connect them.
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