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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Burke, James, 1936- Twin tracks. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2003 (OCoLC)609954062 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
James Burke |
| ISBN: | 0743226194 9780743226196 |
| OCLC Number: | 52208656 |
| Description: | 276 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. 1804: Attack on Tripoli to Fish Sticks -- 2. 1760: Fake Epic to Organ Transplants -- 3. 1805: Battle of Trafalgar to Laser -- 4. 1726: Encyclopedia to Vitamins -- 5. 1792: Juniper Hall to Jet Aircraft -- 6. 1750: Smallpox to Big Bang -- 7. 1784: Sanskrit to cybernetics -- 8. 1610: Santa Catharina to Spectroscopy -- 9. 1686: Political Jingle to Nylon -- 10. 1703: Kit-Kat Club to Sunglasses -- 11. 1770: Falklands War to Television -- 12. 1724: Stone Age Boy to Photocopier -- 13. 1745: Leyden Jar to Clingwrap -- 14. 1790: Philadelphia General Advertiser to Chemotherapy -- 15. 1664: Lens Grinder to Hairdressing -- 16. 1773: Boston Tea Party to Contact Lenses -- 17. 1742: Bow Street, London, to Bar Code |
| Responsibility: | James Burke. |
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Abstract:
"One of the most intriguing minds in the Western World" ("The Washington Post") delivers a landmark book of real-world stories that contends with the nature of change and divines as never before the unlikely origins of many aspects of contemporary life.
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