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The Pinball Effect by James Burke · Booklabria

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The Pinball Effect

HistoryInventions

The Pinball Effect

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First published: 1996
Language: English
Editions: 2

Synopsis

The pinball effect is a metaphor of the seemingly random routes a pinball traces. Human knowledge will unadvertedly unleash unexpected consecuences: new inventions or discoveries now possible because someone shared an idea.

Subjects: History
Inventions
Science, history
Science, popular works
Inventions, history

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