{"product_id":"connections","title":"Connections","description":"How did the popularity of underwear in the twelfth century lead to the invention of the printing press?\nHow did the waterwheel evolve into the computer?\nHow did the arrival of the cannon lead eventually to the development of movies?\n\nIn 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.\n\nSays 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.\"\n\nBased 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.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0743299558\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0743299558.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Burke, James\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41509513297978,"sku":"DBV.0743299558.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0743299558-0.jpg?v=1783404363","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/connections","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}