Burke, James,  1936- <br/><br/>
The pinball effect :  how Renaissance water gardens made the carburetor possible, and other journeys through knowledge / 
James Burke. 
 - 1st Back Bay pbk. ed. 
 - Boston :  Little, Brown,  1997, c1996. 
 - x, 310 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> "Back Bay Books.". 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-292) and index. 
<br/><br/> Choice.  Publisher's Weekly. 
<br/><br/> Explores what the author calls the web of change, looking at how discoveries from the past connect to knowledge and inventions of the present. 
<br/><br/> Adult  Follett Library Resources. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0316116106 (pb) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Inventions--History.<br/>Inventions--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>T15  / .B765 1997 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>609