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James Burke (1) (1936–)

Autor(a) de Connections

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28+ Works 4,485 Membros 45 Críticas 14 Favorited

About the Author

James Burke's contributes a monthly column to Scientific American and serves as director, writer and host of the television series Connections 3, which airs on the Learning Channel.

Séries

Obras por James Burke

Connections (1978) 1,297 exemplares
The Day the Universe Changed (1985) 1,219 exemplares
The Axemaker's Gift (1995) 289 exemplares
The Iron Horse and I (1992) 3 exemplares

Associated Works

Beyond Calculation: The Next Fifty Years of Computing (1997) — Prefácio — 111 exemplares
Inventing Modern America: From the Microwave to the Mouse (2001) — Introdução — 49 exemplares
Wizards and Their Wonders (1997) — Introdução — 17 exemplares
Connections 1 [1978 TV mini series] — Presenter — 9 exemplares
Connections 2 [1978 TV mini series] (1994) — Presenter — 8 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

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Críticas

Like his TV programs, this book does show how everything is connected to everything else, and usually no in simple ways.
 
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mykl-s | 15 outras críticas | Aug 11, 2023 |
The content and format are duplicated from the TV series, but I don't know if the text is a direct transcript. Illustrations are probably from the show.
For each of ten pivotal changes in scientific or social thought, Burke gives the background laeding up to the change, and explains how it happened and why it was important.

New discoveries and interpretations have made some of his commentary obsolete or in need of revision, but most of the history and science is still correct (AFAIK anyway).

Very accessible to advanced middle-school or high-school readers.
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librisissimo | 16 outras críticas | Dec 22, 2022 |
I loved this show when it first aired and wanted to try the book, it's just as good, Burke really makes some surprising connections between inventions. Recommended for either science of history buffs.
 
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kevn57 | 15 outras críticas | Dec 8, 2021 |
This book is the "companion" to a BBC TV series first broadcast in the '70s or early '80s. I found it interesting enough but intellectually weak. It purports to trace the history of development of various "modern" inventions, such as the jet engine, the computer and television, starting with the invention of agriculture. Where we arrive at the first problem; farming allowed the first division of labour into different, specialised occupations, which in turn, allowed the development of technology. Hunter-gatherers couldn't do this.

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Estatísticas

Obras
28
Also by
6
Membros
4,485
Popularidade
#5,588
Avaliação
4.0
Críticas
45
ISBN
71
Línguas
10
Marcado como favorito
14

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