num_pages: 336
description: Using 100s of fascinating examples, James Burke shows how old established ideas in science and technology often lead to serendipitous and amazing modern discoveries and innovations.
language: English
title: The Pinball Effect: How Renaissance Water Gardens Made The Carburetor Possible - and Other Journeys Through Knowledge
titlecomplete: The Pinball Effect: How Renaissance Water Gardens Made The Carburetor Possible - and Other Journeys Through Knowledge
genres: Technology, Society, History Of Science, Philosophy, Science, Science Nature, Design, Nonfiction, Mathematics, History
ratings_count: 686
publisher: Little, Brown