Burke takes readers on 50 surprising journeys through the history of technology, each following a chain of consequential events that ends precisely where it began.
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Contents
Foreword
1. A BIT OF A FLUTTER
2. SATISFIED CUSTOMERS
3. FOLIES DE GRANDEUR
4. A LOT OF BALONEY
5. IMPRESSIONS
6. MAKING YOUR MARK
7. WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND
8. SWEET DREAMS
9. WAVING THE FLAG
10. THE SILK CIRCUIT
11. OUT OF GAS
12. ORDINARY BUFFOONS
13. BREAKFAST THOUGHTS
14. STONES AND BONES
15. IS THIS ESSAY NOTICEABLY DIFFERENT?
16. SHOWTIME
17. COOL STUFF
18. REVOLUTIONARY MATTERS
19. DON'T FORGET THIS ONE
20. TAKE TWO ACRONYMS
21. THE BUCK STARTS HERE
22. HEALTHY BLOOMS
23. AND NOW THE WEATHER
24. ON TRACK
25. IS THERE ANYBODY THERE?
26. TURKISH DELIGHT
27. SHEER POETRY
28. LUCKY HE MISSED
29. CHEERS
30. WHAT'S IN A NAME?
31. FEATHERED FRIENDS
32. SCRIBBLE, SCRIBBLE
33. HEAVY STUFF
34. TICK TOCK
35. REBELLIOUS AFFAIRS
36. LOCAL COLOR
37. DOES THIS TAKE YOU BACK?
38. OOPS
39. TEA, ANYONE?
40. A LIGHT LITTLE NUMBER
41. LEND ME YOUR EAR
42. ENTENTE CORDIALE
43. ZZZZZZZ
44. A FEW NOTES
45. SOUND IDEAS
46. OR MAYBE NOT
47. A MATTER OF DEGREE
48. ROOM WITH (HALF) A VIEW
49. VARIOUS, UNREQUITED
50. THE O ZONE
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