The Knowledge Web
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The Knowledge Web

From Electronic Agents to Stonehenge and Back -- A

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Knowledge Web

From Electronic Agents to Stonehenge and Back -- A

About this book

A captivating journey through interconnected history and innovative ideas that reveal the surprising links shaping our modern world. In The Knowledge Web, James Burke, the bestselling author and host of television's Connections series, takes us on a fascinating tour through the interlocking threads of knowledge running through Western history. Displaying mesmerizing flights of fancy, he shows how seemingly unrelated ideas and innovations bounce off one another, spinning a vast, interactive web on which everything is connected to everything else: Carmen leads to the theory of relativity, champagne bottling links to wallpaper design, Joan of Arc connects through vaudeville to Buffalo Bill. Illustrating his open, connective theme in the form of a journey across a web, Burke breaks down complex concepts, offering information in a manner accessible to anybody—high school graduates and PhD holders alike. The journey touches almost two hundred interlinked points in the history of knowledge, ultimately ending where it begins. At once amusing and instructing, The Knowledge Web heightens our awareness of our interdependence—with one another and with the past. Only by understanding the interrelated nature of the modern world can we hope to identify complex patterns of change and direct the process of innovation to the common good.

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Abulafia, Abraham, 198-99
acetylene, 74, 119, 244
Acheson, Edward Goodrich, 48-49
Adam, Robert, 257-58
Ad Extirpanda, 102
Admiral Graf Spee, 239
Advice on Establishing a Library (Naude), 210-11
aerodynamics, 170-71, 245
Aerostatic Institute, 164
Aida (Verdi), 87
Alaska, 192
Alberic of Cluny, 197
Albert, Prince, 151
Albigensian Crusade, 197-98
Alfven, Hannes, 242
Allen, Elias, 114
Allgood, Thomas, 158, 159
allmannagja, 193
Allston, Washington, 32-33
alternating current, 147
Altmark, 239
American colonies, 112, 140-41, 157-58, 179, 251-52
American Express, 97, 99
American War of Independence, 140-41, 158
ammonia, 66, 67, 78
Amon, Moshe, 104
Amsterdam Society for the Recovery of the Apparently Drowned, 28
Anacreon, 126
Anacreontic Society, 125-26
Analytical Engine, 60-61
anatomy, 107, 135-36, 181-82
Anatomy of Human Bones, The (Monro), 182
Anatomy of the Brain, The (Willis), 135-36
Andersen, Hans Christian, 85
anesthesia, 106-7
Angelucci, Father, 194, 195
Annals of Commerce, 81
Anson, George, 180, 181
Appert, Nicholas, 213
Arbuthnot, John, 232-33
Arcadia Academy, 133
architecture, 152-53, 174, 257-59
arclight, 74-75
Argand, Aime, 177-78
Argandlamp, 177-78
Argument for Divine Providence, An (Arbuthnot), 232-33
Aristotle, 201, 202, 207, 254
Arkwright, Richard, 41, 81
armor, 49-51, 109-10
arquebus, 229
art, 174-75, 176
Arthur, King, 195-96
artillery, 24
Art of Describing Dance, The (Feuillet), 231
Arts and Crafts mov...

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Front
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. How to Use This Book
  7. Feedback
  8. What’s in a Name
  9. Drop the Apple
  10. An Invisible Object
  11. Life Is No Picnic
  12. Elementary Stuff
  13. A Special Place
  14. Fire from the Sky
  15. Hit the Water
  16. In Touch
  17. Bibliography
  18. IndexFeedback
  19. About the Author
  20. Illustration Credits