{"product_id":"connections-burke","title":"Connections by James Burke","description":"\u003ch2\u003eDiscover the unexpected links behind modern inventions\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFair Condition\u003c\/strong\u003e - With extensive rubbing and white chipping along the cover edges and spine, multiple heavy spine creases, a long front-cover crease and worn corners. Page edges are tanned with small spots. Pages remain clear and readable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModern technology emerged through a web of discoveries, accidents and ideas whose connections are often far from obvious. In this companion to his BBC television series, James Burke follows those unexpected paths across centuries, showing how developments in one field created opportunities in another. Computers, telephones, plastics, aircraft and other inventions become part of a larger story in which practical needs, changing societies and inherited knowledge repeatedly redirect human ingenuity. Rather than presenting progress as a simple procession of isolated breakthroughs, Burke invites readers to see invention as an interconnected process shaped by circumstances as much as individual brilliance. Illustrated throughout, Connections turns the history of science and technology into an absorbing exploration of how the ideas of the past helped build the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Value Junction ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67967634800852,"sku":"TVJ-035182","price":11.5,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/3059\/2980\/files\/TVJ-035182-1.jpg?v=1792737426","url":"https:\/\/thevaluejunction.co.nz\/products\/connections-burke","provider":"The Value Junction ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}