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020			_a9781846148538
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041	0		_aeng
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100	1		_aJohnson, Steven _d1968- _eVerfasser _4aut
240	0	0	_aHow we got to know
245	0	0	_aHow we got to now : _bsix innovations that made the modern world / _cSteven Johnson
250			_a1. publ.
260			_aLondon : _bPenguin Books, _cc2014.
300			_a243, [16] S. _bIll.
500			_aLiteraturverz. S. 225 - [234]
520			_a Traces six essential innovations that made the modern world; from their origins in ancient history to the technological advancements of recent years. He uncovers a surprising history of pivotal scientific breakthroughs made by amateurs and entrepreneurs through the centuries: from the Parisian printer who invented the 'phonautograph' to record sound decades before Eddison, to a businessman's audacious and unannounced intervention of adding chlorine to his city's reservoirs in order to keep his contract with the water board. Each fascinating story builds the network of ideas which made subsequent discoveries possible
650	1	0	_aInnovation _2gnd
650	1	0	_aTechnologie _2gnd
650	1	0	_aGeschichte _2gnd
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