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The pinball effect is a metaphor of the seemingly random routes a pinball traces. Human knowledge will unadvertedly unleash unexpected consecuences: new inventions or discoveries now possible because someone shared an idea.
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2 editions- Paperback · English · 1997Back Bay Books · 352 pages · 9780316116107
- Audiobook · English · 1996Pinball EffectAudio Renaissance · 9781559273954
HistoryInventionsScience, historyScience, popular worksInventions, history