Palmers Guide

F TO H

Face of the Sun (The)
Newton, H. W. – London: Pelican – 1958

“Fahrenheit and Roemer”, in Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 36, No. 11, 361-72
Dorsey, N. Ernest. – 1946

Ferdinand Braun
Kurylo, F. – Cambridge: MIT Press – 1981

Ferdinand de Lesseps, a Biographical Study
Beatty, Charles – London: Eyre and Spottiswoode -1956

Fertiliser and Food Production
Keeble, Frederick – Oxford University Press – 1932

Fields of Force
Berkson, William – Routledge & Kegan Paul: London – 1974

Fifteenth Century (The)
Aston, Margaret – Thames & Hudson: London – 1968

Fifty Years of X-Ray Diffraction
Ewald, Peter – Utrecht, Netherlands: International Union of Crystallography – 1962

Financial Revolution in England
Dickson, P. G. M. – Macmillan: London – 1967

Firearms
Ricketts, Howard – Weidenfeld and Nicolson: London – 1964

First 3 Minutes (The)
Weinberg, Steve – London: Andre Deutsch – 1977

First One Hundred Years of American Geology (The)
Merrill, G. P. – New Hawen, Conn.: Philip Hamilton .McMillan Memorial Publishing Fund – 1924

Five Hundred Years of Printing
Steinberg, S. H. – Pelican: Harmondsworth – 1955

Flesh and Bones, The Passions and Legacies of John Napier
Shennan, Francis – Edinburgh: Napier Polytechnic – 1989

Flora MacDonald
Vining, Elizabeth Gray – London: Geoffrey Bles – 1967

Flora MacDonald: The Most Royal Rebel
Douglas, Hugh – Stroud: Alan Sutton – 1993

Follow the Whale
Sanderson, Ivan T. – Cassell: London – 1958

Food in History
Tannahill, Reay – Eyre Methuen: London – 1973

Food in History
Tannahill, Reay – London: Penguin – 1988

Forerunners of Darwin
Glass, B. (ed.) – Johns Hopkins University Press – 1959

Forests and Sea Power
Albion, R. G. – Archon Books: London – 1965

Fossil Hunters (The)
Andrews, Henry N. – Ithaca: Cornell University Press – 1980

Founder of Modern Psychology
Hall, G. S. – New York: Appleton & Co. – 1912

Frames of Meaning: The Social Construction of Extraordinary Science
Collins, H. M., and Pinch, T. J. – Routledge & Kegan Paul: London – 1982

Francis Galton: The Life and Work of a Victorian Genius
Forrest, D. W. – London: Elek – 1974

Frederick the Great
Duffy, C. – London: Routledge & Kegan Paul – 1985

Frederick W. Taylor, Vols I, II
Copley, F. Barkley – A. M. Kelly: New York – 1923

French Aid to the American Revolution
Scott, Samuel F. – Ann Arbor, Mich.: William L. Clements Library – 1976

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn and His Time, 1778-1852
Uerberhorst, Horst – Munich: Heinz Moos Verlag – 1982

From Copernicus to Einstein
Reichenbach, Hans – Dover Publications: New York – 1980

From Medical Politics to Social Medicine
Rosen, E. – Cambridge University Press – 1948

From Memory to Written Record
Clanchy, M. T. – Edward Arnold: London – 1979

From Spark to Satellite: A History of Radio Communication
Leinwoll, S. – New York: Scribner’s – 1979

From the American System to Mass Production, 1800-1932
Hounshell, David – Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press – 1984

From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe
Koyre, Alexandre – Johns Hopkins University Press – 1957

Galileo
Drake, Stillman – Oxford University Press – 1980

Gambling Yesterday and Today
Jones, J. Philip – David and Charles: Newton Abbot – 1973

Gardens of Illusion: The Genius of Andre Le Nostre
Hazlehurst, F. Hamilton – Nashville, Tenn.: Vanderbilt University Press – 1980

Gauss. A Biographical Study
Buhler, W. K. – Berlin: Springer – 1981

Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact
Fleck, Ludwik – University of Chicago Press – 1979

Genesis and Geology
Gillispie, C. C. – Harvard University Press – 1951

Genesis of Relativity
Swenson Jr, L. S. – Burt Franklin: New York – 1979

Genesis of the Copernican World (The)
Blumenberg, Hans. Trans. Robert M. Wallace – Cambridge, Mass.: M.I.T. Press – 1987

George Westinghouse
Leupp, F. E. – Norwood, Mass.: Norwood Press – 1919

Georges Cuvier, Zoologist: A Study in the History of Evolution Theory
Coleman, W. – Harvard University Press – 1964

German Nation and Martin Luther (The)
Dickens, A. G. – Fontana: London – 1974

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Craven, William G. – 1981

Glass
Savage, George – Weidenfeld and Nicolson: London – 1965

God’s Englishman
Hill, Christopher – Harmondsworth, England: Penguin – 1972

Gowland Hopkins
Baldwin, E. – London: Van den Berghs Ltd. – 1962

Great Chain of Being (The)
Lovejoy, Arthur O. – Cambridge: Harvard University Press – 1936

Great Siege (The)
Bradford, Ernle – London: Hodder & Stoughton – 1961

Great Wine Blight (The)
Ordish, George – London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. – 1972

Greeks in Ionia and the East (The)
Cook, J. M. – Thames & Hudson – 1962

G. T. Fechner and Psychology
Brozek, Josef, and Horst Gundlach – Passau, Germany: Passavia – 1988

Guglielmo Marconi
Gunston, D. – Geneva: Edito-Service – 1970

Gunpowder Industry (The)
Crocker, Glenys. – Haverfordwest: Shire Publications Ltd. – 1986

Guns and Sails in the Early Phase of European Expansion
Cipolla, Carlo – Collins: London – 1965

Gustavus Adolphus and the Rise of Sweden
Roberts, Michael – London: English Universities Press, Ltd. – 1973

Harpers Ferry Armory and the New Technology
Smith, Merritt Roe – Cornell University Press – 1977

Haven Finding Art (The)
Taylor, E. G. R. – Hollis and Carter: London – 1956

Heinrich Pestalozzi, Father of Modern Pedagogy
Downs, Robert B. – Boston: Twayne Publishers – 1975

Henri Dunant
Brown, Pamela – Dublin: Wolfhound Press -1991

Herbart and Herbartianism: An Educational Ghost Story
Dunkel, H. B. – Chicago: University of Chicago Press – 1970

Heretic’s Feast (The)
Spencer, Colin – London: Fourth Estate – 1993

Herman von Helmholtz
Koenigsberger, Leo – Oxford, England: Clarendon Press – 1906

Hermann von Helmholtz and the Foundations of Nineteenth-Century Science
Cahan, David (ed.) – Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press – 1993

Hiroshima
Yass, Marion – Wayland Publishers: Hove, Sussex – 1976

History and Theory of Vitalism (The)
Driesch, Hans – London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd. – 1914

History of Astronomy (A)
Pannekoek, A. – Allen and Unwin: London – 1961

History of Astronomy from Herschel to Hertzsprung (The)
Herrmann, D. B. – Cambridge: Cambridge University Press – 1973

History of Ballet and Its Makers (A)
Lawson, Joan – London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd – 1964

History of Calculus and Its Conceptual Development (The)
Boyer, Carl B. – Dover Publications: New York – 1949

History of Clocks and Watches (The)
Bruton, Eric – London: Orbis – 1979

History of Egypt (A)
Breasted, J. H. – Hodder and Stoughton: London – 1946

History of Electricity and Magnetism (A)
Meyer, Herbert W. – MIT Press: Cambridge, Mass. – 1971

History of Experimental Psychology (A)
Boring, Edwin B. – New York: Century – 1929

History of Hydraulics
Rouse, Hunter and Ince, Simon – Dover Publications: London – 1957

History of Luminescence (A)
Harvey, E. Newton – American Philosophical Society: Philadelphia – 1957

History of Photography
Eder, Josef Maria – New York: Dover Publications – 1978

History of Science
Clagett, Marshall – University of Wisconsin Press – 1969

History of Statistics (The)
Stigler, Stephen M. – Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press – 1986

History of Technology (A)
Singer, C. et al. (eds) – Oxford University Press – 1954

History of the Arabs, 10th ed.
Hitti, Philip K. – Macmillan: London – 1970

History of the Barometer (The)
Middleton, W. E. Knowies – Johns Hopkins: Baltimore – 1964

History of the Cotton Manufacture
Baines, Edward. – New York: Augustus M. Kelley – 1966

History of the Frozen Meat Trade (A)
Critchell, J. T. and Raymond, J. – Constable: London – 1912

History of the Lathe
Woodbury, R. S. – MIT Press: Cambridge, Mass. – 1961

History of the Rubber Industry
Dawson, T. R., ed. – Cambridge, England: W. Heffer & Sons – 1953

History of the Theatre
Brockett, Oscar G. – London: Allyn & Bacon -1995

History of the Telescope
King, H. C. – London: Charles Griffin & Co. – 1955

History of the Thermometer (A)
Knowles Middleton, W. E. – Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press – 1966

Hitler
Fest, Joachim C. – Harmondsworth, England: Penguin – 1977

House of Krupp (The)
Batty, Peter – London: Secker & Warburg – 1966

How Greek Science Passed to the Arabs
O’Leary, De Lacy – Routledge and Kegan Paul: London – 1949

Humbug, the Art of P. T. Barnum
Harris, Neil – Chicago: University of Chicago Press – 1981

Hundred Years War (The)
Neillands, Robin – London & New York: Routledge – 1990

EPISODE & CHAPTER TITLES

CONNECTIONS (VIDEO)

The Trigger Effect
Death in the Morning
Distant Voices
Faith in Numbers
The Wheel of Fortune
Thunder in the Skies
The Long Chain
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry
Countdown
Yesterday, Tomorrow and You

CONNECTIONS (BOOK)

The Trigger Effect
The Road from Alexandria
Distant Voices
Faith in Numbers
The Wheel of Fortune
Fuel to the Flame
The Long Chain
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry
Lighting the Way
Inventing the Future

THE DAY THE UNIVERSE CHANGED (VIDEO)

It Started with the Greeks
Medieval Conflict: Faith and Reason
Scientific Imagination in the Renaissance
Printing Transforms Knowledge
Science Revises the Heavens
The Factory and Marketplace Revolution
Social Impacts of New Medical Knowledge
Darwin’s Revolution
The New Physics: Newton Revised
Changing Knowledge, Changing Reality

THE DAY THE UNIVERSE CHANGED (BOOK)

The Way we Are
In the Light of the Above
Point of View
A Matter of Fact
Infinitely Reasonable
Credit Where It’s Due
What The Doctor Ordered
Fit To Rule
Making Waves
Worlds Without End

THE AXEMAKER’S GIFT (BOOK)

GETTING AN EDGE

Getting an Edge
Token Contribution
The ABC of Logic

CUTTING UP THE WORLD

Faith of Power
Fit to Print
New Worlds
Root and Branch
Class Act
Doctor’s Order

PICKING UP THE PIECES

Journey’s End
Forward to the Past

CONNECTIONS 2 (VIDEO)

Revolutions
Sentimental Journeys
Getting It Together
Whodunit?
Something for Nothing
Echoes of the Past
Photo Finish
Separate Ways
High Times
Deja Vu
New Harmony
Bright Ideas
Hot Pickle
The Big Spin
Bright Ideas
Making Waves
Routes
One Word
Sign Here
Better Than the Real Thing
Flexible Response

THE PINBALL EFFECT (BOOK)

Making Waves
Revolutions
Photo Finish
Better Than The Real Thing
Hot Pickle
Flexible Response
High Time
Getting It Together
The Big Spin
Something for Nothing
Sentimental Journeys
Deja Vu
Separate Ways
Routes
New Harmony
Whodunit?
Sign Here
Bright Ideas
Echoes of the Past
One Word

CONNECTIONS 3 (VIDEO)

Feedback
What’s In A Name?
Drop The Apple
An Invisible Object
Life Is No Picnic
Elementary Stuff
A Special Place
Fire From The Sky
Hit The Water
In Touch

THE KNOWLEDGE WEB (BOOK)

Feedback
What’s In A Name?
Drop The Apple
An Invisible Object
Life Is No Picnic
Elementary Stuff
A Special Place
Fire From The Sky
Hit The Water
In Touch

CIRCLES (BOOK)

Bit of a Flutter
Satisfied Customers
Folies de Grandeur
A Lot of Baloney
Impressions
Making Your Mark
What Goes Around Comes Around
Sweet Dreams
Waving the Flag
The Silk Circuit
Out of Gas
Ordinary Buffoons
Breakfast Thoughts
Stones and Bones
Is This Essay Noticeably Different?
Showtime
Cool Stuff
Revolutionary Matters
Don’t Forget This One
Take Two Acronyms
The Buck Starts Here
Healthy Blooms
And Now the Weather
On Track
Is There Anybody There?
Turkish Delight
Sheer Poetry
Lucky He Missed
Cheers
What’s in a Name?
Feathered Friends
Scribble, Scribble
Heavy Stuff
Tick Tock
Rebellious Affairs
Local Color
Does This Take You Back?
Oops
Tea, Anyone?
A Light Little Number
Lend Me Your Ear
Entente Cordiale
Zzzzzzz
A Few Notes
Sound Ideas
Or Maybe Not
A Matter of Degree
Room with (Half) a View
Various, Unrequited
The O Zone

TWIN TRACKS (BOOK)

1804: Attack on Tripoli to Fish Sticks
1760: Fake Epic to Organ Transplants
1805: Battle of Trafalgar to Laser
1726: Encyclopedia to Vitamins
1792: Juniper Hall to Jet Aircraft
1750: Smallpox to Big Bang
1784: Sanskrit to Cybernetics
1610: Santa Catharina to Spectoscopy
1686: Political Jingle to Nylon
1703: Kit-Kat Club to Sunglasses
1770: Falklands War to Television
1724: Stone Age Boy to Photocopier
1745: Leyden Jar to Clingwrap
1790: Philadelphia General Advisor to Chemotherapy
1664: Lens Grinder to Hairdressing
1773: Boston Tea Party
1742: Bow Street, London, to Bar Code
1739: The Grand Tour to Liquid Crystal display
1795: Man in the Iron Mask to Hovercraft
1673: Siege of Maastricht to Vending Machines
1786: The Marriage of Figaro to Stealth Fighter
1780: Edinburgh Oyster Club to DNA
1770: Church Sermon to Helicopter
1771: Pottery to Neon Signs
1676: Theology to Skyscraper

Welcome to:
THE JAMES BURKE FAN COMPANION NEWSLETTER 09 – SEPTEMBER 2002:

This newsletter and previous ones are available on-line as web pages at:
www.palmersguide.com/jamesburke/burke_archive.html

Please pass this newsletter along to other James Burke enthusiasts you know about, who may be unaware of its existence.

DISCLAIMER: The information contained in this newsletter comes from a wide variety of sources and is selected for publication solely by the newsletter’s editor/creator Tom Palmer. It is the editor’s intent to address the common interests of the individuals who appreciate Mr. Burke’s public offerings and to supply them with information that relates to any topic Mr. Burke has covered. Please be advised that James Burke does NOT necessarily endorse or associate himself with the information or organizations mentioned in the James Burke Fan Companion website and periodic e-mail news updates. Likewise, the information contained in this publication does NOT necessarily represent the views and opinions of Mr. Burke.

Welcome to the 9th issue of the James Burke Fan Companion news update. I suppose you could call this the “back to school” issue. Of course, when it comes to James Burke, every day provides a bit of education.

So, after last month’s brain twisting essays, I am going to give you a break. As promised I am going to concentrate on links and books this time and leave the editorial content to the future.

I’m sure you have enough to think about. Therefore, relax and read on.

BURKE NEWS

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SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS (UPCOMING)

Again, here are the two speaking engagements for late 2002:

10/30/02: Discovery Centre – Halifax, Nova Scotia – i-i-i conference

11/02/02: West Chester University
(still no link on their website calendar)

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For information on scheduling James Burke for a future speaking engagement, please contact his lecture agent Royce Carlton.
info@roycecarlton.com
www.roycecarlton.com/speakers/burke.html

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A PERSONAL REQUEST FROM MR. BURKE

James has a trusted business associate that he would like to call your attention to and recommend.

“I’ve worked on and off for 11 years (on TV shows and books) with Carolyn Doree and she has a fallow period coming up between jobs for a few months from September and could do with some work. — She’s a brilliant researcher, prolific and accurate, has London Univ. Ph D in English, is really great on general academic research, lives in Oxford (and all the libraries there), and is absolutely first class. I can’t recommend her too highly.”

To contact Ms. Doree about potential work, please send a message to her, via me, at: info@palmersguide.com

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THE KNOWLEDGE WEB PROJECT

The following is a report sent to me by Knowledge Web project leader Patrick McKercher regarding events that recently occured.
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James Burke Knowledge Web Update

July was spent in intensive preparation for James’ visit to Washington and California. Gary Kelley did an excellent job organizing an intense effort to upgrade the database with Bruce Lowenthal. The new interface will streamline the importing of new biographies into the database and allow online editing, which is especially critical with our growing and widely distributed content team.

Seattle Teachers’ Workshop:

The Edtech committee did a fine job refining the schedule and suggesting optimum ways of getting feedback for the teachers workshops. The Seattle workshop was the result of the serendipious synchronicity which is becoming a recurring theme. Some Canadian teachers near Seattle had joined the Edtech team, and are creating a yearlong course based on the KWeb. Then a longtime advisor to James on education, Judy Kane, called to say she was working with a great group of teachers in Seattle and suggested we do a workshop.

Still, the experience in Seattle exceeded everyone’s expectations. The highlight of the week was when James arrived on Thursday to work with the teachers and students. Kathleen Ludgate and Bridget Mahoney had 8th to 12th grade students use the KWeb to assess the effect of the banana on US foreign policy. What was astonishing about this was with almost no instruction on the use of the KWeb, or the Inspiration mindmapping software used to create their own KWeb, in less than an hour the students had created a compelling network of ideas encompassing not only economic concepts such as dependency and infrastructure, but also politics, history, and even popular culture (a postage stamp with volcanos convinced people to put the canal in Panama rather than Nicaragua). In short, the students’ enthusiasm and results were a complete validation of the utility of the KWeb in schools.

Thursday afternoon, Steve DiPaola of Simon Fraser University in British Columbia gave a demonstration his amazing 3D avatars and Muse 3D software, which could add very compelling visuals to the Knowledge Web interface — particularly attractive to young people ( see www.dipaola.org/steve and musecorp.com ). The last day of the workshop was an extensive discussion for how to integrate the KWeb into the school.

San Jose Meetings:

Now that the basic foundation for the database has been established, the next step is to create the visualization software that will give the user access to the information in a compelling way. Sunday morning, old and new volunteers interested in the graphical interface gathered at TheTech to talk about the next steps.

Lecture:

Well over three hundred people (team members, teachers, folks from a variety of Silicon Valley companies, as well as organizations such as SETI, NASA, SRI, etc) gathered at TheTech Museum of Innovation in San Jose for an inspiring talk by James which provided the historical and philosophical underpinnings of the Knowledge Web, as well as outlining why it will cultivate the kinds of thinking which can help us solve problems of increasing complexity and urgency.

San Jose Teachers’ Workshop:

The session in San Jose had a different constituency and goal from the one in Seattle. Our diverse group here included teachers from middle school to community college, a librarian, a regional education technologist, and a curriculum developer from SETI. After briefing them on the Seattle session and walking through a demo of the KW, we had two days of valuable discussions. This will provide the basis for recruiting more teachers, and more curriculum development, and a graduate level online course.

Keep an eye on k-web.org for further updates and information on how you can participate.
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As always, Mr. Burke would appreciate help from Graduate Students and Academics in researching some of the 2200 biographies for the online Knowledge Web project.

If you know anyone who would like to volunteer their time to this fantastic project, please send an e-mail to the K-Web team leader, Patrick McKercher at:

volunteers@k-web.org

Mr. Burke does has an informational website in place now that begins to describe the project. You can visit it at:

www.k-web.org

TV SCHEDULE (UPCOMING)
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As often as these run, James Burke should seem like a member of the family by now.
The Connections 2 & 3 series continue to be rebroadcast on The (Discovery) Science Channel through September!

science.discovery.com/schedule/series.jsp?series=46

Connections 2 – The Science Channel – Now thru at least Sep. 18, 2002
FYI – series beginning = “Revolutions”, series conclusion = “Flexible Response”

Connections 3 – The Science Channel – Now thru at least Oct. 01, 2002
FYI – series beginning = “Feedback”, series conclusion = “In Touch”

Note: I do not know if either Connections series will be played in proper sequence or if the eventual final episodes scheduled will be the actual final episode for each series. Therefore, if you are planning to videotape these programs, don’t necessarily wait for the beginning episodes to cycle through.
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science.discovery.com

WAYS TO COMMUNICATE

Want to communicate with other Burke fans? Don’t forget about the James Burke newsgroup and Yahoo “group” where you can post messages.

There is a growing list of fans in the Yahoo group and I see that a few messages are appearing from time to time. Great!

alt.fan.james-burke

groups.yahoo.com/group/connectionswithjamesburke/

MESSAGES FROM READERS AND VISITORS

Below are a couple of messages I have received, which I thought you would enjoy. One is in response to my previous “Burkespace” essay and the other is from an individual wanting to sign up for the newsletter. On occasion, I receive interesting stories about how Mr. Burke has affected people’s lives. I think this is a good example.
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Subject: “the fundamental interconnectedness of all things”

Hi. I was impressed with the essay in your latest email newsletter, although I must admit that my eyes glazed over a couple of times. Think nothing of it; that happens a lot when I try to follow something that abstract on 6 hours of sleep.

It did remind me, though, of a couple of related concepts: Douglas Adams’ “fundamental interconnectedness of all things” and what’s commonly called the Kevin Bacon Game. I thought I’d mention these to you in case you haven’t already considered these ideas in light of your Connections model.

First, the Adams bit. From Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, page 115:

“I’m very glad you asked me that, Mrs Rawlinson. The term ‘holistic’ refers to my conviction that what we are concerned with here is the fundamental interconnectedness of all things. I do not concern myself with such petty things as fingerprint powder, telltale pieces of pocket fluff and inane footprints. I see the solution to each problem as being detectable in the pattern and web of the whole. The connections between causes and effects are often much more subtle and complex than we with our rough and ready understanding of the physical world might naturally suppose, Mrs Rawlinson.

“Let me give you an example. If you go to an acupuncturist with toothache he sticks a needle instead into your thigh. Do you know why he does that, Mrs Rawlinson?

“No, neither do I, Mrs Rawlinson, but we intend to find out. A pleasure talking to you, Mrs Rawlinson. Goodbye.”

Aside from using “the fundamental interconnectedness of all things” as a scam to justify trips to Bermuda in search of a client’s 19-year-old cat, Dirk and his creator get a lot of mileage out of odd connections and apparent coincidences. This is true of the Hitchhiker’s books as well, in which Arthur Dent seems to be somehow connected to everything important that happens in the multiverse.

I suppose you could say something similar about most fiction, though. Fiction is basically the creative rearrangement of human experience into a connected narrative structure of characters and events, conflict and resolution. In my own nearly-completed Mâvarin books, various characters have separate but related storylines, which overlap and break apart, with long stretches of parallel development in which their individual conflicts are connected by theme and/or the mutual source of their difficulties. As Del is being poisoned by his family’s enemies, his twin is escaping from more of those enemies elsewhere. As Rani is discovering his long-lost father and what it means to be a tengrem, Carli is rescuing his long-lost father and discovering what it means to be a prince. As Fabi is suffering from amnesia and a loss of self, Darsuma is suffering from a similar loss of self for entirely different reasons. And so on. It’s all in the connections, between characters, between plot threads, between related explorations of the same themes.

As for the Kevin Bacon/Six Degrees of Separation game, I just read something about this. I think I’ll go see if I can find that and paste it in here.

Well, I couldn’t find it. Basically it was a claim that there are specific actors who are much more connected than Bacon is. I did a Google search, though. You may find the results amusing and/or instructive:

Google Search: Kevin bacon game
www.google.com/search…Kevin+bacon+game

I was especially intrigued by this listing:

Kevin Bacon, the Small-World, and Why It All Matters – Volume 14 Number 2 www.santafe.edu/sfi…smallWorld.html

The Kevin Bacon Game is a curious thing to be sure.

The actual article springboards from the game itself to the “small world” phenomenon. What is that if not connections at work?

Regards, KFB
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Dear Mr. Palmer,

I am a huge fan of Mr. Burke, I watch his programs on TV regularly, and program my vtr for when I can’t get in front of the tube. I hold a masters degree, unfortunatley, I suffered a massive heart attack, and have been forced to retire….the upshot is that I have a fair amount of time on my hands, and James Burke helps fill the void of enlightenment I was so used to as a post graduate student. I suspect that Burke and I would have hit of off quite nicely, as “my mental head” has taken him to heart as a kindred spirit. I wish he and I had at some time met and become fast friends.

The doc’s said I should have rightly passed on in ’99 when I had the big one… I’m glad I survived if only to continue on as a fan. I was born and reared in Indiana, not too far from Harmony—- I hope James had a good time in “The Hoosier State” and was well treated during his visit. I think Burke is wonderful….and if you get the chance, please pass along my best wishes for his continued success and that I hope God Blesses him for the wonderful work he does to both entertain and educate… He truely is a gift to us all, and I think it would be “way cool” for him to know how much he is appreciated. I’ll be watching in Sunny Florida….

Sincerely yours, BWA

WEBMASTER NEWS

Hi! I am currently creating a personal on-line art gallery. Why not go have a look-see and tell me what you think. — Tom

www.palmersguide.com/gallery

LINKS OF INTEREST TO BURKE FANS
Before I go into the links I have uncovered this month, I wanted to call your attention to a facsinating new search engine a friend of mine pointed out to me a couple of days ago. It’s called Kartoo and it’s really cool. Its format is something James Burke fans should really appreciate.

www.kartoo.com

Since James is so into technology, I have been wanting to do a search for links relating to inventions and their patents. Aside from general patent office information, I searched for several modern inventions mentioned in the original Connections series. Here are my current finds.

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office – Patent Full-Text and Full-Page Image Databases

Ibiblio – Index To Manual Of Classification of Patents

Piper’s International Design Classifications

The History Of Patents

A History Of The United States Patent Office

Significant Historical Patents Of The United States

Delphion’s Gallery Of Historic Patents

First US Patent

BUBL Links

Google category – Invention and Innovation

Google category – Engineering and Technology

Greatest Engineering Achievements Of The 20th Century

Inventor’s Museum

Invent Now – National Inventors Hall Of Fame

History Of Inventions Index

Contemporary Black Inventors

International Black Inventions Museum

Inventor / Invention Index

Enchanted Learning: Inventors & Inventions

Who Invented The … ?

Invention Facts And Myths

Inventions: A Czech Site

Today In Technology History

Today In Science History

Library Of Congress: Today In History Archives

Virtualology – Hall Of History Archives

100 Years Of Design

It’ll Never Work!
It’ll Never Work! – 2

Useless Information

ExpoMuseum

Internet Modern History Sourcebook

The Steam Engine Library

Printing: History & Development

Air Conditioning Anniversary Story

History Of The Elevator

Elevator Museum Timeline

History Of Radar

Re: Bell’s Telephone Patent

Bell Labs Physical Science Timeline

Adventures In Cybersound: Scientists & Engineers

History Of The Telephone

The Steam Loom

The Power Loom

Jacquard’s Punched Card

Recording Devices On Exhibit At The NMAH

Timeline Of Textile Machinery

History Of The Apple Computer

Brief History Of Computing

History of Computers

The Telescope

Who really Invented The Telescope?

Did Galileo Invent The Telescope?

The Men That Made The Water Closet

Bath & Toilet History

History Of Plumbing

History Of The Automobile

Phosphorous: From Urine To Fire

History Of Elastic

Polymers & Serendipity

Mauve: The Color Purple

Patent For The First Synthetic Plastic

History Of Plastics

History Of Plastics

History Of The Can

Milestones In U.S. Food and Drug Law History

Brief History Of Fruit Jars And Preserving

Can Central History Timeline

Historical Brewing Equipment

Media Profiles Timeline

Cinetext Time

Chronomedia Years

Paper History

Edison US Patent Collection

Complete History Of The Discovery Of Cinematography

Motion Picture Inventions

Thomas Edison Patents

Edison: Timeline For Inventing Entertainment

History Of The Light Bulb

The Lightbulb

Thomas Edison

Television Patent

History Of Television

Invention Of Television

The Birth Of Television

Who Is The Inventor Of Television?

Moog Synthesizer Patents

The Venus Project

A TRIP TO THE BOOKSTORE

Here are the results of yet another exciting trip to the local Barnes & Noble and Discovery Channel Store.

The New York Times Circuits: How Electronic Things Work – Henry Fountain

The Design Of Everyday Things – Donald A. Norman

Wondrous Contrivances: Technology at the Threshold – Merritt Ierley

Of Moths and Men: An Evolutionary Tale – Judith Hooper

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong – James W. Loewen

The Book: A History of the Bible – Christopher De Hamel

Machine Nature: The Coming Age of Bio-Inspired Computing – Moshe Sipper

Rex Appeal: The Amazing Story of Sue, the Dinosaur That Changed Science, the Law, and My Life – Peter L. Larson

Star Trek: I’m Working on That: A Trek from Science Fiction to Science Fact – William Shatner

World Design: The Best in Classic and Contemporary Furniture, Fashion, Graphics and More – Uta Abendroth

Geographica’s World Reference: Over 1,000 Pages of Global Information

Great Failures Of The Extremely Successful – Steve Young

Learn to Power Think: A Practical Guide to Positive and Effective Decision Making – Caterina Rando

Head First: 10 Ways to Tap into Your Natural Genius – Tony Buzan

EBAY LISTINGS (CURRENTLY UP FOR SALE)
As found on eBay Sep. 03, 2002
www.ebay.com
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VIDEOS

The Day The Universe Changed – 1 copy
Connections 1 – 2 copies

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BOOKS

Connections – 3 copies

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CD-ROM GAMES

Connections: A Mind Game – 4 copies

DVD, VIDEO, BOOK, AUDIOBOOK LIST (ORDER ON-LINE)
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DVDS

Connections 1

Connections 2

Connections 3

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VIDEOTAPES

Connections

Connections 2

Connections 3

After The Warming

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BOOKS

The Axemaker’s Gift: Technology’s Capture and Control of Our Minds and Culture

Circles: Fifty Round-Trips Through History, Technology, Science, Culture

Connections – (out of print)

The Day the Universe Changed

The Knowlegde Web: From Electronic Agents to Stonehenge and Back–And Other Journeys Through Knowledge

The Pinball Effect: How Renaissance Water Gardens Made the Carburetor Possible and Other Journeys Through Knowledge – (paperback)

The Pinball Effect: How Renaissance Water Gardens Made theCarburetor Possible and Other Journeys Through Knowledge – (hardcover)

Twin Tracks: The Unexpected Origins of the Modern World

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AUDIOTAPES

The Axemaker’s Gift: A Double -Edged History of Human Culture

Connections

The Day the Universe Changed

The Pinball Effect: Journeys Through Knowledge – The Extraordinary Patterns of Change That Link Past, Present, and Future

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DIGITAL AUDIO CLIPS

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