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The silk road

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The field of science is governed by chaos which connects events, discoveries, politics, art and inventions. This chaotic nature of science can be gleaned from the circumstances that led to the birth of various inventions, such as the incandescent lamp and the telegraph.

Author: Burke, James
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1995
Science, Science history

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Impressions

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An inventor of a food-preservation technique won an award given by Napoleon's Society to Encourage French Inventors. This event was linked to the invention of canning, the invention of margarine, a theory on colors and the development of Pointillism.

Author: Burke, James
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1996
Neo-impressionism (Art), Neo-Impressionism

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Movers and shakers

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A discussion of the obscure connections among early scientists and inventors is presented. They include bridge designer James B. Eads, steamboat inventor Robert Fulton and seismograph inventor Boris Golitsyn.

Author: Burke, James
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2000
Innovations, Eads, James B., Fulton, Robert, Golitsyn, Boris

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