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Table of Contents
Contents

Foreword

1. A BIT OF A FLUTTER

2. SATISFIED CUSTOMERS

3. FOLIES DE GRANDEUR

4. A LOT OF BALONEY

5. IMPRESSIONS

6. MAKING YOUR MARK

7. WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

8. SWEET DREAMS

9. WAVING THE FLAG

10. THE SILK CIRCUIT

11. OUT OF GAS

12. ORDINARY BUFFOONS

13. BREAKFAST THOUGHTS

14. STONES AND BONES

15. IS THIS ESSAY NOTICEABLY DIFFERENT?

16. SHOWTIME

17. COOL STUFF

18. REVOLUTIONARY MATTERS

19. DON'T FORGET THIS ONE

20. TAKE TWO ACRONYMS

21. THE BUCK STARTS HERE

22. HEALTHY BLOOMS

23. AND NOW THE WEATHER

24. ON TRACK

25. IS THERE ANYBODY THERE?

26. TURKISH DELIGHT

27. SHEER POETRY

28. LUCKY HE MISSED

29. CHEERS

30. WHAT'S IN A NAME?

31. FEATHERED FRIENDS

32. SCRIBBLE, SCRIBBLE

33. HEAVY STUFF

34. TICK TOCK

35. REBELLIOUS AFFAIRS

36. LOCAL COLOR

37. DOES THIS TAKE YOU BACK?

38. OOPS

39. TEA, ANYONE?

40. A LIGHT LITTLE NUMBER

41. LEND ME YOUR EAR

42. ENTENTE CORDIALE

43. ZZZZZZZ

44. A FEW NOTES

45. SOUND IDEAS

46. OR MAYBE NOT

47. A MATTER OF DEGREE

48. ROOM WITH (HALF) A VIEW

49. VARIOUS, UNREQUITED

50. THE O ZONE

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Circles Fifty Round Trips Through History Technology Science Culture

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      Publication Date: 9/8/2003 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780743249768, 978-0743249768
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      Table of Contents
      Contents

      Foreword

      1. A BIT OF A FLUTTER

      2. SATISFIED CUSTOMERS

      3. FOLIES DE GRANDEUR

      4. A LOT OF BALONEY

      5. IMPRESSIONS

      6. MAKING YOUR MARK

      7. WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

      8. SWEET DREAMS

      9. WAVING THE FLAG

      10. THE SILK CIRCUIT

      11. OUT OF GAS

      12. ORDINARY BUFFOONS

      13. BREAKFAST THOUGHTS

      14. STONES AND BONES

      15. IS THIS ESSAY NOTICEABLY DIFFERENT?

      16. SHOWTIME

      17. COOL STUFF

      18. REVOLUTIONARY MATTERS

      19. DON'T FORGET THIS ONE

      20. TAKE TWO ACRONYMS

      21. THE BUCK STARTS HERE

      22. HEALTHY BLOOMS

      23. AND NOW THE WEATHER

      24. ON TRACK

      25. IS THERE ANYBODY THERE?

      26. TURKISH DELIGHT

      27. SHEER POETRY

      28. LUCKY HE MISSED

      29. CHEERS

      30. WHAT'S IN A NAME?

      31. FEATHERED FRIENDS

      32. SCRIBBLE, SCRIBBLE

      33. HEAVY STUFF

      34. TICK TOCK

      35. REBELLIOUS AFFAIRS

      36. LOCAL COLOR

      37. DOES THIS TAKE YOU BACK?

      38. OOPS

      39. TEA, ANYONE?

      40. A LIGHT LITTLE NUMBER

      41. LEND ME YOUR EAR

      42. ENTENTE CORDIALE

      43. ZZZZZZZ

      44. A FEW NOTES

      45. SOUND IDEAS

      46. OR MAYBE NOT

      47. A MATTER OF DEGREE

      48. ROOM WITH (HALF) A VIEW

      49. VARIOUS, UNREQUITED

      50. THE O ZONE

      Select Bibliography

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