From the Book - First edition.
Part one: Engineers of serendipity. How loonshots won a war
The surprising fragility of the loonshot
The two types of loonshots: Trippe vs. Crandall
Edwin Land and the Moses trap
Part two: The science of sudden change.
Interlude: The importance of being emergent
Phase transitions, I: marriage, forest fires, and terrorists
Phase transitions, II: the magic number 150
Part three: The mother of all loonshots. Why the world speaks English
Afterword: Loonshots vs. disruption.