Steven Johnson
Wonderland
How Play Made the Modern World
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'Steven Johnson is the Darwin of technology' Walter Issacson'Steven Johnson has an eye for the most interesting new ideas' Steven Pinker'There is a pleasing eclecticism to Johnson's thinking' Malcolm GladwellWhat connects Palaeolithic bone flutes to the invention of computer software? Or the murex sea snail to the death of the great American city? How does the bag of crisps you hold in your hand help tell the story of humanity itself? In this brilliant new book, international bestseller Steven Johnson argues that the pursuit of novelty and wonder has always been a powerful driver of world-shaping technological change. He finds that throughout…
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'Steven Johnson is the Darwin of technology' Walter Issacson'Steven Johnson has an eye for the most interesting new ideas' Steven Pinker'There is a pleasing eclecticism to Johnson's thinking' Malcolm GladwellWhat connects Palaeolithic bone flutes to the invention of computer software? Or the murex sea snail to the death of the great American city? How does the bag of crisps you hold in your hand help tell the story of humanity itself? In this brilliant new book, international bestseller Steven Johnson argues that the pursuit of novelty and wonder has always been a powerful driver of world-shaping technological change. He finds that throughout history, the cutting edge of innovation lies wherever people are working the hardest to keep themselves and others amused.'There is a fabulous amount here to be surprised by and interested in. It's a book about delight that is itself delightful' Spectator'Seductively erudite . . . a speed-read history of the serendipitous and the entertaining' Observer'The book is a house of wonders' New York Times Book Review
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-5098-3727-4
- EAN: 9781509837274
- Produktnummer: 23916307
- Verlag: Pan macmillan Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Ausstattung: B-Format Paperback
- Masse: H19.7 cm x B13.0 cm
Über den Autor
Steven Johnson is the internationally bestselling author of ten books, including How We Got to Now, Where Good Ideas Come From, The Invention of Air, The Ghost Map and Everything Bad is Good for You. The founder of a variety of influential websites, he is the host and co-creator of the PBS and BBC series How We Got to Now. Johnson lives in Marin County, California, and Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and three sons.
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