Steven Johnson: 56 books
How We Got to Now
Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
Did you drink a glass of water today? Did you turn on a light? Did you think about how miraculous either one of those things is when you did it? Of course not--but you should, and New York Times bestselling author Steven Johnson has. This adaptation of his adult book and popular PBS series explores...
by Steven Johnson
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 11, 2016
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 11, 2016
“Un futuro perfetto” è il ritratto di una nuova visione del mondo, in totale rottura con le categorie tradizionali del pensiero liberale o conservatore. Steven Johnson propone un modello di sviluppo basato sulle peer network, le reti di pari capaci di trasformare ogni settore economico e politico...
The Invention of Air
A Story Of Science, Faith, Revolution, And The Birth Of America
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2008
From the bestselling author of How We Got To Now, The Ghost Map and Farsighted, a new national bestseller: the “exhilarating”( Los Angeles Times) story of Joseph Priestley, “a founding father long forgotten”(Newsweek) and a brilliant man who embodied the relationship between science, religion,...
by Steven Johnson,Heath McCoy,Irvin Muchnick and Greg Oliver
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2007
In the wake of the horrific double-murder suicide, four noted wrestling writers grapple with the life and death of Chris Benoit in this book by Steven Johnson, Heath McCoy, Irvin Muchnick, and Greg Oliver, all respected investigative journalists committed to looking at this terrible event with integrity...
Mind Wide Open
Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2004
BRILLIANTLY EXPLORING TODAY'S CUTTING-EDGE BRAIN RESEARCH, MIND WIDE OPEN IS AN UNPRECEDENTED JOURNEY INTO THE ESSENCE OF HUMAN PERSONALITY, ALLOWING READERS TO UNDERSTAND THEMSELVES AND THE PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES AS NEVER BEFORE.
Using a mix of experiential reportage, personal storytelling,...
How We Got to Now
Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
From the New York Times–bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Farsighted, a new look at the power and legacy of great ideas.
In this illustrated history, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life (refrigeration, clocks,...
Future Perfect
The Case For Progress In A Networked Age
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
From the New York Times bestselling author of How We Got To Now and Farsighted
Combining the deft social analysis of Where Good Ideas Come From with the optimistic arguments of Everything Bad Is Good For You, New York Times bestselling author Steven Johnson’s Future Perfect makes the case...
Wonderland
How Play Made the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
**“A house of wonders itself. . . . *Wonderland *inspires grins and well-what-d'ya-knows” —The New York Times Book Review
From the *New York Times–*bestselling author of How We Got to Now and Farsighted, a look at the world-changing innovations we made while keeping ourselves...
by Steven Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
A fascinating deep dive on innovation from the New York Times bestselling author of How We Got To Now and Farsighted
The printing press, the pencil, the flush toilet, the battery--these are all great ideas. But where do they come from? What kind of environment breeds them? What sparks the flash...
Farsighted
How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
The hardest choices are also the most consequential. So why do we know so little about how to get them right?
Big, life-altering decisions matter so much more than the decisions we make every day, and they're also the most difficult: where to live, whom to marry, what to believe, whether to...
The Ghost Map
The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2006
A National Bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book, and an Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year
From Steven Johnson, the dynamic thinker routinely compared to James Gleick, Dava Sobel, and Malcolm Gladwell, The Ghost Map is a riveting page-turner about a real-life historical hero, Dr....
by Greg Oliver and Steven Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2007
From the critically acclaimed authors of The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams comes the most comprehensive look ever at the colourful villains, heels, bad guys and rule breakers who give professional wrestling so much of its character. In The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Heels , Greg Oliver...
Emergence
The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
In the tradition of Being Digital and The Tipping Point, Steven Johnson, acclaimed as a "cultural critic with a poet's heart" (The Village Voice), takes readers on an eye-opening journey through emergence theory and its applications.
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
A VOICE LITERARY SUPPLEMENT...
Die Erfindung der Zukunft
Sechs Innovationen, die die Welt veränderten
Language: German
Release Date: August 22, 2016
**Ein neuer Blick auf die Geschichte und Macht großer Ideen **
In dieser bebilderten Darstellung sechs großer technologischer Neuerungen, die unsere moderne Welt auf vielfältige Weise prägen, zeichnet Steven Johnson die Geschichte der Innovation über die Jahrhunderte nach, indem er bedeutsame...