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How We Got to Now

- Six Innovations that Made the Modern World
Af: Steven Johnson Engelsk Paperback

How We Got to Now

- Six Innovations that Made the Modern World
Af: Steven Johnson Engelsk Paperback
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From Steven Johnson, the bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From, comes How We Got to Now, the companion book to his six-part BBC One television series exploring the power and the legacy of great ideas.

How did photography bring about social reform? What connects refrigeration to Hollywood? And how did our battle against dirt help create smartphones? In this story of ingenious breakthroughs and unsung heroes, Steven Johnson explores the essential innovations that changed the world and how we live in it.

''A new Steven Johnson book is something not to be missed. The author has become the leading writer on how inventions happen'' Daniel Finkelstein, The Times, Books of the Year

''Graceful and compelling ... you''ll find yourself exhilarated'' The New York Times Book Review

''Readable, entertaining, and a challenge to any jaded sensibility that has become inured to the everyday miracles all around us'' Peter Forbes, Guardian''This nimble history of invention . . .is a many-layered delight'' Nature

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From Steven Johnson, the bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From, comes How We Got to Now, the companion book to his six-part BBC One television series exploring the power and the legacy of great ideas.

How did photography bring about social reform? What connects refrigeration to Hollywood? And how did our battle against dirt help create smartphones? In this story of ingenious breakthroughs and unsung heroes, Steven Johnson explores the essential innovations that changed the world and how we live in it.

''A new Steven Johnson book is something not to be missed. The author has become the leading writer on how inventions happen'' Daniel Finkelstein, The Times, Books of the Year

''Graceful and compelling ... you''ll find yourself exhilarated'' The New York Times Book Review

''Readable, entertaining, and a challenge to any jaded sensibility that has become inured to the everyday miracles all around us'' Peter Forbes, Guardian''This nimble history of invention . . .is a many-layered delight'' Nature

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 272
ISBN-13: 9781846148552
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1846148553
Udg. Dato: 24 sep 2015
Længde: 16mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 131mm
Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 24 sep 2015
Forfatter(e): Steven Johnson
Forfatter(e) Steven Johnson


Kategori Samfundsvidenskabelig idéhistorie


ISBN-13 9781846148552


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 272


Udgave


Længde 16mm


Bredde 197mm


Højde 131mm


Udg. Dato 24 sep 2015


Oplagsdato 24 sep 2015


Forlag Penguin Books Ltd

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