Steven Johnson
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A fascinating deep dive on innovation from the New York Times bestselling author of How We Got To Now and Unexpected Life
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 of brilliance? How do we generate the breakthrough technologies that push forward our lives,...
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 of brilliance? How do we generate the breakthrough technologies that push forward our lives,...
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"Éste es un libro de historia sobre la Ilustración y la Revolución norteamericana, sobre el ciclo del carbono dentro del planeta y la química de la pólvora, sobre el auge de los cafés en la cultura europea, sobre la dinámica emocional entre dos amigos".
Así define su autor esta obra, una curiosa indagación sobre el origen de las ideas, sobre esos cambios trascendentales que definen una nueva época o un nuevo paradigma y que tanto deben,...
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El tópico dice que es de madrugada, que el genio está solo en su despacho o en su laboratorio, inclinado sobre un trabajo absorbente que le aparta del mundo, cuando ¡flash!: le llega la idea como por milagro, como un chispazo repentino que le hace gritar "eureka". Pero Steven Johnson argumenta en este libro que ese tópico es la excepción y no la regla.
Según esta fascinante, accesible, entretenidísima "historia natural de la innovación",...
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La conquista de la actualidad no se expresa a través de grandes titulares sino en el desarrollo paciente y hasta azaroso de algunas ideas, que, lejos de toda celebridad, suelen reconocer como artífices a modestos y abnegados desconocidos. En esta historia laberíntica y casi secreta, Steven Johnson dirige su lupa hacia seis tópicos, El Vidrio, El Frío, El Sonido, La Limpieza, El Tiempo, La Luz, y analiza de qué modo fueron tratados a lo largo...
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Como en el mundo de hoy, en el de los piratas del siglo xvii no hay sino un propósito claro: la búsqueda del tesoro
Un pirata oteando el horizonte, empapado de ron y ansioso de tesoros: en septiembre de 1695, el pirata inglés Henry Every, capitán del Fancy, atacó y se apoderó de un barco que regresaba a la India desde la Meca. Este acto, uno de los crímenes más lucrativos de la historia, tuvo ramificaciones mundiales y dio lugar a la primera...
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Abrir este libro es aceptar una invitación a pensar sobre el presente: qué es realmente el progreso, qué es realmente "ir a mejor", qué razones hay para el optimismo o para la desesperación.
Seguir leyendo le llevará a reflexionar sobre el futuro que se está ya construyendo a través de las nuevas redes del siglo XXI: internet, los nuevos medios y las plataformas abiertas. ¿Adónde nos llevan esas "redes creativas"? ¿En qué van a mejorar...
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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 and passion. All four authors have been interviewed extensively about the Benoit situation, including by CNN and Fox.
The book will discuss the subject...
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Future Perfect argues that a new model of political change is on the rise, transforming everything from local governments to drug research to arts funding and education. Johnson paints a compelling portrait of this new political worldview that breaks with the traditional categories of liberal or conservative thinking. With his acclaimed flair for multidisciplinary storytelling and big idea books, Johnson explores this new vision of progress through...
10) The Ghost Map
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A thrilling historical account of the worst cholera outbreak in Victorian London-and a brilliant exploration of how Dr. John Snow's solution revolutionized the way we think about disease, cities, science, and the modern world. From the dynamic thinker routinely compared to Malcolm Gladwell, E. O. Wilson, and James Gleick, The Ghost Map is a riveting page-turner with a real-life historical hero that brilliantly illuminates the intertwined histories...
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Steven Johnson, an acknowledged bestselling leader on the subject of innovation, gathers-for a foundational text on the subject of innovation-essays, interviews, and cutting-edge insights by such exciting field leaders as Peter Drucker, Richard Florida, Eric Von Hippel, Dean Keith Simonton, Arthur Koestler, John Seely Brown, and Marshall Berman. Johnson also provides new material from Marisa Mayer of Google, Twitter's Biz Stone and Jack Dorsey, and...
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"From the New York Times-bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Everything Bad Is Good for You, a new look at the power and legacy of great ideas. In this illustrated volume, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life (refrigeration, clocks, and eyeglass lenses, to name a few) from their creation by hobbyists, amateurs, and entrepreneurs to their unintended historical consequences....
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Steven Howard Johnson has written this book to raise a question: "If America truly knew what it was doing, what would be different?", and to offer an answer: "Our civic ethos would illuminate our responsibilities; our craftsmanship would guide our solutions." With a BA from Harvard, an MBA from Stanford, and years of consulting work, Johnson has been, trained by experience to profile the clash between "What Is" and "What Might Be" in almost any situation....
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In today's rapidly evolving world, the erosion of individual character is increasingly evident. Values-based societies require vigilant character development to sustain ethical behavior across public and private life. Building Character: The Values Journal is intended to provide a tool to assist on the journey toward character development.
Building Character is rooted in the deliberate execution of four core principles: discipline, practice, challenge...