How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World by Johnson, Steven
How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World by Johnson, Steven

How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World

Did you drink a glass of water today? Did you turn on a light? Did you think...
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Author: Steven Johnson
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How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World by Johnson, Steven

How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World

$52.83
How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World by Johnson, Steven

How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World

$52.83
Author: Steven Johnson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
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 the fascinating and interconnected stories of innovations--like clean drinking water and electricity--that changed the way people live.

Innovation starts with a problem whose solution sets in motion all kinds of unexpected discoveries. That's why you can draw a line from pendulums to punching the clock at a factory, from ice blocks to summer movie blockbusters, from clean water to computer chips.

In the lively storytelling style that has made him a popular, bestselling author, Steven Johnson looks at how accidental genius, brilliant mistakes, and unintended consequences shape the way we live in the modern world. Johnson's long zoom approach connects history, geography, politics, and scientific advances with the deep curiousity of inventors or quirky interests of tinkerers to show how innovation truly comes about.

His fascinating account is organized into six topics: glass, cold, sound, clean, time, light. Johnson's fresh exploration of these simple, single-syllable word concepts creates an endlessly absorbing story that moves from lightning strikes in the prehistoric desert to the herculean effort to literally raise up the city of Chicago to laser labs straight out of a sci-fi movie.

In other words, it's the story of how we got to now

Author: Steven Johnson
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Published: 10/16/2018
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.10h x 7.70w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780425287781
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.7
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 199138 / How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World (Young Readers Edition)


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2018
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Steven Johnson is the bestselling author of eleven books, including Where Good Ideas Come From, Wonderland, and The Ghost Map. He's the host and co-creator of the Emmy-winning PBS/BBC series How We Got To Now, and the host of the podcast American Innovations. He lives in Brooklyn and Marin County, California with his wife and three sons.
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