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Wonderland

How Play Made the Modern World

Wonderland( )
Author: Johnson, Steven
ISBN:978-1-5098-3729-8
Publication Date:Nov 2016
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Macmillan
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $14.99
Book Description:

"Everyone knows the old saying "necessity is the mother of invention," but if you do a paternity test on many of the modern world's most important ideas or institutions, you will find, invariably, that leisure and play were involved in the conception as well." Most history books don't concern themselves with delight. History is the serious business of war, treaties, governments and monarchs. This is a different kind of history book. Steven Johnson argues that if you want to understand...
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Book Details
Pages:256
Detailed Subjects: Games & Activities / General
Technology & Engineering / Inventions
Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.4 x 23.3 x 2.5 cm
Book Weight:0.478 Kilograms
Author Biography
Johnson, Steven (Author)
Steven Johnson was born on June 6, 1968. He received an undergraduate degree at Brown University, where he studied semiotics, and later went on to receive a graduate degree in English literature from Columbia University. He is the author of several books including Future Perfect: The Case for Progress in a Networked Age; Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation; The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution and the Birth of America; and The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic-and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World. His book, How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World, was the subject of a six-part series on PBS, which he also hosted.

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