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Wonderland

How Play Made the Modern World

Wonderland( )
Author: Johnson, Steven
ISBN:978-1-5098-6255-9
Publication Date:Dec 2017
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Pan
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $9.99
Book Description:

The writer described as the 'Darwin of technology' presents an intertwined history of recreation and innovation, arguing that humans have always found the future in fun

Book Details
Pages:320
Detailed Subjects: Games & Activities / General
Technology & Engineering / Inventions
Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.8 x 19.7 x 2.1 cm
Book Weight:0.258 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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