Steven Johnson

stevenberlinjohnson.com @stevenbjohnson

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Steven Johnson is a prolific author and media theorist known for his exploration of science, technology, and innovation.
He has written twelve bestselling books, including "Where Good Ideas Come From" and "How We Got to Now." Johnson's work often examines the intersection of history, science, and culture, offering insights into how ideas and innovations shape society.
In addition to his writing, Johnson hosts the podcast "American Innovations" and co-created a PBS/BBC series.
He divides his time between California and New York, where he lives with his family.

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The Ghost Map

מאת Steven Johnson • 2006

London, 1854: a doctor maps the cholera dead while a reverend hunts the outbreak's first victim.

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The Ghost Map

London, 1854: a doctor maps the cholera dead while a reverend hunts the outbreak's first victim.

מאת Steven Johnson 2006 320 עמודים

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How We Got to Now

מאת Steven Johnson • 2014

Six ordinary breakthroughs built the modern world; their biggest consequences were never planned.

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How We Got to Now

Six ordinary breakthroughs built the modern world; their biggest consequences were never planned.

מאת Steven Johnson 2014 293 עמודים

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Where Good Ideas Come From

מאת Steven Johnson • 2010

Breakthroughs come from networks, borrowed parts, and gradual insights, not lone geniuses.

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Where Good Ideas Come From

Breakthroughs come from networks, borrowed parts, and gradual insights, not lone geniuses.

מאת Steven Johnson 2010 340 עמודים

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Mind Wide Open

מאת Steven Johnson • 1999

A writer makes his own brain the case study, and the findings rewrite the self.

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Mind Wide Open

A writer makes his own brain the case study, and the findings rewrite the self.

מאת Steven Johnson 1999 274 עמודים

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Everything Bad is Good for You

מאת Steven Johnson • 2005

IQ scores keep rising, and your video game habit may explain why.

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Everything Bad is Good for You

IQ scores keep rising, and your video game habit may explain why.

מאת Steven Johnson 2005 273 עמודים

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Enemy of All Mankind

מאת Steven Johnson • 2020

His 1695 heist of a Mughal treasure ship nearly toppled an empire. Then Henry Every disappeared.

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Enemy of All Mankind

His 1695 heist of a Mughal treasure ship nearly toppled an empire. Then Henry Every disappeared.

מאת Steven Johnson 2020 286 עמודים

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Emergence

מאת Steven Johnson • 2001

Ant colonies, brains, cities, and the web all emerge from simple local rules repeated endlessly.

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Emergence

Ant colonies, brains, cities, and the web all emerge from simple local rules repeated endlessly.

מאת Steven Johnson 2001 288 עמודים

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Farsighted

מאת Steven Johnson • 2018

Why our biggest choices flunk the pro/con list, and what works: mapping, rehearsal, fiction.

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Farsighted

Why our biggest choices flunk the pro/con list, and what works: mapping, rehearsal, fiction.

מאת Steven Johnson 2018 384 עמודים

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The Infernal Machine

מאת Steven Johnson • 2024

Dynamite was meant to destroy governments. It built the most powerful one: the surveillance state.

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The Infernal Machine

Dynamite was meant to destroy governments. It built the most powerful one: the surveillance state.

מאת Steven Johnson 2024 368 עמודים

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Extra Life

מאת Steven Johnson • 2023

For millennia, humans lived to thirty-five. Then, in a century, we doubled it. How that happened.

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Extra Life

For millennia, humans lived to thirty-five. Then, in a century, we doubled it. How that happened.

מאת Steven Johnson 2023 320 עמודים

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