Where Good Ideas Come from by Steven Johnson

Where Good Ideas Come from by Steven Johnson

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Why have cities historically been such hubs of innovation? What do the printing press and Apple have in common? And what does this have to do with the creation and evolution of life itself? This title presents answers to these questions.

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Where Good Ideas Come from by Steven Johnson

Why have cities historically been such hubs of innovation? What do the printing press and Apple have in common? And what does this have to do with the creation and evolution of life itself? This title presents answers to these questions.
Stimulating and insightful.. like one of the reefs that initially baffled Darwin and are so admired by Johnson - a huge diversity of bright ideas co-exist happily without destroying or spoiling each other -- John Gapper FT
Steven Johnson is the author of the US bestsellers The Invention of Air, The Ghost Map, Everything Bad Is Good For You, and Mind Wide Open, as well as Emergence and Interface Culture. He is the founder of a variety of influential websites - currently, outside.in - and is a contributing editor to Wired.
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ISBN 13 9781846140518
ISBN 10 184614051X
Title Where Good Ideas Come from
Author Steven Johnson
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2010-10-07
Number of pages 336
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