Wonderland. How Play Made the Modern World Pan MacMillan (370075377)

Какие связи Paleolithic bone flutes to invention of computer software? Или Murex sea snail к мертвости Великой Америке? How does the bag of crisps you hold in your hand help tell the story of humanity itself? В його brilliant нову роботу на історії новаторства, international bestseller Steven Johnson argues, що pursuit novelty and wonder always been a powerful driver of world-shaping technological change. Он find that that throughout history, the cutting edge of innovation lies wherever people are working the hardest to chill themselves and yours amused. Johnson's storytelling is just as delightful as inventions he describes, full of surprising stops along journey from simple concepts to complex modern systems. Он представил нас в красочные инноваторы лекций: explorers, proprietors, showmen, и артисты, которые изменили историю истории со своими luxurious wares, exotic meals, taverns, gambling tables, and magic shows. Джонсон дружелюбно argues, що observatory технологічних і соціальних тенденций должны быть представлены для людей в novel amusements. Вы думаете о future wherever people are have most fun.