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

parašė Steven Johnson • 2006

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

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Medicina

The Ghost Map

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

parašė Steven Johnson 2006 320 puslapiai

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Medicina

How We Got to Now

parašė Steven Johnson • 2014

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

4.12

15 000+

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Technologijos

How We Got to Now

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

parašė Steven Johnson 2014 293 puslapiai

4.12

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Technologijos

Where Good Ideas Come From

parašė Steven Johnson • 2010

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

3.99

15 000+

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Verslas

Where Good Ideas Come From

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

parašė Steven Johnson 2010 340 puslapiai

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Mind Wide Open

parašė Steven Johnson • 1999

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

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5 000+

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Psichologija

Biologija

Mind Wide Open

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

parašė Steven Johnson 1999 274 puslapiai

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Psichologija

Biologija

Everything Bad is Good for You

parašė Steven Johnson • 2005

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

3.49

5 000+

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Populiarioji kultūra

Everything Bad is Good for You

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

parašė Steven Johnson 2005 273 puslapiai

3.49

5 000+ įvertinimai

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Psichologija

Populiarioji kultūra

Enemy of All Mankind

parašė Steven Johnson • 2020

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

3.89

4 000+

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Tikri nusikaltimai

Biografija

Enemy of All Mankind

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

parašė Steven Johnson 2020 286 puslapiai

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Tikri nusikaltimai

Biografija

Emergence

parašė Steven Johnson • 2001

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

3.95

3 000+

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Technologijos

Psichologija

Emergence

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

parašė Steven Johnson 2001 288 puslapiai

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Technologijos

Psichologija

Farsighted

parašė Steven Johnson • 2018

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

3.55

2 000+

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Farsighted

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

parašė Steven Johnson 2018 384 puslapiai

3.55

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The Infernal Machine

parašė Steven Johnson • 2024

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

4.03

1 000+

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Tikri nusikaltimai

Kriminalinis žanras

The Infernal Machine

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

parašė Steven Johnson 2024 368 puslapiai

4.03

1 000+ įvertinimai

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Tikri nusikaltimai

Kriminalinis žanras

Extra Life

parašė Steven Johnson • 2023

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

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Sveikata

Extra Life

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

parašė Steven Johnson 2023 320 puslapiai

4.19

1 000+ įvertinimai

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Sveikata

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