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

av Steven Johnson • 2006

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

3.89

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Medicin

The Ghost Map

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

av Steven Johnson 2006 320 sidor

3.89

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Medicin

How We Got to Now

av Steven Johnson • 2014

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

4.12

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Teknik

How We Got to Now

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

av Steven Johnson 2014 293 sidor

4.12

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Where Good Ideas Come From

av Steven Johnson • 2010

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

3.99

15 000+

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Historia

Affärer

Where Good Ideas Come From

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

av Steven Johnson 2010 340 sidor

3.99

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Affärer

Mind Wide Open

av Steven Johnson • 1999

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

3.90

5 000+

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Psykologi

Biologi

Mind Wide Open

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

av Steven Johnson 1999 274 sidor

3.90

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Everything Bad is Good for You

av Steven Johnson • 2005

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

3.49

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Sociologi

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Popkultur

Everything Bad is Good for You

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

av Steven Johnson 2005 273 sidor

3.49

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Popkultur

Enemy of All Mankind

av Steven Johnson • 2020

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

3.89

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True Crime

Biografi

Enemy of All Mankind

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

av Steven Johnson 2020 286 sidor

3.89

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True Crime

Biografi

Emergence

av Steven Johnson • 2001

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

3.95

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Emergence

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

av Steven Johnson 2001 288 sidor

3.95

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Farsighted

av Steven Johnson • 2018

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

3.55

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Farsighted

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

av Steven Johnson 2018 384 sidor

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The Infernal Machine

av 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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True Crime

Krim

The Infernal Machine

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

av Steven Johnson 2024 368 sidor

4.03

1 000+ betyg

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True Crime

Krim

Extra Life

av Steven Johnson • 2023

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

4.19

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Extra Life

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

av Steven Johnson 2023 320 sidor

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1 000+ betyg

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