Books by Steven Johnson
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review 1: In October of 1838, Charles Darwin read Malthus on Population, triggering his world changing theory of natural selection. Stories of good ideas like this are often condensed to an epiphany. In Where Good Ideas Come From: A Natural History of Innovation Steven Johnson surveyed 600...
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review 1: This biography of Joseph Priestly hit all of my interests - science, history, biography - so it was a natural read. I'm glad I did. Priestley discovered Oxygen. He published more than 500 books, pamphlets, and fliers on everything from Electricity to politics. He was fluent in h...
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review 1: I've read quite a few books in similar veins, i.e. regarding networks, information, and how they support innovation. Johnson has an interesting take, looking at several environments that support (or don't) innovation. His information is wide-ranging through history, technology, a...