Where Good Ideas Come from: The Natural History of Innovation

by Steven Johnson

Book Overview

From the New York Times bestselling author of How We Got To Now and Extra Life

The printing press, the pencil, the flush toilet, the battery--these are all great ideas. But where do they come from? What kind of environment breeds them? What sparks the flash of brilliance? How do we generate the breakthrough technologies that push forward our lives, our society, our culture? Steven Johnson's answers are revelatory...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594487715
• ISBN13: 9781594487712
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Riverhead Books
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher