Wonderland : how play made the modern world
Johnson, Steven, 1968-2017
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International bestseller Steven Johnson argues that the pursuit of novelty and wonder has always been a powerful driver of world-shaping technological change. He finds that throughout history, the cutting edge of innovation lies wherever people are working the hardest to keep themselves and others amused.
Main title:
Wonderland : how play made the modern world / Steven Johnson.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Macmillan, 2017.London : Macmillan, 2017.
Collation:
297 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2016.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781509837267 (hbk)
Dewey class:
609
Language:
English
BRN:
1694596