HOW WE GOT TO NOW
With Steven Johnson
2 DVDs (widescreen)
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Johnson, a bestselling author and master storyteller, weaves tales about how six remarkable innovations—clean, time, glass, light, cold, and sound—have shaped the modern world, often in unforeseen ways.
Debunking the notion of the lone inventor, he argues instead that great ideas emerge from collaborative networks, and that even the most brilliant 17th-century inventor couldn’t have developed the refrigerator, which "simply wasn’t part of the adjacent possible at that moment." Captivatingly spun are such other diverse stories as how building a system of sewers under Chicago relates to the livability of modern cities, and how Gutenberg’s press created a market for spectacles that led to the development of the microscope, the telescope, and the camera.
| Copyright | 2014 |
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| Publisher | PBS |
| Grade | 7 and up |
| Color | Color and black-and-white |
| Run Time | Total time: approximately 360 minutes |
| ISBN | 9781627890366 |