How did we get to now?

Author Name: Steven Johnson

How We Got Here: Six Inventions That Made the Modern World by Steven Johnson Translated by Iyad Ghanem "A groundbreaking history of science writer." Bill Clinton "A mind-expanding book, this is a celebration of the human mind." The Daily Beast "Johnson is a veteran of the history of ideas. How We Got Here is authoritative, engaging, and challenges our complacency and ignites our fascination with the realized miracles that surround us." The Guardian "Johnson has written a series of brilliant books on the history of technological innovations that make him the most convincing about the role of collaboration in their achievement. His knowledge is vast." The Wall Street Journal "Unbelievable. It's an innovative way to talk about history." Jon Stewart "The reader can only stand in awe and wonder at the human ingenuity, including Johnson's own, that has accomplished charting the labyrinthine historical path of these amazing inventions, and the evolution from one to the next." Sunday Times "Johnson is a multicultural writer whose unexpected train of thought is exhilarating to follow... To explain why ideas have changed the world, he looks to disciplines as diverse as chemistry, social history, geography, and even ecology." Los Angeles Times Steven Johnson: American bestselling author whose books include Where New Ideas Come From, The Utopian Future, Inventing Air, Shadow Map, and Everything Bad Is Good For You. He is the founder of a number of influential websites and writes for major international magazines and newspapers.