How we got to now: six innovations that made the modern world

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In questo volume illustrato, Steven Johnson esplora la storia dell'innovazione nel corso dei secoli, tracciando aspetti della vita moderna (refrigerazione, orologi e lenti per occhiali, per citarne alcuni) dalla loro creazione da parte di hobbisti, dilettanti e imprenditori alle loro conseguenze storiche non intenzionali.

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