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The Resource Wonderland : how play made the modern world, Steven Johnson, (electronic resource)
Wonderland : how play made the modern world, Steven Johnson, (electronic resource)
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The item Wonderland : how play made the modern world, Steven Johnson, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item Wonderland : how play made the modern world, Steven Johnson, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- "From the New York Times-bestselling author of How We Got to Now and Where Good Ideas Come From, a look at the world-changing innovations we made while keeping ourselves entertained. This lushly illustrated history of popular entertainment takes along-zoom approach, contending that the pursuit of novelty and wonder is a powerful driver of world-shaping technological change. Steven Johnson argues that, throughout history, the cutting edge of innovation lies wherever people are working the hardest to keep themselves and others amused. Johnson's storytelling is just as delightful as the inventions he describes, full of surprising stops along the journey from simple concepts to complex modern systems. He introduces us to the colorful innovators of leisure: the explorers, proprietors, showmen, and artists who changed the trajectory of history with their luxurious wares, exotic meals, taverns, gambling tables, and magic shows. Johnson compellingly argues that observers of technological and social trends should be looking for clues in novel amusements. You'll find the future wherever people are having the most fun"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (322 pages)
- Contents
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- Fashion and shopping
- Music
- Taste
- Illusion
- Games
- Public space
- Isbn
- 9780399184505
- Label
- Wonderland : how play made the modern world
- Title
- Wonderland
- Title remainder
- how play made the modern world
- Statement of responsibility
- Steven Johnson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "From the New York Times-bestselling author of How We Got to Now and Where Good Ideas Come From, a look at the world-changing innovations we made while keeping ourselves entertained. This lushly illustrated history of popular entertainment takes along-zoom approach, contending that the pursuit of novelty and wonder is a powerful driver of world-shaping technological change. Steven Johnson argues that, throughout history, the cutting edge of innovation lies wherever people are working the hardest to keep themselves and others amused. Johnson's storytelling is just as delightful as the inventions he describes, full of surprising stops along the journey from simple concepts to complex modern systems. He introduces us to the colorful innovators of leisure: the explorers, proprietors, showmen, and artists who changed the trajectory of history with their luxurious wares, exotic meals, taverns, gambling tables, and magic shows. Johnson compellingly argues that observers of technological and social trends should be looking for clues in novel amusements. You'll find the future wherever people are having the most fun"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1968-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Johnson, Steven
- Dewey number
- 790.1
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GV1200
- LC item number
- .J64 2016eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Amusements
- HISTORY / World
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Inventions
- SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects
- Amusements
- SPORTS & RECREATION / General
- Label
- Wonderland : how play made the modern world, Steven Johnson, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-306) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Fashion and shopping -- Music -- Taste -- Illusion -- Games -- Public space
- Control code
- ocn962854937
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (322 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780399184505
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 15C759C5-080A-457E-8345-BAC1A6178697
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o962854937
- (OCoLC)962854937
- Label
- Wonderland : how play made the modern world, Steven Johnson, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-306) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Fashion and shopping -- Music -- Taste -- Illusion -- Games -- Public space
- Control code
- ocn962854937
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (322 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780399184505
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 15C759C5-080A-457E-8345-BAC1A6178697
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o962854937
- (OCoLC)962854937
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