Steven Johnson is the bestselling author of Future Perfect, Where Good Ideas Come From, The Invention of Air, The Ghost Map, and Everything Bad is Good for You, and is the editor of The Innovator's Cookbook. He is the founder of a variety of influential websites and writes for Time, Wired, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. He lives in Marin County, California, with his wife and three sons.
"[A] rich, integrated and often sparkling book. Mr. Johnson, who
knows a thing or two about the history of science, is a first-rate
storyteller."--"The New York Times"
"A vision of innovation and ideas that is resolutely social,
dynamic and material...Fluidly written, entertaining and smart
without being arcane."--"Los Angeles Times"
"A magical mystery tour of the history and architecture of
innovation."--"The Oregonian"
"A rapid-fire tour of 'spaces' large, small, mental, physical, and
otherwise... Where Good Ideas Come From may be the ultimate
distillation of his thinking on these issues... One admires the
intellectual athleticism of Johnson's maneuvers here."--"Boston
Globe"
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