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Steven Johnson

autor

Minimalistický fotograf


Cítíte, že vašim fotografiím něco chybí? Minimalismus je možná správná cesta pro vás. Každý, kdo fotografuje, může ve fotografování hledat a nalézat něco jiného. Pro někoho je to potěšení ze vstávání ve 4 ráno s touhou lehnout si na dvě hodiny do studené trávy a zmrzlý čekat, až se něco objeví v mlze na hladině rybníka. Pro jiného jde o vzrušení z hektické práce ve studiu. Někoho baví jenom sledování trendů ve vývoji techniky a porovnává vlastnosti nových objektivů a jiný zase jenom čte všechno, co kde kdo napíše, nebo se věnuje filozofování o podstatě fotografování. Fotografie a zájem o ni může mít mnoho velmi odlišných podob. Mnozí z těch, kteří fotografují, se ale dříve nebo později zastaví a začnou přemýšlet o tom, proč vlastně fotografují a co pro ně fotografie znamená. Tato kniha je jedním takovým zastavením a hledáním cesty. Autor v ní nabízí minimalismus jako přístup, ke kterému sám dospěl. V jeho pojetí se minimalismus netýká pouze otázek kompozice, ale jde dále: od výběru objektů fotografování až po přístup k technickému a fotografickému vybavení. Základem všeho je odpověď na otázky: Jaký jsem vlastně fotograf? A jakým fotografem bych chtěl být? Zajímavé jsou ty části knihy, které se zabývají úvahami o estetice nebo historickém vývoji názorů na fotografii a rolí, kterou zde sehráli někteří významní fotografové. Jedná se o část dějin fotografie, o které by měl něco vědět každý fotograf. Knihu doplňuje řada fotografií, které dokreslují autorovy názory, a mnohé z nich mohou být pobídkou pro ty, kteří by k minimalistickému přístupu chtěli najít cestu.
Na sklade 1Ks
15,63 € 16,45 €

Farsighted


Plenty of books offer useful advice on how to get better at making quick-thinking, intuitive choices. But what about more consequential decisions, the ones that affect our lives for years, or centuries, to come? Our most powerful stories revolve around these kinds of decisions: where to live, whom to marry, what to believe, whether to start a company, how to end a war. Full of the beautifully crafted storytelling and novel insights that Steven Johnson's fans know to expect, Farsighted draws lessons from cognitive science, social psychology, military strategy, environmental planning, and great works of literature. Everyone thinks we are living in an age of short attention spans, but we've actually learned a lot about making long-term decisions over the past few decades. Johnson makes a compelling case for a smarter and more deliberative decision-making approach. He argues that we choose better when we break out of the myopia of single-scale thinking and develop methods for considering all the factors involved. There's no one-size-fits-all model for the important decisions that can alter the course of a life, an organization, or a civilization. But Farsighted explains how we can approach these choices more effectively, and how we can appreciate the subtle intelligence of choices that shaped our broader social history.
U dodávateľa
15,15 € 15,95 €

Odkud se berou dobré nápady


Spisovatel a webový guru Steven Johnson si jednou položil otázku, odkud se berou dobré nápady a jak vznikají inovace. Odpověď rozepsal na přibližně tři sta stránek, které obnášejí téměř celou lidskou historii, od starověké Číny po éru počítačů. V biologických, kulturních a environmentálních aspektech lidské kreativity vypozoroval sedm základních schémat, které se často opakují a které Johnson vysvětluje čtenářům pomocí čtivých, humorných, někdy až detektivních ztvárnění skutečných událostí a historických momentek, jako byla například Darwinova plavba na lodi Beagle, krizová situace během letu Apolla 13, nebo příběh moderních fenoménů jako Google News či YouTube.
Vypredané
16,99 € 17,88 €

Future Perfect


From the international bestselling author Steven Johnson, Future Perfect is the story of how progress is still possible and our future really is bright. What links a heroic pilot, eighteenth-century coffee houses, the French railway system and the invention of the Internet? Steven Johnson, with his renowned flair for discovering new ideas and hidden connections, shows that the answer lies in networked thinking. Johnson argues that collaborative networks of 'peer progressives' hold the key to an incredible range of human achievements, and can transform everything from local government to drug research to arts funding and education. Looking beyond traditional politics, Future Perfect shows that a new model of change is on the rise.
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11,88 € 12,50 €

How We Got to Now


From Steven Johnson, the best-selling author of Where Good Ideas Come From, comes How We Got to Now, the companion book to his six-part BBC One television series exploring the power and the legacy of great ideas. How did photography bring about social reform? What connects refrigeration to Hollywood? And how did our battle against dirt help create smartphones? In this story of ingenious breakthroughs and unsung heroes, Steven Johnson explores the essential innovations that changed the world and how we live in it. "A new Steven Johnson book is something not to be missed. The author has become the leading writer on how inventions happen." (Daniel Finkelstein, The Times, Books of the Year). "Graceful and compelling...you'll find yourself exhilarated." (The New York Times Book Review). "Readable, entertaining, and a challenge to any jaded sensibility that has become inured to the everyday miracles all around us." (Peter Forbes, Guardian). "This nimble history of invention...is a many-layered delight." (Nature).
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12,30 € 12,95 €

Wonderland How Play Made the Modern World


'The book is a house of wonders' The New York Times'Steven Johnson is the Darwin of technology' Walter Issacson, author of Steve JobsWhat connects Paleolithic bone flutes to the invention of computer software? Or the Murex sea snail to the death of the great American city? How does the bag of crisps you hold in your hand help tell the story of humanity itself? In his brilliant new work on the history of innovation, international bestseller Steven Johnson argues that the pursuit of novelty and wonder has always been a powerful driver of world-shaping technological change. He finds that 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 colourful 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.
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11,88 € 12,50 €

Wonderland - How Play Made the Modern World


The book is a house of wonders' The New York Times 'Steven Johnson is the Darwin of technology' Walter Issacson, author of Steve Jobs What connects Paleolithic bone flutes to the invention of computer software? Or the Murex sea snail to the death of the great American city? How does the bag of crisps you hold in your hand help tell the story of humanity itself? In Wonderland, his brilliant work on the history of innovation, international bestseller Steven Johnson argues that the pursuit of novelty and wonder has always been a powerful driver of world-shaping technological change. He finds 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 colourful 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.
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11,88 € 12,50 €

How We Got To Now


Did you drink a glass of water today? Did you turn on a light? Did you think about how miraculous either one of those things is when you did it? Of course not--but you should, and New York Times bestselling author Steven Johnson has. This adaptation of his adult book and popular PBS series explores the fascinating and interconnected stories of innovations--like clean drinking water and electricity--that changed the way people live. Innovation starts with a problem whose solution sets in motion all kinds of unexpected discoveries. That's why you can draw a line from pendulums to punching the clock at a factory, from ice blocks to summer movie blockbusters, from clean water to computer chips. In the lively storytelling style that has made him a popular, bestselling author, Steven Johnson looks at how accidental genius, brilliant mistakes, and unintended consequences shape the way we live in the modern world. Johnson's "long zoom" approach connects history, geography, politics, and scientific advances with the deep curiousity of inventors or quirky interests of tinkerers to show how innovation truly comes about. His fascinating account is organized into six topics: glass, cold, sound, clean, time, light. Johnson's fresh exploration of these simple, single-syllable word concepts creates an endlessly absorbing story that moves from lightning strikes in the prehistoric desert to the herculean effort to literally raise up the city of Chicago to laser labs straight out of a sci-fi movie. In other words, it's the story of how we got to now!
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13,54 € 14,25 €

Enemy Of All Mankind


“Thoroughly engrossing... a spirited, suspenseful, economically told tale whose significance is manifest and whose pace never flags.” — The Wall Street Journal From The New York Times–bestselling author of The Ghost Map and Unexpected Life, the story of a pirate who changed the world Henry Every was the seventeenth century’s most notorious pirate. The press published wildly popular — and wildly inaccurate — reports of his nefarious adventures. The British government offered enormous bounties for his capture, alive or (preferably) dead. But Steven Johnson argues that Every’s most lasting legacy was his inadvertent triggering of a major shift in the global economy. Enemy of All Mankind focuses on one key event—the attack on an Indian treasure ship by Every and his crew—and its surprising repercussions across time and space. It’s the gripping tale one of the most lucrative crimes in history, the first international manhunt, and the trial of the seventeenth century. Johnson uses the extraordinary story of Henry Every and his crimes to explore the emergence of the East India Company, the British Empire, and the modern global marketplace: a densely interconnected planet ruled by nations and corporations. How did this unlikely pirate and his notorious crime end up playing a key role in the birth of multinational capitalism? In the same mode as Johnson’s classic nonfiction historical thriller The Ghost Map, Enemy of All Mankind deftly traces the path from a single struck match to a global conflagration.
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17,05 € 17,95 €