Šest inovací, které stvořily moderní svět – Johnson Steven (2018)

How did photography bring about social reform? What connects food refrigeration with Hollywood? And how did our fight against dirt help create smartphones? In this story of clever breakthroughs and unsung heroes, Steven Johnson explores the fundamental innovations that changed the world and how we live in it. In this illustrated volume, Steven Johnson examines the history of innovation over the centuries. He traces the development of six key technologies of modern life (refrigeration, clocks, lenses, water purification, recorded sound, and artificial light) from the time they were created by amateurs and entrepreneurs to their unintended historical consequences. The book is complemented by surprising stories of accidental geniuses and brilliant mistakes - about a French publisher who invented the phonograph before Edison but forgot to add playback; about the 'ice king' of the 19th century who made a fortune importing frozen water from lakes in New England to Rio and Bombay. The six innovations that created the modern world explore the hidden history behind everyday objects of contemporary life. In his unmistakable style, Johnson examines unexpected connections between seemingly unrelated fields: how the invention of air conditioning enabled the largest migration of people in the history of the species to otherwise...