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Author Johnson, Steven, 1968- author.

Title How we got to now : six innovations that made the modern world / Steven Johnson ; adapted by Sheila Keenan.

Publication Info. New York : VIKING, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.
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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 303.48 JOHNSON    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J 303.48 JOH    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 303.48 JOHNSON    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction  J 303.48 J OH    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  J303.483 J63H    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department  J303.483 JO    Check Shelf
Edition [Young readers edition].
Description 152 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-147) and index.
Contents Glass -- Cold -- Sound -- Clean -- Time -- Light.
Audience Ages 10+
Grades 4 to 6.
Summary "A Young Readers adaptation of the New York Times Bestselling book where author, Steven Johnson, walks readers through the history and impact of six inventions that influence the modern world. 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!"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Technology -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature.
Inventions -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature.
Technology and civilization -- Juvenile literature.
Inventions -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00978016
Technology and civilization. (OCoLC)fst01145253
Technology -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01145202
Genre/Form Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Instructional and educational works.
Added Author Keenan, Sheila, author.
Other Form: Online version: Johnson, Steven, 1968- How we got to now. [Young Readers edition]. New York : VIKING, Published by Penguin Group, 2018 9780425287804 (DLC) 2017061595
ISBN 9780425287781 (hardcover)
0425287785 (hardcover)
9780425287798 (trade pbk.)
0425287793 (trade pbk.)
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