Books
The sap is flowing early this year in fictional Gravestown, Maine, the primary setting of John Irving’s complex novel “A Prayer for Owen Meany” and for filmmaker Mark Steven Johnson’s simple “Simon Birch,” a syrupy extract of the book.
Sept. 11, 1998
Author Steven Johnson to host new PBS series, ‘How We Got to Now’
Aug. 7, 2013
Dodgers
Dodgers bidder Stan Kasten tours Camelback Ranch
March 13, 2012
Author Steven Johnson is getting his own PBS television show, “How We Got to Now.”
California
A man suspected of fleeing the scene of a fatal hit-and run was arrested early Saturday after leading authorities on a pursuit that stretched from the San Fernando Valley to Pacific Palisades.
July 30, 2016
Olympics
Taekwondo competitors Steven, Mark and Diana Lopez are bringing home silver and bronze. Their mom could hardly watch.
Aug. 23, 2008
Book Review: ‘Where Good Ideas Come From’ by Steven Johnson
Nov. 5, 2010
World & Nation
A man who said Jesus told him to run down a woman in his Chevrolet because she was black was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
March 27, 2004
Entertainment & Arts
The author explores the history of innovation, which is firmly rooted in collective efforts and learning things the hard way.
Television
In “How We Got to Now,” a six-part series premiering Wednesday on PBS, popular science writer and professional theorist Steven Johnson (“Everything Bad Is Good for You,” “Where Good Ideas Come From”) looks at six big ideas and the historical fruit they’ve borne.
Oct. 15, 2014