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Author Johnson, Steven, 1968-

Title Where good ideas come from : the natural history of innovation / Steven Johnson.

Imprint New York : Riverhead Books, 2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  303.484 J637w 2010    ---  Available
1 copy being processed for Axe Acquisitions Order.
Description 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-313) and index.
Contents Reef, city, web -- The adjacent possible -- Liquid networks -- The slow hunch -- Serendipity -- Error -- Exaptation -- Platforms -- The fourth quadrant.
Summary Johnson addresses an urgent and universal question: What sparks the flash of brilliance? How does groundbreaking innovation happen? He provides the complete, exciting, and encouraging story of how the ideas are born that push careers, lives, society, and culture forward.
Subject Creative thinking.
Technological innovations.
Creativity.
Technological innovations (OCoLC)fst01145002
Creative thinking. (OCoLC)fst00882470
science -- technology -- emerging technologies -- civilization.
ISBN 9781594487712
1594487715
9781594485381 (pbk.)
1594485380 (pbk.)

 
    
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