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

Object Details

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.

Data Source

Smithsonian Libraries

Date

2010

Author

Johnson, Steven 1968-

Type

Books

Physical description

326 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Topic

Creative thinking

Record ID

siris_sil_964405

Usage

CC0