Where good ideas come from : the natural history of innovation / Steven Johnson.
By: Johnson, Steven.
Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2010Description: 326 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781594487712.Subject(s): Creative thinking | CreativenessGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-313) and index.
Reef, city, web -- The adjacent possible -- Liquid networks -- The slow hunch -- Serendipity -- Error -- Exaptation -- Platforms -- The fourth quadrant.
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.