Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson
Identifies key principles that are driving force of creativity. This book helps to learn how: a slow hunch can be more valuable than a Eureka moment; the connected 'hive mind' is smarter than the lone thinker; where you think matters just as much as what you're thinking; and, the best ideas come from building on the ideas and inventions of others.
Stimulating and insightful.. a huge diversity of bright ideas * Financial Times *
Johnson develops his provocative thesis in a book that is lucid and ... brilliant. * New Scientist *
[An] exhilarating, idea-thirsty book ... full of intriguing facts. * Sunday Times *
Johnson develops his provocative thesis in a book that is lucid and ... brilliant. * New Scientist *
[An] exhilarating, idea-thirsty book ... full of intriguing facts. * Sunday Times *
Steven Johnson is the author of the US bestsellers The Invention of Air, The Ghost Map, Everything Bad Is Good For You, and Mind Wide Open, as well as Emergence and Interface Culture. He is the founder of a variety of influential websites - currently, outside.in - and is a contributing editor to Wired.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141033402 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141033401 |
| Title | Where Good Ideas Come From |
| Author | Steven Johnson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2011-09-29 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
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