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Where good ideas come from :

Johnson, Steven, 1968-

Where good ideas come from : the natural history of innovation / Steven Johnson. - New York : Riverhead Books, 2010. - 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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.

ISBN: 9781594487712 1594487715 9781594485381 1594485380

Source: Penguin Group USA, Attn: Order Processing 405 Murray Hill Pkwy, East Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073-2136 SAN 282-5074

LCCN: 2010023481

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015666409 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Creative thinking.
Technological innovations.
HISTORY--Social History.
Innovations technologiques.
Créativité.
Histoire.
Technological innovations
Creative thinking.
Innovation
Kreatives Denken
Innovation.
Psychologie.
Kreatives Denken.
Kreativitet.
science--technology--emerging technologies--civilization.
Creativity.

LC Class. No.: BF408 / .J56 2010

National Library of Medicine Call No.: BF 408 / J69 2010