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The creativity crisis : reinventing science to unleash possibility /

"Every day we hear about some fascinating new discovery. Yet anemic progress toward addressing the greatest risks to humankind -- clean energy, emerging infections, and cancer -- warns us that science may not be meeting its potential. Indeed, there is evidence that advances are slowing. Science...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ness, Roberta B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Yin and Yang
  • 2. Creation and caution in three acts
  • 3. Which to put in your pocket : a transistor or a smartphone?
  • 4. Stanford's golden egg
  • 5. Who wants to be a millionaire?
  • 6. Reinventing meandering exploration
  • 7. Perils and persistence of genius
  • 8. The good fight in the public square
  • 9. Finding inspiration in the crowd
  • 10. Reinventing the power of the group
  • 11. The perilous end of science's barrel
  • 12. Encouraging risk
  • 13. Creativity and malevolence
  • 14. Reinventing freedom
  • 15. In opening
  • 16. Just do it.