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The Creativity Crisis : Reinventing Science to Unleash Possibility.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (297 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199375394
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Creativity CrisisDDC classification:
  • 338.973/06
LOC classification:
  • Q172.5.C74 -- .N473 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- The Creativity Crisis -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Seeking Innovation in a Practical World -- 1 Yin and Yang -- 2 Creation and Caution in Three Acts -- Part II Is Caution About the Money? -- 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 -- Part III Is Caution About the Social Club? -- 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 -- Part IV Is Caution About Averting Threat? -- 11 The Perilous End of Science's Barrel -- 12 Encouraging Risk -- 13 Creativity and Malevolence -- 14 Reinventing Freedom -- Part V Equipoise -- 15 In Opening -- 16 Just Do It -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: The Creativity Crisis excavates the root causes of America's innovation slow-down, showing why revolutionary insights are no longer chased by young talent. Economically and socially, caution has overtaken creation. This book is ultimately a roadmap for reinvigorating innovation within the system of science.
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Cover -- The Creativity Crisis -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Seeking Innovation in a Practical World -- 1 Yin and Yang -- 2 Creation and Caution in Three Acts -- Part II Is Caution About the Money? -- 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 -- Part III Is Caution About the Social Club? -- 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 -- Part IV Is Caution About Averting Threat? -- 11 The Perilous End of Science's Barrel -- 12 Encouraging Risk -- 13 Creativity and Malevolence -- 14 Reinventing Freedom -- Part V Equipoise -- 15 In Opening -- 16 Just Do It -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index.

The Creativity Crisis excavates the root causes of America's innovation slow-down, showing why revolutionary insights are no longer chased by young talent. Economically and socially, caution has overtaken creation. This book is ultimately a roadmap for reinvigorating innovation within the system of science.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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