Quirky : the remarkable story of the traits, foibles, and genius of breakthrough innovators who changed the world / Melissa A. Schilling.
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Schilling, Melissa A. (författare)
- ISBN 9781610397926
- First edition.
- Publicerad: New York, NY : PublicAffairs, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
- Engelska v, 316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
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- "Don't tell me it's impossible. Tell me you can't do it.": what makes some people spectacularly innovative? -- "I gang my own gait ... ": a sense of "separateness" -- "He's like a walking moonshot.": extreme confidence -- "Ideas came in an uninterrupted stream ... ": the creative mind -- "Once she had recognized a certain way as a right one, she pursued it without compromise ... ": a higher purpose -- "Work made the Earth a paradise for me.": driven to work -- "The sixties produced an anarchic mind-set ... ": opportunities and challenges of an era -- "It's not about the money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it ... ": access to resources -- "You get creative people, you bet big on them, you give them enormous leeway and support ... ": nurturing the potential that lies within.
- "Melissa Schilling, one of the world's leading experts on innovation, invites us into the lives of eight people--Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Elon Musk, Dean Kamen, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, and Steve Jobs--to identify the traits and experiences that drove them to make spectacular breakthroughs, over and over again."--Jacket flap.
Ämnesord
- Uppfinnare (sao)
- Geni (sao)
- Personlighet (sao)
- Uppfinningar (sao)
- Tekniska innovationer (sao)
- Kreativitet (sao)
- Personality and creative ability. (LCSH)
- Personality and creative ability. (fast)
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- General. (bisacsh)
- Genius.
- Inventions.
- Technological innovations.
- Inventors -- Psychology.
- Technological innovations (LCSH)
- Inventions (LCSH)
- Genius (LCSH)
- Creative ability (LCSH)
- Inventors (LCSH)
- Personality (LCSH)
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- Biografier (saogf)
Klassifikation
- T39 (LCC)
- 609.22 (DDC)
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