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The runaway species : how human creativity remakes the world / Anthony Brandt and David Eagleman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Canongate Books Ltd, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 296 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0857862065
  • 9780857862068
  • 0857862073
  • 9780857862075
  • 1936787520
  • 9781936787524
Other title:
  • How human creativity remakes the world
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 153 23
LOC classification:
  • BF408 .B73 2017
Contents:
Part I. New under the sun : -- 1. To innovate is human -- 2. The brain alters what it already knows -- 3. Bending -- 4. Breaking -- 5. Blending -- 6. Living in the B-hive -- Part II. The creative mentality : -- 7. Don't glue down the pieces -- 8. Proliferate options -- 9. Scout to different distances -- 10. Tolerate risk -- Part III. Cultivating creativity : -- 11. The creative company -- 12. The creative school -- 13. Into the future.
Summary: "Our relentless drive to create makes us unique among living creatures. What is special about the human brain that enables us to innovate? Why don’t cows choreograph dances? Why don’t squirrels build elevators to their treetops? Why don’t alligators invent speedboats?Weaving together the arts and sciences, neuroscientist David Eagleman and composer Anthony Brandt explore the need for novelty, the simulation of possible futures, and the social components that drive the inventiveness of our species. Taking us on a tour of human creativity from Picasso to concept cars to umbrellas to lunar travel, Brandt and Eagleman explore the cognitive software that generates new ideas, and illuminate the key facets of a creative mentality. Through understanding our ability to innovate - our most profound, mysterious, and deeply human capacity - we can meet the challenge of remaking our constantly shifting world."--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. New under the sun : -- 1. To innovate is human -- 2. The brain alters what it already knows -- 3. Bending -- 4. Breaking -- 5. Blending -- 6. Living in the B-hive -- Part II. The creative mentality : -- 7. Don't glue down the pieces -- 8. Proliferate options -- 9. Scout to different distances -- 10. Tolerate risk -- Part III. Cultivating creativity : -- 11. The creative company -- 12. The creative school -- 13. Into the future.

"Our relentless drive to create makes us unique among living creatures. What is special about the human brain that enables us to innovate? Why don’t cows choreograph dances? Why don’t squirrels build elevators to their treetops? Why don’t alligators invent speedboats?Weaving together the arts and sciences, neuroscientist David Eagleman and composer Anthony Brandt explore the need for novelty, the simulation of possible futures, and the social components that drive the inventiveness of our species. Taking us on a tour of human creativity from Picasso to concept cars to umbrellas to lunar travel, Brandt and Eagleman explore the cognitive software that generates new ideas, and illuminate the key facets of a creative mentality. Through understanding our ability to innovate - our most profound, mysterious, and deeply human capacity - we can meet the challenge of remaking our constantly shifting world."--Publisher's website.

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