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001 2014011868
003 DLC
005 20140731083217.0
008 140403s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014011868
020 $a9780544031593 (cloth)
020 $a9780544334465 (trade paper)
020 $a9780544264090 (trade paper (international edition))
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aBF408$b.S4484 2014
082 00 $a153.3/5$223
084 $aPSY034000$aSOC000000$aHIS054000$aART000000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aShenk, Joshua Wolf.
245 10 $aPowers of two :$bfinding the essence of innovation in creative pairs /$cJoshua Wolf Shenk.
264 1 $aBoston :$bEamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,$c2014.
300 $axxv, 339 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 265-324) and index.
520 $a"Recently writers like Malcolm Gladwell, Steven Johnson, and Clay Shirky have sought to explain creativity as the work of lucky, hardworking people or the result of certain qualities of a particular environment or group of people. Joshua Wolf Shenk shows how such notions, as appealing as they are, miss the essence of creativity, which is generated by people working in pairs. From John Lennon and Paul McCartney to Pierre and Marie Curie to Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, Shenk portrays many of history's most iconic creative duos, drawing on new scientific research and building an argument that will reshape our view of the individual, relationships, and society itself. Along the way, he reveals how pairs begin to talk, think, and even look like each other; how the most successful ones thrive on conflict; why they break up; and more. He also marshals new research that suggests how deeply the notion of pairing influences our psyches: even when we're alone, we're collaborating with the voice inside our head. At once intuitive and deeply surprising, Powers of Two is mind-blowing"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aCreative ability.
650 0 $aCreative thinking.
650 0 $aCouples.
650 0 $aArtistic collaboration.
650 0 $aTeams in the workplace.
650 7 $aPSYCHOLOGY / Creative Ability.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Social History.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aART / General.$2bisacsh