An edition of Inventology (2016)

Inventology

how we dream up things that change the world

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An edition of Inventology (2016)

Inventology

how we dream up things that change the world

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The writer of the New York Times Magazine' s popular "Who Made That?" column explains how better ideas enter the world, revealing the fabled "ah-a" moment to be the result of a series of steps anyone can apply to solve the problems we encounter in everyday life.

"The writer of the New York Times Magazine's popular "Who Made That?" column explains how better ideas enter the world, revealing the fabled "aha" moment to be the result of a series of steps anyone can apply to solve the problems we encounter in everyday life,"--NoveList.

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English
Pages
270

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Table of Contents

Part I: Problem finding
Chapter 1: Martian Jet Lag
Chapter 2: User-Inventors
Chapter 3: Someone Else's Shoes
Chapter 4: The Future of Feedback
Part II: Discovery
Chapter 5: Super-Encounters
Chapter 6: Data Goggles
Chapter 7: Building An Empire Out Of Nothing
Part III: Prophecy
Chapter 8: The Pong Effect
Chapter 9: The Wayne Gretzy Game
Chapter 10: The Mind's R&D Lab
Chapter 11: How To Time-Travel
Part IV: Connecting
Chapter 12: The Go-Betweens
Chapter 13: Zones Of Permission
Chapter 14: Holistic Invention
Part V: Empowerment
Chapter 15: Paper Eyes
Chapter 16: Tinkering With Education.

Edition Notes

"An Eamon Dolan book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-255) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
609
Library of Congress
T15 .K46 2016, T15.K46 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvii, 270 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
270

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL27198550M
Internet Archive
inventologyhowwe0000kenn
ISBN 10
0544324005
ISBN 13
9780544324008
LCCN
2016288011
OCLC/WorldCat
898052731

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL20018484W

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