Life Finds a Way: What Evolution Teaches Us About Creativity
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- Synopsis
- How the principles of biological innovation can help us overcome creative challenges in art, business, and scienceIn Life Finds a Way, biologist Andreas Wagner reveals the deep symmetry between innovation in biological evolution and human cultural creativity. Rarely is either a linear climb to perfection--instead, "progress" is typically marked by a sequence of peaks, plateaus, and pitfalls. For instance, in Picasso's forty-some iterations of Guernica, we see the same combination of small steps, incessant reshuffling, and large, almost reckless, leaps that characterize the way evolution transformed a dinosaur's grasping claw into a condor's soaring wing. By understanding these principles, we can also better realize our own creative potential to find new solutions to adversity.Ultimately, Life Finds a Way offers a new framework for the nature of creativity, enabling us to better adapt, grow, and change in art, business, or science--that is, in life.
- Copyright:
- 2019
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 320 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781541645356
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781541645332
- Publisher:
- Basic Books
- Date of Addition:
- 05/28/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Andreas Wagner
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science, Self-Help, Computers and Internet, Outdoors and Nature, Business and Finance, Psychology, Education, Earth Sciences, Philosophy
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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