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Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs
Joshua Wolf Shenk
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Description for Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs
Paperback. Sometimes, one plus one adds up to more than two, or ten. It adds up to infinity. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
All of us have experienced creative connection, and glimpsed its power. Yet, for centuries, the myth of the lone genius has obscured the critical story of the power of collaboration.
In Powers of Two, Joshua Wolf Shenk argues that creative pairs are the exemplars for innovation. Drawing on years of research on great partnerships in history - from Lennon and McCartney to Marie and Pierre Curie, plus hundreds more in fields including literature, popular culture, art and business - Shenk identifies the common journey pairs take from the spark of initial connection, through the passage to a cognitive ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848545922
SKU
V9781848545922
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About Joshua Wolf Shenk
Joshua Wolf Shenk is an essayist, author and curator based in Los Angeles. He is a contributor to The Atlantic, Slate, Harper's and other magazines. His first book, Lincoln's Melancholy, was a New York Times notable book and won prizes from the Lincoln Institute and Mental Health America. Shenk directs the Arts in Mind series on creativity and serves on ... Read more
Reviews for Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs
Fascinating . . . highly readable. We may like to think that we live in a world of creative individualism, but this insightful books should convince even the sceptical that when it comes to creating something new and exciting, it really does take two
Sunday Business Post
An interesting thesis
The Economist
If - as Harry ... Read more
Sunday Business Post
An interesting thesis
The Economist
If - as Harry ... Read more