We do things differently
Subtitle: the outsiders rebooting our world
By: Mark Stevenson
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781468315837
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Social aspects; Creative ability in business; Technological innovations; Technology; Entrepreneurship
Description: "An acclaimed futurist visits people around the world who are solving the planet's biggest problems by innovative means." -- From Amazon.com summary.
Notes: First published in Great Britain in 2017 by Profile Books.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-300).
Table of contents: title: My brother's keeper: in which an engineer from Boston revolutionises medical research; title: Patients like me: in which a group of American patients outperform the professionals; title: Bug in the system: In which Indian amateurs do 300 years' work in four months and the study of packed lunches reveals a new way to beat disease; title: Rice wars: in which billions of lives are saved at put at risk by one green revolution, and (hopefully) saved by another; title: Running on air: in which an Englishman in a shed solves a century-old problem with his lawnmower and invents two-saving machines; title: Instant power: in which we learn the lessons of an electric mountain in Wales and the surprising foundation of Singapore's economic miracle; title: Edison's revenge: in which Edison kills an elephant in New York and a small Austrian town comes back from the brink; title: Energy trilemma: in which a basketball ace takes on the corporates; title: Make way for the enernet: in which an internet pioneer literally has to eat his words and then re-imagines the entire world energy system; title: Always bet on the tortoise: in which th the people of Detroit reconnect and begin to transform a city; title: How to make politicians popular: in which Brazilian neighbourhood activists come up with an idea to reboot politics, try it, and find it actually works; title: Worst school in the country: in which an ex-nightclub owner creates a beacon of excellence and a New Zealand stats man sees the big picture; title: System addict: in which the author sets out his stall.