Rethink
Subtitle: the surprising history of new ideas
By: Steven Poole
Publisher: Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781501145605; 9781501145612
Subjects: Creative thinking; Technological innovations; Idea (Philosophy); Discoveries in science; History
Description: "A brilliant and groundbreaking argument that innovation and progress are often achieved by revisiting and retooling ideas from the past rather than starting from scratch--from The Guardian columnist and contributor to The Atlantic, "--Baker & Taylor.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Age of Rediscovery; title: Thesis. The shock of the old ; The missing piece ; Game changers ; Are we nearly there yet?; title: Antithesis. Something new under the sun(s) ; The jury's still out ; When zombies attack ; How to be wrong ; The Placebo Effect; title: Prognosis. Utopia redux ; Beyond good and evil ; Don't start believing; title: Back to the future.