The geography of genius
Subtitle: a search for the world's most creative places from ancient Athens to Silicon Valley
By: Eric Weiner
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9781451691658
Subjects: Voyages and travels; Genius; Miscellanea; Cities and towns; Travel; Psychological aspects; Geography
Description: An acclaimed travel writer examines the connection between surroundings and innovative ideas, profiling examples in such regions as early-twentieth-century Vienna, Renaissance Florence, ancient Athens, and Silicon Valley. --Publisher
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-337) and index.
Table of contents: title: INTRODUCTION: ADVENTURES WITH THE GALTON BOX; title: GENIUS IS SIMPLE : ATHENS; title: GENIUS IS NOTHING NEW : HANGZHOU; title: GENIUS IS EXPENSIVE : FLORENCE; title: GENIUS IS PRACTICAL : EDINBURGH; title: GENIUS IS CHAOTIC : CALCUTTA; title: GENIUS IS UNINTENTIONAL : VIENNA PITCH-PERFECT; title: GENIUS IS CONTANGIOUS : VIENNA ON THE COUCH; title: GENIUS IS WEAK : SILICON VALLEY; title: EPILOGUE: BAKING BREAD AND HANGING TEN.