Screen LibraryThe creativity crisis : reinventing science to unleash possibility /
"Every day we hear about some fascinating new discovery. Yet anemic progress toward addressing the greatest risks to humankind -- clean energy, emerging infections, and cancer -- warns us that science may not be meeting its potential. Indeed, there is evidence that advances are slowing. Science...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"Every day we hear about some fascinating new discovery. Yet anemic progress toward addressing the greatest risks to humankind -- clean energy, emerging infections, and cancer -- warns us that science may not be meeting its potential. Indeed, there is evidence that advances are slowing. Science is costly and can hurt people; thus it must be pursued with caution. Yet, excessive caution stifles the very thing that powers inventiveness: creation. In her boldest book yet, Roberta Ness argues that the system of funding agencies, universities, and industries designed to promote innovation has come "The Creativity Crisis excavates the root causes of America's innovation slow-down, showing why revolutionary insights are no longer chased by young talent. Economically and socially, caution has overtaken creation. This book is ultimately a roadmap for reinvigorating innovation within the system of science"-- |
| Carrier Form: | 287 pages ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-269) and index. |
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9780199375387 0199375380 |
| Index Number: | Q172 |
| CLC: | G305 |
| Call Number: | G305/N463-1 |
| Contents: | 1. Yin and Yang -- 2. Creation and Caution in Three Acts -- 3. Which to put in your pocket: A transistor or a smartphone? -- 4. Stanford's Golden Egg -- 5. Who want to be a millonaire? -- 6. Reinventing Meandering Exploration -- 7. Perils and Persistence of Geniusl -- 8. The Good Fight in the Public Square -- 9. Finding Inspiration in the crown -- 10. Reinventing the Power of the Group -- 11. The Perilous End of Science's Barrel -- 12. Encouraging risk -- 13. Creativity and Malevolence -- 14. Reinventing Freedom -- 15. In Opening -- 16. Just Do It -- Afterword -- References. |