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2015., Riverhead Books Call No: 153.35 G464b Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Balancing between soulful spirituality and cheerful pragmatism, the author encourages us to uncover the "strange jewels" that are hidden within each of us.
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By Harari, Orenc2007., Financial Times Press Call No: 658.4 H254b Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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-- You can't shrink your way to greatness1997., Knopf Call No: 658.4 P483c Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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[2015], Yale University Press Call No: 600 W419e Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: While the discoveries of scientists have provided vital knowledge which has made innovation possible, it is more often than not the amateur who enjoys the "eureka moment" when an invention works for the first time. Weightman tells fascinating stories of struggle, rivalry, and the ingenuity of both famous inventors and hundreds of forgotten people, and offers a fresh take on the making of our modern world.
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2015., General, Riverhead Books Call No: Fic Gro Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "At age twenty-two, Lotto and Mathilde are tall, glamorous, madly in love, and destined for greatness. A decade later, their marriage is still the envy of their friends, but with an electric thrill we understand that things are even more complicated and remarkable than they have seemed. With stunning revelations and multiple threads, and in prose that is vibrantly alive and original, Groff delivers a deeply satisfying novel about love, art, creativity, and power that is unlike anything that has come before it. Profound, surprising, propulsive, and emotionally riveting, it stirs both the mind and the heart."--Publisher.
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2015., Adult, Doubleday Call No: 609 A828h Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "A look at humanity's greatest creations, revealing the surprising way we make something new. What do Thomas Jefferson's ice cream recipe, Coca Cola, and Chanel No. 5 have in common? They all depended on a nineteenth-century African boy who, with a single pinch, solved one of nature's great riddles and gave birth to the multimillion-dollar vanilla industry. The fascinating story of the young slave who launched a flavor revolution to show that invention and creation come in unexpected shapes and sizes. From the crystallographer's laboratory where the secrets of DNA were first revealed by a long-forgotten woman, to the electromagnetic chamber where the stealth bomber was born on a 25-cent bet, Ashton weaves tales of humanity's greatest creations to unpack the surprising true process of discovery. Drawing on the Amish and the iPhone, Kandinsky and cans of Coke, Lockheed, South Park, and the Wright brothers--who set out to "fly a horse"--he showcases the seemingly unremarkable individuals, gradual steps, multiple failures, and countless ordinary--and usually uncredited--acts that led to our most astounding breakthroughs. Creators, he shows, apply everyday, ordinary thinking that we are all capable of in particular ways, taking thousands of small steps, working in an endless loop of problem and solution. He explores why innovators meet resistance and how they overcome it, why most organizations stifle creative people, and how the most creative organizations work. In a passionate and profound narrative that amazes and inspires, Ashton's book sheds new light on how "new" comes to be"--Provided by publisher.
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2017., Adult, Highbridge Co. Edition: Unabridged. Connect to this eAudiobook title. Summary Note: For centuries, poets and philosophers extolled the benefits of a walk in the woods: Beethoven drew inspiration from rocks and trees; Wordsworth composed while tromping over the heath; Nikola Tesla conceived the electric motor while visiting a park. Intrigued by our storied renewal in the natural world, Florence Williams sets out to uncover the science behind nature's positive effects on the brain. From forest trails in Korea, to islands in Finland, to groves of eucalyptus in California, Williams investigates the science at the confluence of environment, mood, health, and creativity. Delving into completely new research, she uncovers the powers of the natural world to improve health, promote reflection and innovation, and ultimately strengthen our relationships. As our modern lives shift dramatically indoors, these ideas and the answers they yield are more urgent than ever.
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Ã2017., Adult, W.W. Norton & Company Call No: 155.9 W723n Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: An investigation into the restorative benefits of nature draws on cutting-edge research and the author's explorations with international nature therapy programs to examine the relationship between nature and human cognition, mood, and creativity. --Publisher.
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2009., Conundrum Press Call No: GN Fic Gam Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Bdang imprint series Volume: 4Summary Note: When Liliœs inspiration jumps out of her mouth and runs away she undergoes an epic dream-like journey to get it back. With the help of her dog, Kiki, she proceeds to chase her trickster inspiration. Whether by plane, train, balloon or automobile one strange character after another joins her briefly and then leaves her to let her go her own way. People die, people are born, people get sick, peopleœs heads fall off. In the end, Poof! is a story about the creative process itself.
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2017., General, Alfred A. Knopf Canada Call No: Bio S121r Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "A collection of essays that displays Oliver Sacks's passionate engagement with the most compelling and seminal ideas of human endeavor: evolution, creativity, memory, time, consciousness, and experience. Oliver Sacks is beloved by readers for the extraordinary neurological case histories (Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars) in which he introduced and explored many now familiar disorders - autism, Tourette's syndrome, face blindness, savant syndrome. He was also a memoirist who wrote with honesty and humor about the remarkable and strange encounters and experiences that shaped him (Uncle Tungsten, On the Move, Gratitude). Sacks, an Oxford-educated polymath, had a deep familiarity not only with literature and medicine but with botany, animal anatomy, chemistry, the history of science, philosophy, and psychology. The River of Consciousness is one of two books Sacks was working on up to his death, and it reveals his ability to make unexpected connections, his sheer joy in knowledge, and his unceasing, timeless project to understand what makes us human"--Provided by publisher.
