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  Title

  The geography of genius : a search for the world's most creative places from ancient Athens to Silicon Valley First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

  Author

  Weiner, Eric, 1963-  

  Publisher:

  Simon & Schuster,

  Pub date:

  [2016]

  Pages:

  353 pages ;

  ISBN:

  9781451691658

  Item info:

  1 copy available in Adult nonfiction shelves.
  1 copy total in all locations.

  • 9781451691658
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    Call number	Copies	Material	Location
    153.9809 WEI	1	Trade Paperback (larger paperback)	Adult nonfiction shelves

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  The geography of genius : a search for the world's most creative places from ancient Athens to Silicon Valley First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  Weiner, Eric, 1963-
  
  
  

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  The geography of genius : a search for the world's most creative places from ancient Athens to Silicon Valley First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  Weiner, Eric, 1963-
  

  Personal Author:

  Weiner, Eric, 1963-

  Title:

  The geography of genius : a search for the world's most creative places from ancient Athens to Silicon Valley / Eric Weiner.

  Edition:

  First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

  Physical description:

  353 pages ; 24 cm

  Contents:

  INTRODUCTION: ADVENTURES WITH THE GALTON BOX -- GENIUS IS SIMPLE : ATHENS -- GENIUS IS NOTHING NEW : HANGZHOU -- GENIUS IS EXPENSIVE : FLORENCE -- GENIUS IS PRACTICAL : EDINBURGH -- GENIUS IS CHAOTIC : CALCUTTA -- GENIUS IS REACTIONARY : VIENNA PITCH PERFECT -- GENIUS IS CAFFEINATED : VIENNA ON THE COUCH -- GENIUS IS WEAK : SILICON VALLEY -- EPILOGUE: BAKING BREAD AND HANGING TEN.

  Summary:

  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.

  Personal subject:

  Weiner, Eric, 1963- --Travel.

  Subject term:

  Genius--Miscellanea.

  Subject term:

  Geography--Psychological aspects.

  Subject term:

  Cities and towns.

  Subject term:

  Voyages and travels.

  Subject term:

  Voyages and travels.

  Subject term:

  Genius--Miscellanea.