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Author Poole, Steven, 1972- author.

Title Rethink : the surprising history of new ideas / Steven Poole.

Publisher New York : Scribner, 2016.

ISBN 9781501145605 (hardcover)
1501145606 (hardcover)
9781501145612 (trade paperback)
1501145614 (trade paperback)



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Edition First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description vii, 342 pages ; 24 cm
Local Note rw
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The Age of Rediscovery -- Thesis. The shock of the old ; The missing piece ; Game changers ; Are we nearly there yet? -- Antithesis. Something new under the sun(s) ; The jury's still out ; When zombies attack ; How to be wrong ; The Placebo Effect -- Prognosis. Utopia redux ; Beyond good and evil ; Don't start believing -- Back to the future
Summary 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.
Subject(S) Technological innovations -- History.
Creative thinking.
Discoveries in science.
Idea (Philosophy) -- History.
Idea (Philosophy)
Technological innovations.
History.
ISBN 9781501145605 (hardcover)
1501145606 (hardcover)
9781501145612 (trade paperback)
1501145614 (trade paperback)