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Quirky : the remarkable story of the traits, foibles, and genius of breakthrough innovators who changed the world
- Title
- Quirky : the remarkable story of the traits, foibles, and genius of breakthrough innovators who changed the world / Melissa A. Schilling.
- Author
- Schilling, Melissa A.
- Publication
- New York, NY : PublicAffairs, 2018.
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- v, 316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Melissa Schilling, one of the world's leading experts on innovation, invites us into the lives of eight people--Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Elon Musk, Dean Kamen, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, and Steve Jobs--to identify the traits and experiences that drove them to make spectacular breakthroughs, over and over again."--Jacket flap.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-298) and index.
- Contents
- "Don't tell me it's impossible. Tell me you can't do it.": what makes some people spectacularly innovative? -- "I gang my own gait ... ": a sense of "separateness" -- "He's like a walking moonshot.": extreme confidence -- "Ideas came in an uninterrupted stream ... ": the creative mind -- "Once she had recognized a certain way as a right one, she pursued it without compromise ... ": a higher purpose -- "Work made the Earth a paradise for me.": driven to work -- "The sixties produced an anarchic mind-set ... ": opportunities and challenges of an era -- "It's not about the money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it ... ": access to resources -- "You get creative people, you bet big on them, you give them enormous leeway and support ... ": nurturing the potential that lies within.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-2854
- ISBN
- 9781610397926
- 1610397924
- LCCN
- 2017043370
- OCLC
- 987793508
- Author
- Schilling, Melissa A., author.
- Title
- Quirky : the remarkable story of the traits, foibles, and genius of breakthrough innovators who changed the world / Melissa A. Schilling.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : PublicAffairs, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-298) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-2854