Inventology : how we dream up things that change the world / Pagan Kennedy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennedy, Pagan, 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inventions--History.

Inventions.

History.

Creative ability in technology.

Inventors--Biography.

Inventors.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 270 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.

Summary:

The writer of the New York Times Magazine' s popular "Who Made That?" column explains how better ideas enter the world, revealing the fabled "ah-a" moment to be the result of a series of steps anyone can apply to solve the problems we encounter in everyday life.

"The writer of the New York Times Magazine's popular "Who Made That?" column explains how better ideas enter the world, revealing the fabled "aha" moment to be the result of a series of steps anyone can apply to solve the problems we encounter in everyday life,"--NoveList.

Contents:

Part I: Problem finding

Chapter 1: Martian Jet Lag

Chapter 2: User-Inventors

Chapter 3: Someone Else's Shoes

Chapter 4: The Future of Feedback

Part II: Discovery

Chapter 5: Super-Encounters

Chapter 6: Data Goggles

Chapter 7: Building An Empire Out Of Nothing

Part III: Prophecy

Chapter 8: The Pong Effect

Chapter 9: The Wayne Gretzy Game

Chapter 10: The Mind's R&D Lab

Chapter 11: How To Time-Travel

Part IV: Connecting

Chapter 12: The Go-Betweens

Chapter 13: Zones Of Permission

Chapter 14: Holistic Invention

Part V: Empowerment

Chapter 15: Paper Eyes

Chapter 16: Tinkering With Education.

Notes:

"An Eamon Dolan book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-255) and index.

ISBN:

9780544324008

0544324005

OCLC:

898052731