We do things differently : the outsiders rebooting our world / Mark Stevenson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stevenson, Mark, 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--Social aspects.

Technology.

Entrepreneurship.

Creative ability in business.

Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

300 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : The Overlook Press, 2018.

Summary:

"An acclaimed futurist visits people around the world who are solving the planet's biggest problems by innovative means." -- From Amazon.com summary.

Contents:

My brother's keeper: in which an engineer from Boston revolutionises medical research

Patients like me: in which a group of American patients outperform the professionals

Bug in the system: In which Indian amateurs do 300 years' work in four months and the study of packed lunches reveals a new way to beat disease

Rice wars: in which billions of lives are saved at put at risk by one green revolution, and (hopefully) saved by another

Running on air: in which an Englishman in a shed solves a century-old problem with his lawnmower and invents two-saving machines

Instant power: in which we learn the lessons of an electric mountain in Wales and the surprising foundation of Singapore's economic miracle

Edison's revenge: in which Edison kills an elephant in New York and a small Austrian town comes back from the brink

Energy trilemma: in which a basketball ace takes on the corporates

Make way for the enernet: in which an internet pioneer literally has to eat his words and then re-imagines the entire world energy system

Always bet on the tortoise: in which th the people of Detroit reconnect and begin to transform a city

How to make politicians popular: in which Brazilian neighbourhood activists come up with an idea to reboot politics, try it, and find it actually works

Worst school in the country: in which an ex-nightclub owner creates a beacon of excellence and a New Zealand stats man sees the big picture

System addict: in which the author sets out his stall.

Notes:

First published in Great Britain in 2017 by Profile Books.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-300).

ISBN:

9781468315837

1468315838

OCLC:

992743369