The creativity crisis : reinventing science to unleash possibility / Roberta Ness.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ness, Roberta B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative ability in science.

Science--Study and teaching.

Science.

Creative thinking--Study and teaching.

Creative thinking.

Inventions.

Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Every day we hear about some fascinating new discovery. Yet anemic progress toward addressing the greatest risks to humankind -- clean energy, emerging infections, and cancer -- warns us that science may not be meeting its potential. Indeed, there is evidence that advances are slowing. Science is costly and can hurt people; thus it must be pursued with caution. Yet, excessive caution stifles the very thing that powers inventiveness: creation. In her boldest book yet, Roberta Ness argues that the system of funding agencies, universities, and industries designed to promote innovation has come to

Contents:

""10 Reinventing the Power of the Group""""Part IV Is Caution About Averting Threat?""; ""11 The Perilous End of Science�s Barrel""; ""12 Encouraging Risk""; ""13 Creativity and Malevolence""; ""14 Reinventing Freedom""; ""Part V Equipoise""; ""15 In Opening""; ""16 Just Do It""; ""Afterword""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-937540-2

0-19-937539-9

OCLC:

894629613