Nature, Philosophy of, Nature - General & Miscellaneous, Philosophy of Science - General & Miscellaneous, Science, Philosophy of, Evolution
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Overview
This entertaining book explores and celebrates the nature of innovation. It argues that, because all things we experience were once new, they must have a common essence, one that the author reduces to 'information.' Beginnings then develops a picture of this universal process and shows it to underlie all origins. The book answers why? and how? by confronting enduring issues in the biological, physical and social sciences and philosophy. Offered also are insights into slippery questions such as, what is life? Liberally illustrated, Beginnings' examples will appeal to a wide readership. They clarify topics such as how our minds work so flexibly, how we create new works (using recent analyses of Shakespeare's and others'), how human networks form and their ensuing tendencies, what is authority and why we conform to it, the fundamental importance of diversity, how new ideas are accepted -- or not -- by groups, the inspiring implications of life's patterns and, paradoxically, how we less-than-perfect creatures succeed. In summation, this engrossing work offers a new view of the universe, the definitive explanation of creativity and innovation, an outlined synthesis of the sciences and a unique, multidimensional perspective of the human condition.Book Details
Published
September 1, 2002
Publisher
San Buenaventura, Calif. : Idler's Cove Press, c2002.
Pages
352
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780971106918