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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817400403321

Autore

Ness Roberta B.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©2015

ISBN

0-19-937540-2

0-19-937539-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Classificazione

PSY031000

Disciplina

338.973/06

Soggetti

Creative ability in science

Science - Study and teaching

Creative thinking - Study and teaching

Inventions

Technological innovations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""

Sommario/riassunto

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