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

• Autore: Ness Roberta B.
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, England ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.973/06
• Soggetto topico: Creative ability in science; Science - Study and teaching; Creative thinking - Study and teaching; Inventions; Technological innovations
• Classificazione: PSY031000
• 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 Scienceâ€?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
• Titolo autorizzato: The creativity crisis
• ISBN: 0-19-937540-2; 0-19-937539-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817400403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II