Kevin Ashton

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How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and DiscoveryPaperback, 15 September 2015

How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery
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Print Length
336 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Anchor Books
Date Published
15 Sep 2015
ISBN-10
0804170061
ISBN-13
9780804170062

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Essential reading for would-be creators and innovators: "If you want to tap your creative potential, buy this book. It's the last one you'll ever need to read" (Toronto Star).

To create is human. Technology pioneer Kevin Ashton has experienced firsthand the all-consuming challenge of creating something new. Now, in a tour-de-force narrative twenty years in the making, Ashton demystifies the sacred act, leading us on a journey through humanity's greatest creations to uncover the surprising truth behind who creates and how they do it. From the crystallographer's laboratory where the secrets of DNA were first revealed by a long forgotten woman, to the Ohio bicycle shop where the Wright brothers set out to "fly a horse," Ashton showcases the seemingly unremarkable individuals, gradual steps, multiple failures, and countless ordinary and usually uncredited acts that lead to our most astounding breakthroughs. Drawing on examples from Mozart to the Muppets, Archimedes to Apple, Kandinsky to a can of Coke, How to Fly a Horse is essential reading for would-be creators and innovators, and also a passionate and immensely rewarding exploration of how "new" comes to be.

Product Details

Author:
Kevin Ashton
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
15 September 2015
Dimensions:
20.57 x 13.21 x 1.78 cm
Genre:
Science/Technology Aspects
ISBN-10:
0804170061
ISBN-13:
9780804170062
Language:
English
Pages:
336
Publisher:
Weight:
226.8 gm

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