Quirky : the remarkable story of the traits, foibles, and genius of breakthrough innovators who chan...
Quirky : the remarkable story of the traits, foibles, and genius of breakthrough innovators who chan...
Quirky : the remarkable story of the traits, foibles, and genius of breakthrough innovators who changed the world / Melissa A. Schilling.
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Publisher
New York, NY : PublicAffairs, 2018.
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G 2018/1762
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Language
English
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Physical content
v, 316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
"Don't tell me it's impossible. Tell me you can't do it.": what makes some people spectacularly innovative? -- "I gang my own gait...": a sense of "separateness" -- "He's like a walking moonshot.": extreme confidence -- "Ideas came in an uninterrupted stream...": the creative mind -- "Once she had r...
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Publisher
New York, NY : PublicAffairs, 2018.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
"Melissa Schilling, one of the world's leading experts on innovation, invites us into the lives of eight people--Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Elon Musk, Dean Kamen, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, and Steve Jobs--to identify the traits and experiences that drove them to make spectacular breakthroughs, over and over again."--Jacket...
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Quirky : the remarkable story of the traits, foibles, and genius of breakthrough innovators who changed the world / Melissa A. Schilling.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-298) and index.
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Online version: Schilling, Melissa A., author. Quirky First edition. New York, NY : PublicAffairs, [2018] 9781610397933 (DLC) 2017050137
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©2018
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G 2018/1762
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74VKVNkEeXgM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVNkEeXgM
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ISBN
1610397924 hardcover
9781610397926 hardcover
DDC
609.22
MMS ID
991024162078302626
