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Powers Of Two: How Relationships Drive Creativity Paperback - 2015
by Shenk, Joshua Wolf
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Details
- Title Powers Of Two: How Relationships Drive Creativity
- Author Shenk, Joshua Wolf
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition UsedGood
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperOne
- Date 2015-04-07
- Bookseller's Inventory # 52GZZZ01T4ZG_ns
- ISBN 9780544334465 / 0544334469
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.3 x 0.9 in (20.32 x 13.46 x 2.29 cm)
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Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Psychological
- Library of Congress subjects Couples, Teams in the workplace
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014011868
- Dewey Decimal Code 100
From the rear cover
This is a book about magic, about the Beatles, about the chemistry between people, about neuroscience, and about the buddy system; it examines love and hate, harmony and dissonance, and everything in between. The result is wise, funny, surprising, and completely engrossing. Susan Orlean
Lennon and McCartney, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, Pierre and Marie Curie. Throughout history, partners have buoyed each other to better work though often one member is little known to the general public. (See Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, or Vincent and Theo van Gogh.) In Powers of Two, Joshua Wolf Shenk draws on neuroscience, social psychology, and cultural history to present the social foundations of creativity, with the pair as its primary embodiment. Revealing the six essential stages through which creative intimacy unfolds, Shenk shows how pairs begin to talk, think, and even look like each other; how the most successful ones thrive on conflict; and why some cease to work together while others carry on. At once intuitive and deeply surprising, Powers of Two will reshape the way you view individuals, relationships, and society itself.
Sterling . . . a rare glimpse into the private realms of duos . . . Shenk is a natural storyteller. Sarah Lewis, New York Times
In this surprising, compelling, deeply felt book, Joshua Wolf Shenk banishes the idea of solitary genius by demonstrating that our richest art and science come from collaboration: we need one another not only for love, but also for thinking and imagining and growing and being. Andrew Solomon
[AU PHOTO] JOSHUA WOLF SHENK is a curator, essayist, and the author of Lincoln s Melancholy, named one of the best books of 2005 by the New York Times. Shenk is a contributor to the Atlantic, The New Yorker, the New York Times, and other publications. A member of The Moth s general council, he directs the Arts in Mind series on creativity and psychology. He lives in Los Angeles.
An Eamon Dolan Book"
Lennon and McCartney, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, Pierre and Marie Curie. Throughout history, partners have buoyed each other to better work though often one member is little known to the general public. (See Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, or Vincent and Theo van Gogh.) In Powers of Two, Joshua Wolf Shenk draws on neuroscience, social psychology, and cultural history to present the social foundations of creativity, with the pair as its primary embodiment. Revealing the six essential stages through which creative intimacy unfolds, Shenk shows how pairs begin to talk, think, and even look like each other; how the most successful ones thrive on conflict; and why some cease to work together while others carry on. At once intuitive and deeply surprising, Powers of Two will reshape the way you view individuals, relationships, and society itself.
Sterling . . . a rare glimpse into the private realms of duos . . . Shenk is a natural storyteller. Sarah Lewis, New York Times
In this surprising, compelling, deeply felt book, Joshua Wolf Shenk banishes the idea of solitary genius by demonstrating that our richest art and science come from collaboration: we need one another not only for love, but also for thinking and imagining and growing and being. Andrew Solomon
[AU PHOTO] JOSHUA WOLF SHENK is a curator, essayist, and the author of Lincoln s Melancholy, named one of the best books of 2005 by the New York Times. Shenk is a contributor to the Atlantic, The New Yorker, the New York Times, and other publications. A member of The Moth s general council, he directs the Arts in Mind series on creativity and psychology. He lives in Los Angeles.
An Eamon Dolan Book"