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- 143 Seiten
- 6 Lesestunden
Pagan Kennedy ist eine Autorin, die sich mit den Schnittstellen von Wissenschaft, Technologie und menschlicher Erfahrung beschäftigt. Ihre Arbeit zeichnet sich durch scharfen Einblick und einen spielerischen Ansatz bei oft komplexen Themen aus. Kennedy verwebt wissenschaftliche Konzepte meisterhaft mit persönlichen Erzählungen und schafft so zugängliche und fesselnde Erkundungen. Ihre Schriften laden die Leser ein, die Welt um sie herum auf neue und aufregende Weise zu betrachten.





Frannie and Doris, sisters and spinsters, are finally free from family ties and constraints. Taking off in their Plymouth Valient, they hit the road on a journey through the changing cultural landscape of America - civil rights marches and the assassination of Martin Luther King.
A novel on a Boston band made up of ex-boyfriends and girlfriends. It is a publicity stunt by two former lovers, songwriter Lilly and guitarist Hank, so as to give the band originality. As the group becomes famous, old romances are rekindled.
<b>Find out where great ideas come from.</b> A father cleans up after his toddler and imagines a cup that won't spill. An engineer watches people using walkie-talkies and has an idea. A doctor figures out how to deliver patients to the operating room before they die. By studying inventions like these — the sippy cup, the cell phone, and an ingenious hospital bed — we can learn how people imagine their way around "impossible" problems to discover groundbreaking answers. Pagan Kennedy reports on how these enduring methods can be adapted to the twenty-first century, as millions of us deploy tools like crowdfunding, big data, and 3-D printing to find hidden opportunities. <i>Inventology</i> uses the stories of inventors and surprising research to reveal the steps that produce innovation. As Kennedy argues, recent advances in technology and communication have placed us at the cusp of a golden age; it's now more possible than ever before to transform ideas into actuality. <i>Inventology</i> is a must-read for designers, artists, makers—and anyone else who is curious about creativity. By identifying the steps of the invention process, Kennedy reveals the imaginative tools required to solve our most challenging problems.
A collection of stories about females who don't fit in--each coping with the limits of her life by making up an elaborate and flattering lie about herself so as to escape a helpless situation. "These stories are simple and undramatic, yet subtly provocative."-- New York Times Book Review