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portada How to fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Year
2015
Language
English
Pages
336
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9780804170062

How to fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery

Kevin Ashton (Author) · Anchor · Paperback

How to fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery - Kevin Ashton

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Synopsis "How to fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery"

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.

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