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Life Finds a Way: What Evolution Teaches Us about Creativity (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781541645332)
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xHow the principles of biological innovation can help us overcome creative challenges in art, business, and science
In Life Finds a Way, biologist Andreas Wagner reveals the deep symmetry between innovation in biological evolution and human cultural creativity. Rarely is either a linear climb to perfection--instead, "progress" is typically marked by a sequence of peaks, plateaus, and pitfalls. For instance, in Picasso's forty-some iterations of Guernica, we see the same combination of small steps, incessant reshuffling, and large, almost reckless, leaps that characterize the way evolution transformed a dinosaur's grasping claw into a condor's soaring wing. By understanding these principles, we can also better realize our own creative potential to find new solutions to adversity.
Ultimately, Life Finds a Way offers a new framework for the nature of creativity, enabling us to better adapt, grow, and change in art, business, or science--that is, in life.
Author: Andreas Wagner
ISBN-10: 1541645332
ISBN-13: 9781541645332
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 06/11/2019
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.00w x 1.20d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/08/2019
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2019
Booklist 05/01/2019 pg. 54
Choice 11/01/2019
In Life Finds a Way, biologist Andreas Wagner reveals the deep symmetry between innovation in biological evolution and human cultural creativity. Rarely is either a linear climb to perfection--instead, "progress" is typically marked by a sequence of peaks, plateaus, and pitfalls. For instance, in Picasso's forty-some iterations of Guernica, we see the same combination of small steps, incessant reshuffling, and large, almost reckless, leaps that characterize the way evolution transformed a dinosaur's grasping claw into a condor's soaring wing. By understanding these principles, we can also better realize our own creative potential to find new solutions to adversity.
Ultimately, Life Finds a Way offers a new framework for the nature of creativity, enabling us to better adapt, grow, and change in art, business, or science--that is, in life.
Author: Andreas Wagner
ISBN-10: 1541645332
ISBN-13: 9781541645332
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 06/11/2019
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.00w x 1.20d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/08/2019
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2019
Booklist 05/01/2019 pg. 54
Choice 11/01/2019
By Andreas Wagner
xAndreas Wagner is a professor and chairman at the Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies at the University of Zurich and an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He is also the author of four books on evolutionary innovation. He lives in Zurich, Switzerland.
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