The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World by Eagleman, David

The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World

This enlightening examination of creativity looks "at art and science together to examine how innovations . ....
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Author: David Eagleman
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The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World by Eagleman, David

The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World

$44.42

The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World

$44.42
Author: David Eagleman
Format: Paperback
Language: English
This enlightening examination of creativity looks "at art and science together to examine how innovations . . . build on what already exists and rely on three brain operations: bending, breaking and blending" (The Wall Street Journal)

The Runaway Species is a deep dive into the creative mind, a celebration of the human spirit, and a vision of how we can improve our future by understanding and embracing our ability to innovate. David Eagleman and Anthony Brandt seek to answer the question: what lies at the heart of humanity's ability--and drive--to create?

Our ability to remake our world is unique among all living things. But where does our creativity come from, how does it work, and how can we harness it to improve our lives, schools, businesses, and institutions?

Eagleman and Brandt examine hundreds of examples of human creativity through dramatic storytelling and stunning images in this beautiful, full-color volume. By drawing out what creative acts have in common and viewing them through the lens of cutting-edge neuroscience, they uncover the essential elements of this critical human ability, and encourage a more creative future for all of us.

"The Runaway Species approach[es] creativity scientifically but sensitively, feeling its roots without pulling them out." --The Economist

Author: David Eagleman, Anthony Brandt
Publisher: Catapult
Published: 06/19/2018
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.40h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781948226035

About the Author
David Eagleman is a neuroscientist and the New York Times bestselling author of Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain and Sum. He is the writer and host of the Emmy-nominated PBS television series The Brain. Eagleman is an adjunct professor at Stanford University, a Guggenheim fellow, and the director of the Center for Science and Law. He has written for the New York Times, Discover Magazine, The Atlantic, Slate, Wired and many others, and he appears regularly on National Public Radio and BBC.

Anthony Brandt is a composer and professor at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music. He is also Artistic Director of the contemporary music ensemble Musiqa, winner of two Adventurous Programming Awards from Chamber Music America and ASCAP. Brandt has received a Koussevitzky Commission from the Library of Congress and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Meet-the-Composer and the Houston Arts Alliance. He has co-authored papers on music cognition published in the journals Frontiers and Brain Connectivity. Brandt has written two chamber operas and works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, dance, theater, film, television, and sound and art installations. He currently lives in Houston with his wife and children.

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