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How 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.

Life Finds a Way: What Evolution Teaches Us about

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      Publisher Basic Books
      Published 11 June 2019
      ISBN-13 9781541645332
      978-1541645332
      ISBN-10 1541645332
      Also in:
      Management decision making Cognition and cognitive psychology Evolution / Evolutionary biology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      How 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.

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