Inventology - How We Dream Up Things That Change the World

Find out where great ideas come from. A businessman struggles with his luggage at an airport and pioneers the wheeled suitcase. An engineer watches people using walkie-talkies and dreams up the mobile phone. A printer is frustrated by his unpredictable inks and creates the Pantone colour system.Why were these particular people able to identify a problem, and how did they discover the solutions that everyone else missed? Where exactly did their great ideas come from, and how did they go about making them a reality?In pursuit of answers, Pagan Kennedy has spent her career examining the creative process, interviewing inventors and engineers, scientists, psychologists and economists in a bid to understand how we create. In Inventology Kennedy collects their wisdom and explores a series of landmark inventions, taking us through the processes by which we have come to dream up new products and technologies, and conceived solutions to 'impossible' problems.A must-read for anyone who is curious about imagination, design and innovation, Inventology will inspire and entertain, and will show you how to become more creative.

Product details

• Authors: Pagan Kennedy
• Publisher: Bantam UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9780593077238
• ISBN: 978-0-593-07723-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 240 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; popular science, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Decision-Making & Problem Solving, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Inventions, Popular psychology, business strategy, Inventions & inventors, Inventions and inventors