How to Fly a Horse
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How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery
To create is human. In "How to Fly a Horse," Technology pioneer Kevin 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.
- To create is human
- Technology pioneer Kevin Ashton has experienced firsthand the all-consuming challenge of creating something new
- Atour-de-force narrative twenty years in the making
- Ashton demystifies the sacred act of innovation
- Ashton leads us on a journey through humanity’s greatest creations to uncover the surprising truth behind who creates and how they do it.
- Ashton showcases the seemingly unremarkable individuals, gradual steps, multiple failures, and countless ordinary and usually uncredited acts that lead to our most astounding breakthroughs.
- essential reading for would-be creators and innovators, and also a passionate and immensely rewarding exploration of how “new” comes to be.
The Book Discusses
- The crystallographer’s laboratory where the secrets of DNA were first revealed
- Te Ohio bicycle shop where the Wright brothers set out to “fly a horse,”
- Mozart to the Muppets
- Archimedes to Apple
- Kandinsky to a
can of Coke, How to Fly a Horse