Imagine

Did you know that the most creative companies have centralized bathrooms? That brainstorming meetings are a terrible idea? That the color blue can help you double your creative output? From the best-selling author of "How We Decide "comes a sparkling and revelatory look at the new science of creativity. Shattering the myth of muses, higher powers, even creative "types," Jonah L...

Did you know that the most creative companies have centralized bathrooms? That brainstorming meetings are a terrible idea? That the color blue can help you double your creative output? From the best-selling author of "How We Decide "comes a sparkling and revelatory look at the new science of creativity. Shattering the myth of muses, higher powers, even creative "types," Jonah Lehrer demonstrates that creativity is not a single gift possessed by the lucky few. It's a variety of distinct thought processes that we can "all" learn to use more effectively. Lehrer reveals the importance of embracing the rut, thinking like a child, and daydreaming productively, then he takes us out of our own heads to show how we can make our neighborhoods more vibrant, our companies more productive, and our schools more effective. We'll learn about Bob Dylan's writing habits and the drug addiction of poets. We'll meet a bartender who thinks like a chemist, and an autistic surfer who invented an entirely new surfing move. We'll see why Elizabethan England experienced a creative explosion, and how Pixar designed its office space to get the most out of its talent. Collapsing the layers separating the neuron from the finished symphony, "Imagine" reveals the deep inventiveness of the human mind, and its essential role in our increasingly complex world.

乔纳·莱勒

※于哥伦比亚大学主修神经学，在诺贝尔生理学或医学奖获得者埃里克·坎德尔（Eric Kandel）的实验室里做过有关记忆的生物学研究实验。

※牛津大学罗兹学者（Rhodes scholar），关注20世纪的文学艺术，对艺术与科学的关系进行了深入研究。

※《连线》杂志特约编辑，《纽约客》杂志长期撰稿人，《华尔街日报》专栏作家。

※畅销书《普鲁斯特是个神经学家》（Proust Was a Neuroscientist）作者。