Aha!: The Moments of Insight That Shape Our World

by William B. Irvine

Book Overview

Great ideas often develop gradually after studying a problem at length--but not always. Sometimes, an insight hits like a bolt from the blue. For Archimedes, clarity struck while he was taking a bath. For Gustav Mahler, it came as the blades of his oars touched the water. And for Albert Einstein, it emerged while he was talking to a friend. Why do these moments of insight strike so suddenly? Why do they so often come to us when we are focused on something...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199338876
• ISBN13: 9780199338870
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.3" x 7.1"