Quirky: The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World

by Melissa A. Schilling

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"Melissa Schilling, one of the world's leading experts on innovation, invites us into the lives of eight people--Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Elon Musk, Dean Kamen, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, and Steve Jobs--to identify the traits and experiences that drove them to make spectacular breakthroughs, over and over again."--Jacket flap.

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Melissa A. Schilling, one of the world's leading researchers in the innovation strategy of cutting-edge industries, is the John Herzog Family Professor of Management at New York University's Stern School of Business.

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Ribelli: nella testa di uomini e donne che inventano il futuro
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Quirky: The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World
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Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, Technology, Anthropology, General Nonfiction, Business, Science & Nature
DDC/MDS
609.2TechnologyTechnologyHistory, geographic treatment, biographyBiographies of Inventors
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T39 .S3185TechnologyTechnology (General)
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