Iconoclast
by Berns, GregoryFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-03-17
Publisher(s): Harvard Business School Pr
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Summary
What makes iconoclasts so astoundingly creative and successful?
Author Biography
Gregory Berns, MD, PhD, is professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Emory University. He has written for numerous science publications and has been interviewed on National Public Radio, CNN, and ABC's Primetime. He has been profiled frequently in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and other media.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Introduction: Doing What Can't Be Done | p. 1 |
| Through the Eye of an Iconoclast | p. 13 |
| From Perception to Imagination | p. 35 |
| Fear-The Inhibitor of Action | |
| How Fear Distorts Perception | p. 83 |
| Why the Fear of Failure Makes People Risk Averse | p. 107 |
| Brain Circuits for Social Networking | p. 129 |
| Private Spaceflight-A Case Study of Iconoclasts Working Together | p. 155 |
| When Iconoclast's Becomes Icon | p. 179 |
| Appendix: The Iconoclast's Pharmacopeia | p. 201 |
| Notes | p. 223 |
| Index | p. 233 |
| About the Author | p. 254 |
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