Annotation Examines the dynamics of communities that have stood out as bastions of creativity and intellectual progress, such as ancient Athens to the American jazz scene of the 20th century, and identifies the factors that drove their ususual creative fervor.
Contents
""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE HOTHOUSE EFFECT""; ""THE FOUR DIMENSIONS OF THE HOTHOUSE EFFECT""; ""THE FIRST DIMENSION: VALUES/ MISSION""; ""ATHENS: SHOWING THE WAY""; ""A HIGH- TECH HOTHOUSE: INSPIRATION MEETS ORGANIZATION""; ""THE SECOND DIMENSION: IDEAS/ EXCHANGE""; ""RENAISSANCE A` LA FLORENTINE: �� DISTURBERS, AGENTS OF THE NEW��""; ""THE ART OF THE IDEA: FOUR ENTREPRENEURIAL INNOVATORS""; ""THE THIRD DIMENSION: PERCEPTION/ LEARNING""; ""THE BAUHAUS: LEARNING BY PERCEIVING""; ""A CONTEMPORARY BAUHAUS IN BOLOGNA""
""THE FOURTH DIMENSION: SOCIAL/ PLAY""""RE- CREATING THE UNIVERSE""; ""��IT�S ALL IN THERE��""; ""CREATIVE VISIONS IN RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURING""; ""CHAI- T: THE �� CREATIVE�� HOTHOUSE ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT TABLET""; ""THE HOTHOUSE CHALLENGE!""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""