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0349141142 
Book Messy: how to be creative and resilient in a tidy-minded world; Tim Harford
Year: 2017
Language: English
Type: Book
Class Number: 153.35
Publisher: Abacus, 2017
Physical or Electronic: Physical
ISBN: 9780349141145
Notes:
Originally published: 2016
The urge to tidiness seems to be rooted deep in the human psyche. Many of us feel threatened by anything that is vague, unplanned, scattered around or hard to describe. We find comfort in having a script to rely on, a system to follow, in being able to categorise and file away. We all benefit from tidy organisation - up to a point. Tim Harford reveals how qualities we value more than ever - responsiveness, resilience and creativity - simply cannot be disentangled from the messy soil that produces them.
Extent: 327 pages, 20 cm, pbk
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