The Polymath: Unlocking the Power of Human Versatility

ISBN-13: 9781119508489 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 336 str.

Waqas Ahmed

Opis

Every human is born with multifarious potential. Why, then, do parents, schools and employers insist that we restrict our many talents and interests; that we 'specialise' in just one? We've been sold a myth, that to 'specialise' is the only way to pursue truth, identity, or even a livelihood.

Recenzje

An erudite, masterful and entertaining study by a great writer and thinker essential reading for the coming decade – Daniel Levitin, Neuroscientist, Musician and Bestselling Author of The Organised Mind

I am too stunned to comment on this book I am transformed and transcended; I will never be the same – Story Musgrave, NASA astronaut and ′World′s top–ranked Renaissance Man′

This revolutionary book has filled one of the great voids in the history of knowledge – Nasser D. Khalili, Scholar, Philanthropist and Founder of the Khalili Collections

Erudite and most enlightening – an indispensable addition to every educational institution worldwide – Ashok Jahnavi Prasad, the world′s most academically qualified intellectual

Vastly educational refreshingly inspirational – Edward de Bono, Bestselling Author of Six Thinking Hats andcoiner of Lateral Thinking

Spis treści

Prologue ixPreface xiii1. Introduction 12. A Timeless People 73. Shapers of Our World 274. The Cult of Specialisation 875. Reconditioning the Mind 1156. An Alternative System 1997. Twenty-First-Century Polymaths 2458. Owners of Our Future 281Polymathy through Time and Space 285Select Bibliography 295About the Author 299Acknowledgments 301Index 303

O autorze

Waqa s Ahmed is an internationally acclaimed thinker and practitioner whose work spans several fields including visual art, behavioral neuroscience, health and fitness, world history, global citizenship education, journalism and transnational diplomacy.

A great thinker and writer a true polymath – Daniel Levitin

Exceptionally well–read, well–travelled and multi–talented – Edward de Bono

Fast emerging as a young Leonardo da Vinci – Nasser D. Khalili

Blurb

The Polymath is an exceptionally versatile human who excels in multiple, seemingly unrelated fields. Over history and across the world, this fascinating breed has rejected specialisation and shown us a more complete way of thinking and being. In doing so, they have shaped our past and will own the future. This is how.