{"product_id":"9781786075819","title":"Out of Our Minds","description":"‘Immensely learned and ambitious…seam-bursting eclecticism and polymathic brio… This is by any standards a significant book and its author deserves high praise.’ Literary Review To imagine – to see that which is not there – is the startling ability that has fuelled human development and innovation through the centuries. As a species we stand alone in our remarkable capacity to refashion the world after the pictures in our minds.Traversing the realms of science, politics, religion, culture, philosophy and history, Felipe Fernández-Armesto reveals the thrilling and disquieting tales of our imaginative leaps. Through groundbreaking insights in cognitive science, he explores how and why we have ideas in the first place, providing a tantalising glimpse into who we are and what we might yet accomplish. Fernández-Armesto shows that bad ideas are often more influential than good ones; that the oldest recoverable thoughts include some of the best; that ideas of Western origin often issued from exchanges with the wider world; and that the pace of innovative thinking is under threat.","brand":"Felipe Fernández-Armesto","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051832131902,"sku":"9781786075819","price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9781786075819_65f36157-e3c0-4d42-920c-8032c6b77c49.jpg?v=1707623774","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9781786075819","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}