Cédric Villani on Creative Ideas

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Channel: Royal Society of Arts · 2015 · Education

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In this excerpt from the event 'Where Does Creativity Come From?' Cédric Villani offers a fascinating insight into the combination of ingredients that contribute to new ideas; documentation, motivation, environment, communication, constraints, luck and tenacity. These ingredients all work in partnership to produce breakthrough moments in the progress of human knowledge.

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