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A revelatory synthesis of ethnic history and interpersonal psychology that presents how one-to-one cooperation drives creative success. Weaving the lives of ratings of creative duos - from John Lennon and Paul McCartney to Marie and Pierre Curie, to Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak - Joshua Wolf Shenk identifies the core features of this dizzying experience we call "chemistry". Revealing the six essential phases by which creative intimacy unfolds, Shenk pulls on new methodical research and builds an argument for the interpersonal foundations of imagination - and the pair as its key embodiment. Along the way, he uncovers how pairs start to discuss, think, and even look like each other; how the most successful ones thrive on conflict; and why some pairs fire out while others endure. With regards to shaping the culture, Shenk argues, two is the powerful number, not simply as a result of dyads behind from South Park to the American Civil Rights movements to Starry Night time, but as a result of characteristics of creative thinking. Even when we're alone, we live in a way "collaborating" with a speech inside our head. At once intuitive and unexpected, Powers of Two changes the way we think about invention.
