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What made the Sopranos finale one of the most-talked-about incidents in television history?
Why is sudoku so addictive and the iPhone so irresistible?
What do Jackson Pollock and Lance Armstrong have in common with theoretical physicists and Buddhist monks?
Elegance.
In this thought-provoking exploration of why certain incidents, products, and people capture our attention and imaginations, Matthew E. May examines the elusive factor behind so many innovative breakthroughs in domains ranging from physics and marketing to create and popular culture. Combining unusual ease and surprising ability, elegance is characterized by four key elements—seduction, subtraction, symmetry, and sustainability. In a very convincing, story-driven narrative that sheds light on the need for elegance in design, anatomist, art, urban planning, activities, and work, May offers astonishing facts that what’s “not there” often trumps what is.
In the bestselling custom of The Tipping Point, Made to Stay, and The Black Swan, In Pursuit of Elegance will change the way you think about the world.
