A Perfect Mess. The Hidden Benefits Of Disorder

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2006
Edition: First Edition

Description: 327 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Like the bestselling Freakonomics or Blink, here is a book that combines a professor's expertise with stories from everyday life to provide a striking new view of how our world works. Ever since Einstein¿s study of Brownian Motion, scientists have understood that a little disorder actually makes systems more effective. But most people still shun disorder, or suffer guilt over the mess they can¿t avoid. No longer! With a spectacular array of anecdotes and case studies of the useful role mess can play, here is an antidote to the accepted wisdom that tight schedules, neatness and consistency are the keys to success. Drawing on examples from business, parenting, cooking, the war on terrorism, retail and even the meteoric career of Arnold Schwarzenegger, co-authors Abrahamson and Freedman demonstrate that moderately messy systems use resources more efficiently, yield better solutions and are harder to break than neat ones.

ISBN: 9780297853152