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Safi Bahcall

Physicist; co-founder and former CEO of Synta Pharmaceuticals; previously a consultant at McKinsey & Company

One well-regarded book that reframes innovation as a phase transition, but a single title and a niche readership outside the innovation literature.

1 books of their own · 5 articles · 8 books they recommend

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The Loonshots Letter

Books they recommend 8

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Psychology and Behaviour 2

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Medicine and Biology 1

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Games and Puzzles 1

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Fiction 1

Vladimir Nabokov · not in an entry yet aggregator only

Religion and Spirituality 1

Yongey Mingyur, Eric Swanson · not in an entry yet aggregator only

Writing and Communication 1

Donald Hall · not in an entry yet aggregator only

Business and Management 1

Robert I. Sutton · not in an entry yet aggregator only

Where they publish 1

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synta-pharmaceuticalsmckinseyvannevar-bushtheodore-vailjames-blackbiotechnologypharmaceuticalstechnologyloonshotsphase-transitionsinnovation-structureresearch-and-development