Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Doing What Can't Be Done Howard Armstrong 1
1 Through the Eye of an Iconoclast Dale Chihuly Paul Lauterbur Nolan Bushnell 13
2 From Perception to Imagination Walt Disney Florence Nightingale Branch Rickey Kary Mullis 35
3 Fear-The Inhibitor of Action Jackie Robinson Dixie Chicks
4 How Fear Distorts Perception NASA Richard Feynman Solomon Asch Martin Luther King Jr. 83
5 Why the Fear of Failure Makes People Risk Averse David Dreman Bill Miller Henry Ford 107
6 Brain Circuits for Social Networking Pablo Picasso Vincent van Gogh Stanley Milgram Ray Kroc Arnold Schwarzenegger Linus Torvalds Warren Buffett 129
7 Private Spaceflight-A Case Study of Iconoclasts Working Together Burt Rutan Richard Branson Peter Diamandis Rick Homans 155
8 When Iconoclast's Becomes Icon Arthur Jones Jonas Salk Steve Jobs 179
Appendix: The Iconoclast's Pharmacopeia 201
Notes 223
Index 233
About the Author 254