comicbooksmoviesandstuff:From the arrow Wiki, this is the slipcover for the book that Barry was re
comicbooksmoviesandstuff: From the arrow Wiki, this is the slipcover for the book that Barry was reading about Harrison Wells. It is titled Wells: A Biography. Author is identified as John Gallagher. I find it amusing that it has the letters HG on the spine. I’m sure that was a deliberate homage to HG Wells. The back says: THE STORY OF A MASTERMIND WHO HAS CHANGED THE FACE OF SCIENCE AND TECH. The inside blurb says: From the Author of the Bestselling Biographies of Bill Gates and J.D. Salinger, this is the exclusive Biography of Harrison Wells. Based on more than forty interviews with Wells conducted over three years– as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues– John Gallagher has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a leading scientist whose passion for research and development revolutionized the science and technology industry in the United States. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, Wells stands as the ultimate icon of development in advanced particle research. He knew that the best way to create a buzz in the science community was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of science. Although Wells cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And wells speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted. Driven by demons, Wells could drive those around him to fury and despair. But his personality and products were interrelated, Just as S.T.A.R. Labs technology has to be. His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, teamwork, scientific research and development. -- source link
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