The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places From Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley (53 page)

Florence and,
103
,
117
–18,
120
,
124
,
135
–37

Greece and,
16
,
29
,
31
,
35
,
48
,
59
,
62

Hangzhou and,
72
,
74

Medicis and,
102
–3,
105

Beckett, Samuel,
196

Beethoven, Ludwig van,
162
,
234
–39,
241
–46,
263
,
303

chaos and clutter of,
196
,
229
–31,
271
,
303

Haydn and,
242
,
244
–46,
249

Mozart and,
228
–29,
245

nature and,
235
,
244

physical appearance of,
228
,
231
,
243
,
245

restlessness of,
231
–32

Vienna and,
218
,
228
–32,
234
–37,
242
,
245
–46,
249
,
251

Bell, Clive,
218

Beller, Steven,
263
,
277

Bengal Renaissance,
188
–90,
194
–95,
204
,
207
,
212
–13

Bergreen, Laurence,
72

Berlin,
7
,
89
,
200
,
269
,
284
–85

Berlin, Isaiah,
200

Berlin, Leslie,
288

Bhaduri, Anisha,
210
–11

Bichellini, Nicholaio,
122
–23

bifurcation points,
200
,
205

Big Lebowski, The,
32

biochemical demand,
237

Biography of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, The,
72

biology,
111
,
127
,
160
–61,
205
,
208
–9,
236
–37,
322

Black, Joseph,
146
,
174

blind variation and selective retention,
179

Blue Sky Café,
193

Boccaccio, Giovanni,
129

Boden, Margaret,
2

Bohr, Niels,
152
–53

Bomti,
211

Bonacci, Leonardo,
119

Boring, Edwin,
127

Bose, Buddhadeva,
212

Bose, Jagadish,
188
,
204
–8

bottege,
107
–10,
112
–13,
325

Boudin, Isidore,
321
–22

Boudin Bakery,
321

Brady,
37
–38,
51
,
256

Athens and,
37
,
40
–41,
43
–46,
282

on chaos,
45
,
206
–7

complexity trap and,
45
–46

on museums,
41
,
58

brainstorming,
254
–55,
297

Braunbehrens, Volkmar,
225

bread,
321
–23

Bridge,
16
–17,
19
,
37
,
40
,
61

Broadie, Alexander,
174
–80

Brodie, William (Deacon Brodie),
151
,
153
,
172
,
192

Bronfman, Yefim,
248

Brunelleschi, Filippo,
99
,
101
,
291

competition between Ghiberti and,
124
–25,
127
–28

Brush Talks from Dream Brook
(Shen),
78
–79,
81

Buchan, James,
142
–43

Buchan, William,
146

Buddhism,
67
,
190
,
195
,
224
,
260

Burckhardt, Jacob,
27

Burke, Janine,
260

Burns, Robert,
171

Burt, Edward,
143

Bush, George H. W.,
45
–46

butterfly effect,
322
–23

Café Central,
259

Café Landtmann,
15
,
229
,
263

cafés,
168
,
212
,
231

Calcutta and,
193
,
210

ethnic diversity and,
256
–57

Florence and,
100
–101,
108
,
112
,
129

Greece and,
16
–17,
19
,
32
,
37
,
40
–41,
43
–46,
61

Hangzhou and,
65
–66,
68
–69,
78
,
87

Silicon Valley and,
298
–99,
301
,
318

Vienna and,
15
,
229
,
243
,
252
–57,
259
–60,
263
,
277
–81,
284
,
325

Café Sperl,
252
–53,
259
,
279
–81,
284

Calcutta,
185
–95,
201
–5,
210
–15,
295

adda
and,
188
,
212
–14,
255

Athens and,
10
,
193
,
211

Bose and,
204
–5,
207

coincidence and,
185
–87,
198
,
201
,
215
,
303

cuisine of,
186
,
193
,
213

demise of,
212
–13,
215

education in,
192
,
204
,
207

kinetic energy in,
194
,
300

malaria in,
183
,
191

noisiness of,
210
–11

physical appearance of,
193
,
204

weather in,
186
,
191
,
207

California,
6
,
9
,
179
,
187
,
294
,
306
,
309
,
315

Silicon Valley and,
285
,
289
,
296
,
299
–300

Campbell, Donald,
164
–68

Campbell, Joseph,
157

Candolle, Alphonse de,
9

Carroll, Lewis,
175

Catholic Church,
121
,
181
,
278

see also
Church

Chadwick, John,
203

Chamber Symphony No. 1 (Schoenberg),
247

Chang, C. K.,
295
–96

chaos,
108
,
167
,
203
,
230
,
244
,
280
,
324
,
326