Elastic cover art

Elastic

Flexible Thinking in a Time of Change

Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for £0.00
£8.99/mo thereafter. Renews automatically. Terms apply. Offer ends 31 July 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.

Elastic

By: Leonard Mlodinow
Narrated by: Leonard Mlodinow
Try for £0.00

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Offer ends 31 July 2025 23:59 GMT. Cancel monthly.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Elastic written and read by Leonard Mlodinow.

Includes a bonus PDF of graphs and diagrams.

What do Pokémon Go and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein have in common?
Why do some businesses survive, and others fail at the first sign of change?
What gives the human brain the edge over computers?

The answer: Elastic Thinking. It's an ability we all possess, and one that we can all learn to hone in order to succeed, at work and in our everyday lives.

Here Mlodinow, whose own flexible thinking has taken him from physics professor to TV scriptwriter and bestselling author, takes us on a revelatory exploration of how elasticity works. He draws on cutting-edge neuroscience to show how, millennia ago, our brains developed an affinity for novelty, idea generation and exploration. He discovers how flexible thinking enabled some of the greatest artists, writers, musicians and innovators to create paradigm shifts. He investigates the organisations that have demonstrated an elastic ability to adapt to new technologies. And he shows you how you can test your brain power.

By uncovering the secrets to flexing your own thinking, Elastic shows you how to adapt and thrive in an endlessly dynamic world.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2018 Leonard Mlodinow (P)2018 Penguin Audio
Biological Sciences Creativity Neuroscience & Neuropsychology Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Science Human Brain Computer Science

Listeners also enjoyed...

The Book of Why cover art
How to Create a Mind cover art
The Drunkard's Walk cover art
Algorithms to Live By cover art
Brain Changer cover art
It's a Jungle in There cover art
How to Analyze People cover art
Mental Agility cover art
The Selfish Gene cover art
Physics cover art
A Whole New Mind cover art
The Net and the Butterfly cover art
Social cover art
Super Brain cover art
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking cover art
Moral Animal cover art

Critic reviews

Timely and engrossing, Leonard Mlodinow's Elastic is a fascinating exploration of one of the most important topics: how the human mind deals with change (Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better)
A book of sparkling intelligence, written with humour and grace. If you read only one book of accessible science this year, let this be the one (Mark Williams, author of Mindfulness, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Oxford)
A fascinating, useful look into how the brain works. Perfect for neophiliacs and everyone else who's dealing with a changing world (Seth Godin, author of Tribes)
All stars
Most relevant  
It’s an interesting description of how one can expand elasticity of his/her brain for producing insights and novel idea

Elastic

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

An interesting read with some useful ideas I'll be looking to put into practice. Well paced and balanced.

Thought provoking

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

I found this quite interesting but also very dry. my main problem was the accent of the narrator. I ended up being more aware of that than the contents of what he was reading

interesting

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.