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David Byrne's New Book Explores the Afterlife of Good Ideas

Original: David Byrne’s New Book Explores the Strange Afterlife of Good Ideas: From Vermeer’s Paintings to Roman Concrete & Dark Matter

David Byrne, the Talking Heads frontman and longtime writer on creativity, has released a new book examining how good ideas persist, transform, and resurface across history. Topics range from Vermeer's paintings and Roman concrete to dark matter, tracing the strange second lives that inventions and artworks lead long after their creation.

Why now: The former Talking Heads singer's venture into a wide-ranging book about ideas has drawn fresh attention from readers and media.

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