Many people believe that revolutionary ideas come either to geniuses or to lucky people. However, everyone is capable of making a discovery. Thought breakthroughs are as unpredictable as the flight of a butterfly, but they can be caught if you cast the right net. Neuroscience research has shown that sudden insights are actually a predictable part of complex thought processes. The authors of The Network and the Butterfly explain how the thinking process that leads to a breakthrough develops, how to launch it, what can interfere with it, and how to give it additional impetus. They provide a set of tools to improve your chances of insight and plenty of exercises to help you put science into practice.