Specialization certainly has its place. But big problems are often solved by those who can see outside their box. The old idea that when you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail is shown over and over again by examples in this book. If you are a chemist, the problem can be solved with chemistry. If you are an engineer, you will engineer your way out of something even when there is a door standing open right next to you. So, those who see outside a small specialty are valuable to see the relationship between things, ideas, solutions. I enjoyed reading the many examples and like that the author sees value in way many of us function.
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