Sudden genius?:the gradual path to creative breakthroughs
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Oxford University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford New York |
Publication Dates: | 2010. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xxxv, 371 p., [8] p. of plates: ill., ports. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780199569953 (hbk.) 0199569959 (hbk.) |
Index Number: | G305 |
CLC: | G305 |
Call Number: | G305/R658-1 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-358) and index. The final part asks what these ten highly creative individuals and many others have in common; if there are certain types of education, parental upbringing, and personality associated with genius: whether breakthroughs follow patterns; how creative science compares with artistic creation; and whether breakthroughs always involve imaginative leaps of discovery--so-called eurekas. Although breakthroughs may appear to have little in common, whether in art or science, it turns out that they almost always require at least ten years of immersion in a domain. --Book Jacket. |