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Origins of genius : Darwinian perspectives on creativity

Author: Dean Keith Simonton
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"How can we account for the sudden appearance of such dazzling artists and scientists as Mozart, Shakespeare, Darwin, or Einstein? How can we define such genius? What conditions or personality traits seem to produce exceptionally creative people? Is the association between genius and madness really just a myth? These and many other questions are illuminated in The Origins of Genius."--BOOK JACKET.
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Named Person: Charles Darwin; Charles Darwin; Charles Darwin; Charles Darwin; Charles Darwin
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Dean Keith Simonton
ISBN: 0195128796 9780195128796
OCLC Number: 39890534
Description: x, 308 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Genius and Darwin: the surprising connections --
Cognition: how does the brain create? --
Variation: is genius brilliant, or mad? --
Development: are geniuses born, or made? --
Products: by what works shall we know them? --
Groups: the right place and the right time? --
Darwinian genius: the future of an idea.
Responsibility: Dean Keith Simonton.
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"How can we account for the sudden appearance of such dazzling artists and scientists as Mozart, Shakespeare, Darwin, or Einstein? How can we define such genius? What conditions or personality traits seem to produce exceptionally creative people? Is the association between genius and madness really just a myth? These and many other questions are illuminated in The Origins of Genius."--BOOK JACKET.

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