Origins of genius : Darwinian perspectives on creativity / Dean Keith Simonton.

  • Simonton, Dean Keith.
Date:
1999
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Publication/Creation

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Physical description

x, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-296) and index.

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.

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    Medical Collection
    WM940 1999S61o
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  • 0195128796