Origins of Genius : Darwinian Perspectives on Creativity.

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Author / Creator:	Simonton, Dean Keith.
Imprint:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Description:	1 online resource (321 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Darwin, Charles, -- 1809-1882. Darwin, Charles, -- 1809-1882. Genius. Creative ability. Creative ability. Genius. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11281094

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ISBN:	9781602563568 160256356X 0195351703 9780195351705 0195128796 9780195128796
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-296) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	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 brilliantly illuminated in The Origins of Genius. Dean Simonton convincingly argues that creativity can best be understood as a Darwinian process of variation and selection. The artist or scientist generates a wealth of ideas, and then subjects these id.
Other form:	9780195128796

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