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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
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- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 0198507151
- Book Title
- Origins of Creativity
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Self-Help, Psychology
- Topic
- Creative Ability, Creativity
- Item Weight
- 22.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 285 Pages
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0198507151
ISBN-13
9780198507154
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1812994
Product Key Features
Book Title
Origins of Creativity
Number of Pages
285 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Topic
Creative Ability, Creativity
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Self-Help, Psychology
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
22.9 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
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00-045656
Reviews
"The contributions vary from personal reminiscences to summaries of a life's work. The very wide variety of approaches - experiences in art and science, the biological basis and brain mechanisms of creativity, emotion and reason, the role of the environment, perception of patterns - reflects the lack of an accepted paradigm for considering creativity. The book ends with an editorial synthesis and critique of the contributions. Perhaps this will make the reader question the notion of creativity." -- Richard Gregory, Nature, Vol 410, 26 Apr 2001 "This is a stimulating collection of effectively marshalled papers arising from a conference of distinguished contributors, including Nobel Prize winners."-- School Science Review, "The contributions vary from personal reminiscences to summaries of a life's work. The very wide variety of approaches - experiences in art and science, the biological basis and brain mechanisms of creativity, emotion and reason, the role of the environment, perception of patterns - reflects the lack of an accepted paradigm for considering creativity. The book ends with an editorial synthesis and critique of the contributions. Perhaps this will make the reader question the notion of creativity." -- Richard Gregory, Nature, Vol 410, 26 Apr 2001"This is a stimulating collection of effectively marshalled papers arising from a conference of distinguished contributors, including Nobel Prize winners."--School Science Review, "The contributions vary from personal reminiscences to summaries of a life's work. The very wide variety of approaches - experiences in art and science, the biological basis and brain mechanisms of creativity, emotion and reason, the role of the environment, perception of patterns - reflects the lack of an accepted paradigm for considering creativity. The book ends with an editorial synthesis and critique of the contributions. Perhaps this will make the reader question the notion of creativity." -- Richard Gregory, Nature, Vol 410, 26 Apr 2001 "This is a stimulating collection of effectively marshalled papers arising from a conference of distinguished contributors, including Nobel Prize winners."--School Science Review, "The contributions vary from personal reminiscences to summaries of a life's work. The very wide variety of approaches - experiences in art and science, the biological basis and brain mechanisms of creativity, emotion and reason, the role of the environment, perception of patterns - reflects the lack of an accepted paradigm for considering creativity. The book ends with an editorial synthesis and critique of the contributions. Perhaps this will make the reader question the notion of creativity." --Richard Gregory, Nature, Vol 410, 26 Apr 2001 "This is a stimulating collection of effectively marshalled papers arising from a conference of distinguished contributors, including Nobel Prize winners."--School Science Review
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
153.3/5
Table Of Content
The Entangled Bank: An Introduction (Karl Pfenninger)1. Eureka! Discovery versus Creation. Overturning the Dogma: Catalytic RNA (Thomas R Cech). Form from Fire (Dale Chihuly). The Great Continuum (Gunther Stent). 2. Body, Brain and Mind: Emotion and Reason. Embracing the Range (David E Rogers). Some Notes on Brain, Imagination and Creativity (Antonio Damasio). With Music in Mind (Bruce Adolphe). The Evolving Brain (Karl H Pfenninger).3. The Adaptive Mind: Deprivation versus Rich Stimulation. The Early Experience (Janina R Galler). Creators: Multiple Intelligences (Howard E Gardner). Tides of Genius (George E Palade). 4. Patterns of Perception. A Painter's Perspective (Françoise Gilot). Line versus Color: the Brain and the Language of Visual Arts (Charles F Stevens). The Fractal Universe (Benoit P Mandelbrot). Insights into the Foundations of Creativity: a Synthesis (Karl Pfenninger)References; Further Reading
Synopsis
After Newton died in 1727, a monument was erected in the Scientist's Corner of Westminster Abbey. It was decorated with a pile of four books and adorned with cherubs holding a prism, a telescope and newly minted coins. The implication is clear. Newton's towering intellect and god-given gift for creative thinking was the origin of his inspiration. Not far away, at the front of the monument to Newton, is the tomb of Charles Darwin, who published On the Origin of Species, which first discussed the evolution of man. The proximity of the monuments is telling. If we are to define the single, most unique human attribute evolution has produced, it must be our ability to think creatively. Thinking is the ultimate human resource. Breaking through the barriers posed by dogma, and reaching beyond the limits of established patterns of thinking to discover what is new and useful is the engine that drives society. This book, which had its genesis in a conference organized by Karl Pfenninger, and held at Aspen, Colorado, entitled 'Higher brain function, art and science: an interdisciplinary examination of the creative process', brings together articles by thirteen contributors from the fields of science, art and music. Two of the contributors have been awarded Nobel prizes, and all are distinguished representatives of their fields. The Origins of Creativity is organized around four central themes of creativity: the creative experience in art and science; the biological basis of imagination, emotion and reason; creative powers and the environment; and the mind's perception of patterns. The views of artists, who couch their ideas in more metaphorical language, mingle with the analytical thoughts of scientists who strive to understand how the brain generates images and ideas. The voices of creators - artist, scientist, mathematician - and of those who study creative activity - neuroscientist, psychologist, philosopher - generate a broad spectrum of views on creativity whose integration offers new insights and becomes a creative act in itself. This book offers insights into the origins of human creativity to scientists, artists, and general readers. Its inter-disciplinary authorship presents a uniquely broad perspective on current research, and the style throughout is accessible and engaging., The exploration of creativity used to be confined to the domains of psychology and philosophy. This has changed greatly in recent years with the dramatic advances of modern neuroscience and our greatly improved understanding of higher brain function. This book examines the biology of the brain and creativity not only through psychology and philosophy but also with the input of art, science and neurobiology, for the first time bringing the discoveries of modern neurobiology to bear on the subject of creativity. It addresses four themes central to our understanding of creativity: the creative experience in art and science; the mind's perception of patterns; the biological basis of imagination; and the influence of the environment of creative powers. In this fascinating and inter-disciplinary collection of essays painters and composers explore the creative processes in their arts, a mathematician points out that computer generated fractal images are often perceived as art and evoke emotional reactions, and modern neuroscience begins to explain the creator's experience and sees creative decision-making as a function that is inseparable from emotion. Not only are these essays fascinating within themselves, but they interact and collide in such a way that suddenly mathematics is bringing forth art and science becomes an argument for unexplainable emotions. Many questions and theories are explored in these pages - What is the Eureka experience, how do the brain and mind make creative decisions, and what is the role of emotion? In the end The Origins of Creativity will explore with you the possibility of creativity being a genetically encoded product of the evolution of the brain, favored by natural selection, but influenced by the environment of each individual as it unifies traditional views on creativity with today's new sciences of the mind., This book, which had its genesis in a conference organized by Karl Pfenninger, and held at Aspen, Colorado, entitled 'Higher brain function, art and science: an interdisciplinary examination of the creative process', brings together articles by thirteen contributors from the fields of science, art and music. Two of the contributors have been awarded Nobel prizes, and all are distinguished representatives of their fields. This book offers insights into the origins of human creativity to scientists, artists, and general readers. Its inter- disciplinary authorship presents a uniquely broad perspective on current research, and the style throughout is accessible and engaging.
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BF408.O75 2001
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