The geography of creativity / Gunnar Törnqvist ; translated by Ken Schubert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Törnqvist, Gunnar, 1933-

Standardized Title:

Kreativitetens geografi. English

Language:

English

Swedish

Subjects (All):

Creative ability.

Creative ability--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xi, 215 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, [2011]

Summary:

This scholarly volume on the many facets of creative activity examines the distribution of creative individuals in spatial relations and explores the history of innovation as assessed through the lens of geography. Beginning with a discussion of the definitive characteristics of creativity, the volume covers such topics as defining creative persons, place and context in creativity, metropolitan influences, the scientific revolution, universities, the distribution of Nobel Prize laureates, and creativity in the twentieth century. Data tables and charts are included throughout. Törnqvist is a professor of social and economic geography at Lund University, Sweden. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Translation of: Kreativitetens geografi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781781001509

1781001502

OCLC:

777160977