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Explaining creativity: the science of human innovation / R. Keith Sawyer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sawyer, R. Keith (Robert Keith), author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Creative ability.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (363 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Includes research by anthropologists on creativity in non-Western cultures, and research by sociologists about the situation, contexts, and networks of creative activity. This book considers not only arts like painting and writing, but also science, stage performance, and business innovation.
- Contents:
- Conceptions of creativity
- Personality psychology
- The second wave : cognitive psychology
- Biology
- Computational approaches
- Sociology
- Culture
- History
- Visual creativity
- Writing
- Music
- Acting
- Science
- Business creativity
- How to be more creative.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2006.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-773539-8
- 0-19-988296-7
- 1-280-53273-4
- 0-19-534759-5
- 1-4294-0330-6
- OCLC:
- 476026324
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