Genius, Creativity, and Leadership : Historiometric Inquiries / Dean Keith Simonton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simonton, Dean Keith, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative ability--Mathematical models.

Genius--Mathematical models.

Leadership--Mathematical models.

Personality and history.

Local Subjects:

Creative ability--Mathematical models.

Genius--Mathematical models.

Leadership--Mathematical models.

Personality and history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dean Keith Simonton examines uncommon people; those creators and leaders whose impact on their own and later times has been so great that they deserve the label "genius." A simultaneous look at creativity and leadership is itself uncommon, and the comparison shows that when creators and leaders act at genius levels they have many similarities. What it is that causes them to stand out above others? Is it family background, education, intelligence, the nature of the times in which they live? Is there a peak age for creativity? Simonton believes that if we subject the lives of the eminent to scientific analysis we may be able to discover general laws of history and social behavior. To do this he defines a discipline called historiometry. He begins with an explanation of the method: choosing a unit of analysis, be it individual philosophers, historic land battles, or classical melodies; defining and calculating the crucial variables; and teasing out with advanced statistical analysis the most probable causal connections in the data.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

1. THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF HISTORICAL GENIUS

2. PROGENITORS, GENES, AND GENERATIONS

3. PERSONALITY AND CHARACTER

4. EDUCATION

5. PRODUCTIVITY AND INFLUENCE

6. AGE AND ACHIEVEMENT

7. AESTHETICS AND CHARISMA

8. ZEITGEIST

9. POLITICAL VIOLENCE

10. THE LAWS OF HISTORIOMETRY

Appendixes. References. Index

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

0-674-42475-1

OCLC:

1013962456