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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777602103321

Autore

John-Steiner Vera <1930->

Titolo

Notebooks of the mind [[electronic resource] ] : explorations of thinking / / Vera John-Steiner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997

ISBN

1-280-52911-3

0-19-802687-0

1-4294-1565-7

Edizione

[Rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

153.35

Soggetti

Creative thinking

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-251) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction to the Revised Edition; Introduction; 1 The Beginnings; 2 Apprenticeships; 3 The Invisible Tools; 4 Visual Thinking; 5 Verbal Thinking; 6 The Languages of Emotion; 7 Scientific Thinking; Conclusion: The Creativity of Thinking; Appendix 1: List of Interviews; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

An account of the human mind that uses a combination of personal accounts and laboratory studies of thought process to cover topics such as the importance of childhood mentor figures; the lengthy apprenticeship of the talented person; and the development of self-expression.