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Autore |
Jones David E. H |
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Titolo |
The aha! moment : a scientist's take on creativity / / David Jones |
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2012 |
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Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2012 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (279 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Creative ability in science |
Creative ability |
Scientists - Psychology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface: Creativity in My Career -- 1 A Theory of Creativity -- 2 The Creative Environment -- 3 Thoughts on the Random Ideas Generator -- 4 Intuition and Odd Notions -- 5 Creativity in Scientific Papers -- 6 Heat and Gravity -- 7 Astronomical Musings -- 8 Rotating Things -- 9 Explosions and Fuses -- 10 Tricks with Optics -- 11 Properties of Materials -- 12 Physical Phenomena I Have Noticed -- 13 Odd Notions I Have Played With -- 14 Literary Information -- 15 Inventions We Need but Don't Have -- 16 A List of Silly Questions -- 17 A Short Guide to Being Creative -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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As Jones shows, it can often pay to take an absurd idea seriously. |
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