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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953285203321

Autore

Jones David E. H

Titolo

The aha! moment : a scientist's take on creativity / / David Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2012

Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2012

ISBN

9781421404066

1421404060

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Classificazione

PSY000000SCI000000TEC000000

Disciplina

509.2

Soggetti

Creative ability in science

Creative ability

Scientists - Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

As Jones shows, it can often pay to take an absurd idea seriously.