Preface ; 1. Genius and Darwin ; 2. Cognition: What is the Creative Process? ; 3. Variation: How do Creators Differ from the Rest of Us? ; 4. Development: Is the Genius Born or Made? ; 5. Products: By What Works Shall We Know Them? ; 6. Groups: Creative Times, Places and Peoples? ; 7. Darwinian Genius ; Notes ; References ; Index
Dean Simonton is Professor of Psychology at the University of California at Davis. The recipient of the Francis Galton Prize, he is the author of Genius, Creativity, and Leadership, Scientific Genius, Why Presidents Succeed, and other books. He lives in Davis, California.
"No scholar writing about genius and creativity has the breadth of
knowledge of Dean Keith Simonton. His Darwinian perspective is
provocative, intriguing, generative and important."--Howard
Gardner, author of Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple
Intelligences
"One of the most eminent researchers of eminence has written a very
readable, intellectually exciting book about creativity seen from a
Darwinian perspective. Anyone interested in what makes some persons
stand out and shine will find it fascinating." --Mihaly
Csikszentmihalyi, author of Flow: The Psychology of Optimal
Experience
"Dean Keith Simonton is an undiputed pioneer in the scientific
study of history. His latest book, iOrigins of Genius, supplies yet
another original and enduring contribution to the understanding of
the creative process. Inspired by Darwinian theory, Simonton has
brought together a large body of research on creative genius, and
given this research a sweeping new interpretation. Every book that
Simonton has previously produced has been a gem, and his
Origins of Genius is no exception." --Frank J. Sulloway, author of
Born to Rebel: Birth Order, Family Dynamics and Creative Lives
"In this book, Dean Keith Simonton brings Darwinian principles to
the question of creativity and genius. He does so with resounding
success.... Hans Eysenck called Dean Keith Simonton the successor
to Sir Francis Galton. With the appearance of this book, we see
that he is also one of the successors of Charles Darwin." --Colin
Martindale, author of The Clockwork Muse: The Predictability of
Artistic Change
"A provocative story of how the limited human mind might produce
work of astonishing brilliance and enduring value." --Teresa M.
Amabile, Harvard Business School
"This work is required reading for anyone wanting to understand the
creative power of the human intellect, the power that Darwin
himself tapped to change forever our understanding of the evolution
of species and our own place in nature. Origins of Genius may well
be instrumental in changing forever our understanding of the
evolution of creative human thought." --Gary Cziko, Professor and
AT&T Technology Fellow, University of Illinois
"A fascinating treatise leavened with candid descriptions by
Einstein, Nietzsche, Mozart, Darwin, Poe, Linus Pauling and many
others of their own creative processes.... Likely to generate
controversy but also has the potential to influence how we think
about the human mind."--Publishers Weekly
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