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Chase, chance, and creativity : the lucky art of novelty / James H. Austin.

Title
Chase, chance, and creativity : the lucky art of novelty / James H. Austin.
Author
Austin, James H., 1925-
Publication
New York : Columbia University Press, 1978.

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Description
xvii, 237 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
A personal story of the ways in which persistence, chance, and creativity interact in biomedical research. This first book by the author of Zen and the Brain examines the role of chance in the creative process.
Subject
  • Austin, James H., 1925-
  • Neurologists > Biography
  • Creative ability in science
  • Serendipity in science
  • Creative ability
  • Motivation (Psychology)
  • Neurology
  • Neurologists > United States > Biography
  • Serendipity
  • Creativity
  • Motivation
  • Neurologues > États-Unis > Biographies
  • Créativité en sciences
  • Effet serendip
  • Neurologues > Biographies
  • Effet serendip en sciences
  • Créativité
  • Motivation (Psychologie)
  • Neurologie
  • creativity
  • 30.02 philosophy and theory of the exact sciences
  • Neurologists
  • Creative ability in science
  • Serendipity in science
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Personal narratives
  • Personal Narrative
  • Biography
  • Biographies
  • Memoirs.
  • Récits personnels.
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 193) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 0231042949
  • 9780231042949
LCCN
77023011
OCLC
3089869
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library