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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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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | RC339.52.A97 A34 | Off-site |
Details
- 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