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Scientific genius : a psychology of science

Title
Scientific genius : a psychology of science / Dean Keith Simonton.
Author
Simonton, Dean Keith.
Publication
Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988.

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Description
x, 229 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Creative ability in science
  • Science > Philosophy
  • Scientists > Psychology
  • Creative ability in science
  • Science > Philosophy
  • Scientists > Psychology
  • Kreativität
  • Naturwissenschaften
  • Psychologie
  • Wissenschaft
  • Wissenschaftler
  • Savants > Psychologie
  • Philosophie des sciences
  • Sciences > Aspect physiologique
  • Sciences > Aspect psychologique
  • Scientifiques > Aspect psychologique
  • Science > Philosophie
  • Science > Aspect physiologique
  • Science > Aspect psychologique
Note
  • Includes indexes.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 201-219.
Contents
Machine derived contents note: List of tables and figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The chance-configuration theory -- 2. Impressionistic evidence -- 3. Personality and individual differences -- 4. Productivity -- 5. Developmental antecedents -- 6. Multiple discovery and invention -- 7. Creative genius in science -- References -- Name index -- Subject index.
ISBN
  • 0521352878
  • 9780521352871
LCCN
87027823
OCLC
  • ocm16873737
  • 16873737
  • SCSB-1198596
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library