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Chase, chance, and creativity : the lucky art of novelty /
This first book by the author of Zen and the Brain examines the role of chance in the creative process. James Austin tells a personal story of the ways in which persistence, chance and creativity interact in biomedical research; the conclusions he reaches shed light on the creative process in any fi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
©2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This first book by the author of Zen and the Brain examines the role of chance in the creative process. James Austin tells a personal story of the ways in which persistence, chance and creativity interact in biomedical research; the conclusions he reaches shed light on the creative process in any field.<br /><br />Austin shows how, in his own investigations, unpredictable events shaped the outcome of his research and brought about novel results. He then goes beyond this story of serendipity to propose a new classification of the varieties of chance, drawing on his own research and examples from the history of science-- including the famous accidents that led Fleming to the discovery of penicillin. Finally, he explores the nature of the creative process, considering not only the environmental and neurophysiological correlates of creativity but also the role of intuition in both scientific discoveries and spiritual quests. This updated MIT Press paperback edition includes a new introduction and recent material on medical research, creativity and spirituality. |
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| Notas: | Originally published: New York : Columbia University Press, 1978. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 245 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-238) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780262286794 0262286793 0585480850 9780585480855 |