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The Creative Process: Reflections on the Invention in the Arts and Sciences

by Brewster Ghiselin (Editor)

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This unique anthology brings together material from 38 well-known writers, artists, and scientists who attempt to describe the process by which original ideas come to them. Contributors include Albert Einstein, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Amy Lowell, Rudyard Kipling, Max Ernst, Katherine Anne Porter, Henry Miller, Carl Gustav Jung, Mary Wigman, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Henri Poincaré and many others.

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Material gathered for a symposium on the creative process. Articles by 38 "brilliant men and women".

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Original publication date: 1952-02-28

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Genres: Nonfiction, Art & Design, Science & Nature
DDC/MDS: 153.35 — Philosophy & psychology Psychology Conscious mental processes and intelligence Creativity And Visualization Creativity
LCC: BF412 .G55 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Psychology Psychology Consciousness. Cognition
BISAC: PSY PSYCHOLOGY General
LAN LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES General

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Languages: English
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Published: 1952
Genres: Nonfiction, Art & Design, Science & Nature
DDC/MDS: 153.35
LCC: BF412 .G55

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