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Uncommon Genius: How Great Ideas Are Born

by Denise Shekerjian

ISBN13: 9780140109863
ISBN10: 0140109862
Condition: Standard

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Drawing on interviews with 40 winners of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowshipthe so-called "genius awards"the insightful study throws fresh light on the creative process.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-235) and index.

In the Beginning

Part One

1. Talent and the Long Haul

2. Taking on Risk

3. Staying Loose

4. Setting Up the Conditions

5. Learning Through Doing

Part Two

6. Investing Your Work with a Vision

7. A Change of Perspective

8. A Shift in the Scenery

9. Sustaining Concentration and Drive

10. Encouraging Luck

11. The Harmony of Instinct and Judgment

Part Three

12. Despair and Isolation, Madness and Meanness

13. Building Resiliency

14. For the Love of It

The Forty Fellows

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

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Product Details

ISBN:: 9780140109863
Binding:: Trade Paperback
Publication date:: 02/01/1991
Publisher:: Penguin Books
Language:: English
Pages:: 272
Height:: .53IN
Width:: 5.05IN
Thickness:: .50
LCCN:: 90043620
Age Range:: 18 and up
Grade Range:: 13 and up
Number of Units:: 1
Series Volume:: no. 128
UPC Code:: 2800140109865
Author:: Denise Shekerjian
Author:: Denise G Shekerjian
Author:: Denise G. Shekerjian
Subject:: Creative thinking -- Case studies.
Subject:: Creation (literary, artistic, etc.)
Subject:: Creative thinking
Subject:: Case studies