The genius checklist : nine paradoxical tips on how you can become a creative genius
(Book)

Book Cover
Average Rating
Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018].
Status
Aurora Hills - Adult Nonfiction
153.98 SIMON
1 available

Copies

LocationCall NumberStatus
Aurora Hills - Adult Nonfiction153.98 SIMONAvailable

Description

Loading Description...

More Details

Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xii, 322 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English

Notes

Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
In The Genius Checklist, Dean Keith Simonton examines the key factors in creative genius and finds that they are more than a little contradictory. Simonton, who has studied creativity and genius for more than four decades, draws on both scientific research and stories from the lives of famous creative geniuses that range from Isaac Newton to Vincent van Gogh to Virginia Woolf. He explains the origin of IQ tests and the art of estimating the IQ of long-dead historical figures (John Stuart Mill: 200; Charles Darwin: 160). He compares IQ scores with achieved eminence as measures of genius, and he draws a distinction between artistic and scientific genius. He rules out birth order as a determining factor (in the James family alone, three geniuses at three different birth-order positions: William James, firs-tborn; Henry James, second born; Alice James, born fifth and last); considers Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 hour rule; and describes how the "lone" genius gets enmeshed in social networks. Genius, Simonton explains, operates in ways so subtle that they seem contradictory. Genius is born and made, the domain of child prodigies and their elders. Simonton's checklist gives us a new, integrative way to understand geniuses-and perhaps even to nurture your own genius! -- from Amazon.

Also in this Series

Checking series information...

More Like This

Loading more titles like this title...

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Simonton, D. K. (2018). The genius checklist: nine paradoxical tips on how you can become a creative genius . The MIT Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Simonton, Dean Keith. 2018. The Genius Checklist: Nine Paradoxical Tips On How You Can Become a Creative Genius. The MIT Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Simonton, Dean Keith. The Genius Checklist: Nine Paradoxical Tips On How You Can Become a Creative Genius The MIT Press, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Simonton, Dean Keith. The Genius Checklist: Nine Paradoxical Tips On How You Can Become a Creative Genius The MIT Press, 2018.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

Staff View

Loading Staff View.