Sudden genius? :
by Robinson, Andrew,
Published by : Oxford University Press, (Oxford ; | New York :) Physical details: xxxv, 371 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. ISBN:9780199569953 (hbk.).
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Curie, Marie,
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1867-1934.
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Einstein, Albert,
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1879-1955.
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Woolf, Virginia,
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1882-1941.
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Cartier-Bresson, Henri,
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1908-2004.
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Ray, Satyajit,
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1921-1992.
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Creative ability.
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Inspiration.
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Gifted persons.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-358) and index.
Meetings with remarkable creators -- The science and art of breakthoughs. Ingredients of creativity -- Genius and talent: reality or myth? -- Intelligence is not enough -- Strangers to ourselves -- Blue remembered Wednesdays -- The lunatic, the lover, and the poet -- Ten breakthroughs in art and science. Leonardo da Vinci: The Last Supper -- Christopher Wren: St Paul's Cathedral -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The marriage of Figaro -- Jean-François Champollion: Decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs -- Charles Darwin: Evolution by natural selection -- Marie Curie: Discovery of radium -- Albert Einstein: Special relativity -- Virginia Woolf: Mrs Dalloway -- Henri Cartier-Bresson: The decisive moment -- Satyajit Ray: Pather Panchali -- Patterns of genius. Family matters -- Professor of the little finger -- Creative science versus artistic creation -- Is there a creative personality? -- Reputation, fame, and genius -- The 'ten-year rule' -- Genius and us.
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