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Handbook of Creativity

Hardback

Main Details

Title Handbook of Creativity
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Robert J. Sternberg
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:504
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9780521572859
ClassificationsDewey:153.35
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 7 Tables, unspecified; 17 Line drawings, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 13 November 1998
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The goal of this handbook is to provide the most comprehensive, definitive, and authoritative single-volume review available in the field of creativity. The book contains twenty-two chapters covering a wide range of issues and topics in the field of creativity, all written by distinguished leaders in the field. The volume is divided into six parts. The introduction sets out the major themes and reviews the history of thinking about creativity. Subsequent parts deal with methods, origins, self and environment, special topics and conclusions. All educated readers with an interest in creative thinking will find this volume to be accessible and engrossing.

Reviews

"His volume serves well as a handbook, containing chapters that are appropriately thorough and self-contained. Sternberg has put together and original, useful book that will be valuable in upper-division undergraduate collections and above." Choice