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Handbook of Creativity
Hardback
Main Details
Title |
Handbook of Creativity
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Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Robert J. Sternberg
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Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:504 | Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9780521572859
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Classifications | Dewey:153.35 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
7 Tables, unspecified; 17 Line drawings, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
13 November 1998 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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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
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