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Origins of Genius : Darwinian Perspectives on Creativity: Darwinian ...

Origins of Genius : Darwinian Perspectives on Creativity: Darwinian ...

Davis Dean Keith Simonton Professor of Psychology University of California - Psychology - 1999 - 320 pages
How can we account for the sudden appearance of such dazzling artists and scientists as Mozart, Shakespeare, Darwin, or Einstein? How can we define such genius? What conditions ...
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Descartes' Baby: How the Science of Child Development Explains what Makes Us ...

Descartes' Baby: How the Science of Child Development Explains what Makes Us ...

Paul Bloom - Psychology - 2004 - 271 pages
All humans see the world in two fundamentally different ways: even babies have a rich understanding of both the physical and social worlds. They expect objects to obey ...
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The Evolution of Culture: An Interdisciplinary View

The Evolution of Culture: An Interdisciplinary View

Robin Ian MacDonald Dunbar, Chris Knight, Camila Power - Social Science - 1999 - 257 pages
This new series presents innovative titles pertaining to human origins, evolution, and behavior from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Subject areas include but are not limited ...
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Vico, metaphor, and the origin of language

Vico, metaphor, and the origin of language

Marcel Danesi - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1993 - 190 pages
The origin of language is one of the deep mysteries of human existence. Drawing upon the work of the eighteenth-century Italian philosopher Giambattista Vico, Marcel Danesi ...
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Bearing Witness: Violence and Collective Responsibility

Bearing Witness: Violence and Collective Responsibility

Sandra L. Bloom, Michael Reichert - Social Science - 1998 - 334 pages
Bearing Witness: Violence and Collective Responsibility offers a unique layperson's introduction to the scope and causes of violence and trauma theory and suggests ways we can ...
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The Leader's Edge: Six Creative Competencies for Navigating Complex Challenges

The Leader's Edge: Six Creative Competencies for Navigating Complex Challenges

Charles J. Palus, David M. Horth - Business & Economics - 2002 - 304 pages
Let the Center for Creative Leadership show you how you can dramatically improve your leadership abilities in today's business environment. Based on years of specialized ...
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The Wow Factor: Global Research Compendium on the Impact of the Arts in ...
The Monumental Impulse: Architecture's Biological Roots

The Monumental Impulse: Architecture's Biological Roots

George Hersey - Architecture - 2001 - 280 pages
Art historian George Hersey investigates the many ties between the biological sciences and the building arts.
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Art, Science, and Art Therapy: Repainting the Picture

Art, Science, and Art Therapy: Repainting the Picture

Psychology - 2000 - 124 pages
Since its inception, art therapy has relied largely on theory "borrowed" from psychotherapeutic approaches. In this provocative and original book on art therapy, Frances Kaplan ...
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Evolution and social psychology

Evolution and social psychology

Mark Schaller, Jeffry A. Simpson, Douglas T. Kenrick - Psychology - 2006 - 390 pages
The aim of Evolution and Social Psychology is to give a complete overview of research and theory on evolutionary approaches to the understanding of social psychological topics ...
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