文档介绍：EXPLAINING CREATIVITY
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Explaining Creativity
The Science of Human Innovation
R. Keith Sawyer
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2006
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Sawyer, R. Keith (Robert Keith)
Explaining creativity: the science of human innovation/R. Keith Sawyer
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13 978-0-19-516164-9; 978-0-19-530445-9 (pbk.)
ISBN 0-19-516164-5; 0-19-530445–4 (pbk.)
1. Creative ability. I. Title
2006
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Printed in the United States of America
on acid-free paper
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I have been studying and teaching creativity for more than ten years, and have
published several academic books on the topic. But when you write a book like
this one, summarizing an entire field for the interested general reader, it’s like
learning the material all over again. It’s been a wonderful experience! I begin by
thanking Mike Csikszentmihalyi for introducing me to the field o