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A fascinating treatise leavened with candid descriptions by Einstein, Nietzsche, Mozart, Darwin, Poe, Linus Pauling and many others of their own creative processes.... Likely to generate controversy but also has the potential to influence how we think about the human mind. -Publishers Weekly This work is required reading for anyone wanting to understand the creative power of the human intellect, the power that Darwin himself tapped to change forever our understanding of the evolution of species and our own place in nature. Origins of Genius may well be instrumental in changing forever our understanding of the evolution of creative human thought. -Gary Cziko, Professor and AT&T Technology Fellow, University of Illinois A provocative story of how the limited human mind might produce work of astonishing brilliance and enduring value. -Teresa M. Amabile, Harvard Business School In this book, Dean Keith Simonton brings Darwinian principles to the question of creativity and genius. He does so with resounding success.... Hans Eysenck called Dean Keith Simonton the successor to Sir Francis Galton. With the appearance of this book, we see that he is also one of the successors of Charles Darwin. -Colin Martindale, author of The Clockwork Muse: The Predictability of Artistic Change Dean Keith Simonton is an undiputed pioneer in the scientific study of history. His latest book, iOrigins of Genius, supplies yet another original and enduring contribution to the understanding of the creative process. Inspired by Darwinian theory, Simonton has brought together a large body of research on creative genius, and given this research a sweeping new interpretation. Every book that Simonton has previously produced has been a gem, and his Origins of Genius is no exception. -Frank J. Sulloway, author of Born to Rebel: Birth Order, Family Dynamics and Creative Lives One of the most eminent reserachers of eminence has written a very readable, intellectually exciting book about creativity seen from a Darwinian perspective. Anyone interested in what makes some persons stand out and shine will find it fascinating. -Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience No scholar writing about genius and creativity has the breadth of knowledge of Dean Keith Simonton. His Darwinian perspective is provocative, intriguing, generative and important. -Howard Gardner, author of Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences

No scholar writing about genius and creativity has the breadth of knowledge of Dean Keith Simonton. His Darwinian perspective is provocative, intriguing, generative and important. -Howard Gardner, author of Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences One of the most eminent reserachers of eminence has written a very readable, intellectually exciting book about creativity seen from a Darwinian perspective. Anyone interested in what makes some persons stand out and shine will find it fascinating. -Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience Dean Keith Simonton is an undiputed pioneer in the scientific study of history. His latest book, iOrigins of Genius, supplies yet another original and enduring contribution to the understanding of the creative process. Inspired by Darwinian theory, Simonton has brought together a large body of research on creative genius, and given this research a sweeping new interpretation. Every book that Simonton has previously produced has been a gem, and his Origins of Genius is no exception. -Frank J. Sulloway, author of Born to Rebel: Birth Order, Family Dynamics and Creative Lives In this book, Dean Keith Simonton brings Darwinian principles to the question of creativity and genius. He does so with resounding success... Hans Eysenck called Dean Keith Simonton the successor to Sir Francis Galton. With the appearance of this book, we see that he is also one of the successors of Charles Darwin. -Colin Martindale, author of The Clockwork Muse: The Predictability of Artistic Change A provocative story of how the limited human mind might produce work of astonishing brilliance and enduring value. -Teresa M. Amabile, Harvard Business School This work is required reading for anyone wanting to understand the creative power of the human intellect, the power that Darwin himself tapped to change forever our understanding of the evolution of species and our own place in nature. Origins of Genius may well be instrumental in changing forever our understanding of the evolution of creative human thought. -Gary Cziko, Professor and AT&T Technology Fellow, University of Illinois A fascinating treatise leavened with candid descriptions by Einstein, Nietzsche, Mozart, Darwin, Poe, Linus Pauling and many others of their own creative processes... Likely to generate controversy but also has the potential to influence how we think about the human mind. -Publishers Weekly

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Dean Simonton is Professor of Psychology at the University of California at Davis. The recipient of the Francis Galton Prize, he is the author of Genius, Creativity, and Leadership, Scientific Genius, Why Presidents Succeed, and other books. He lives in Davis, California.

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