The geography of creativity
By: Gunnar Törnqvist ; translated by Ken Schubert
Contributors: Schubert, Ken
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9781781001509; 9781781001516
Subjects: Creative ability; Philosophy; Geographie; Kreativität
Work titles: Kreativitetens geografi
Description: "What is creativity and who exactly is creative? In this insightful and highly readable book, the author attempts to answer these questions by arguing that geographical millieux are hotbeds for creativity and renewal - places where pioneers in art, technology and science have gathered and developed their special abilities. In light of ongoing social and economic transformations, special attention is paid to the institutional settings in firms and universities. The goal is to identify those features which facilitate and those which impede the creative process. Individual lives are illustrated through the autobiographies of hundreds of Nobel Laureates. Their life paths reveal the importance of geographic mobility and contact patterns for the development of creativity and international prestige. From these biographies we can also see how local millieux and schools have influenced many scientists"--Back cover.
Notes: Translation of: Kreativitetens geografi.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-207) and index.

Translated from the Swedish.
Table of contents: title: 1. Prologue; title: 2. Process; title: 3. Person; title: 4. Place; title: 5. Metropolis; title: 6. The institutional milieu; title: 7. The scientific revolution; title: 8. Universities in focus; title: 9. Research milieux par préférence; title: 10. Nobel laureates; title: 11. Scientific careers in time and space; title: 12. Epilogue.