Creativity and the imagination
Subtitle: case studies from the Classical Age to the twentieth century
By: edited by Mark Amsler.
Contributors: Amsler, Mark, 1949-
Series: Studies in science and culture ;; v. 3
Publisher: University of Delaware Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Newark; London; Cranbury, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: Creative ability -- Case studies.; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- Case studies.; Creative ability in science -- Case studies.
Description: Seming and being / Glenn W. Most -- History, technical style, and Chaucer's Treatise on the astrolabe / George Ovitt, Jr. -- Creation and responsibility in science / Leonard Isaacs -- History and geology as ways of studying the past / Stephen Brush -- Science's fictions / Stuart Peterfreund -- Creative problem-solving in physics, philosophy, and painting / Donald A. Crosby and Ron G. Williams.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Seming and being / Glenn W. Most; title: History, technical style, and Chaucer's Treatise on the astrolabe / George Ovitt, Jr.; title: Creation and responsibility in science / Leonard Isaacs; title: History and geology as ways of studying the past / Stephen Brush; title: Science's fictions / Stuart Peterfreund; title: Creative problem-solving in physics, philosophy, and painting / Donald A. Crosby and Ron G. Williams.