Flight from Wonder
Subtitle: An Investigation of Scientific Creativity
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Nov 14, 2014
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780199988792
Description: This is the first empirical investigation of scientific creativity based on research interviews with living Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine, whose formulations are compared to those of a control group of engineering faculty members. Findings were that three cognitive creative processes described herein - janusian, homospatial, and sep-con articulation - as well as strong motivation, passion, and other accompanying emotions, were responsible for creative breakthroughs leading to outstanding scientific discoveries in the Nobel laureate group.
Notes: Source title: Flight from Wonder: An Investigation of Scientific Creativity