Sudden Genius: The Gradual Path to Creative Breakthroughs

by Andrew Robinson

Genius and breakthroughs appear to involve something magical. Andrew Robinson looks at what science does, and does not, know about exceptional creativity, and applied it to the stories of ten breakthroughs in the arts and sciences, including Curie's discovery of radium and Mozart's composing of The Marriage of Figaro.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199569959
• ISBN13: 9780199569953
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 371 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.3"