Sudden Genius: The Gradual Path to Creative Breakthroughs

by Andrew Robinson

The extraordinarily inventive Linus Pauling, twice winner of the Nobel Prize, was asked how he came to have so many good ideas. Pauling replied: "Well, I have a lot of ideas and throw away the bad ones." Where do ideas come from? And why do the best ideas sometimes strike in a flash of "sudden genius"? Andrew Robinson here offers a fascinating look at the genesis of creativity in science and art, following ten remarkable individuals who achieved brilliant...

• 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"