Rethinking Creativity: Inside-the-Box Thinking as the Basis for Innovation

Author : "Robert W. Weisberg (Temple University, Philadelphia)"

Paperback

Published : Thursday 10 September 2020

ISBN : 9781108742900

Price : €36.14

Description

Academics, students, and researchers in creativity will discover a new perspective on the subject: creative innovation depends on inside-of-the-box thinking. That's right! Not outside the box... This book presents creativity as a concept that builds on what we know and how we use old ideas to produce new ones.

This book presents a new perspective on creativity: that creative innovation depends on inside-of-the-box thinking. It shows that creativity builds on what we know and how we use old ideas to produce new ones. In a highly readable format, Robert W. Weisberg uses case studies of seminal creative advances, such as Leonardo's 'Aerial Screw' and Frank Lloyd Wright's award-winning house, 'Fallingwater.' These fascinating examples are evaluated alongside cutting-edge research to present an analysis of creativity that challenges us to think differently about this intriguing cognitive ability.

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