Description: Creating Minds: An Anatomy of Creativity Seen Through the Lives of Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, Eliot, Graham and Gandhi by Howard Gardner (1993, Hardcover) Howard Gardner changed the way we think about intelligence. In his classic work Frames of Mind, he undermined the common notion that intelligence is a single capacity that every human being possesses to a greater or lesser extent. Now building on the framework he developed for understanding intelligence, Gardner gives us a path breaking view of creativity, along with riveting portraits of seven figures that each reinvented an area of human endeavor. Using as a point of departure his concept of seven “intelligences,” ranging from musical intelligence to the intelligence involved in understanding oneself, Gardner examines seven extraordinary individuals—Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso, Igor Stravinsky, T.S. Eliot, Martha Graham, and Mahatma Gandhi—each an outstanding exemplar of one kind of intelligence. Understanding the nature of their disparate creative breakthroughs not only sheds light on their achievements but also helps to elucidate the “modern era”—the times that formed these creators and which they in turn helped to define. While focusing on the moment of each creator’s most significant breakthrough, Gardner discovers patterns crucial to our understanding of the creative process. Not surprisingly, Gardner believes that a single variety of creativity is a myth. But he supplies evidence that certain personality configurations and needs characterize creative individuals in our time, and that numerous commonalities color the ways in which ideas are conceived, articulated, and disseminated to the public. He notes, for example, that it almost invariably takes ten years to make the initial creative breakthrough and another ten years for subsequent breakthroughs. Creative people feature unusual combinations of intelligence and personality, and Gardner delineates the indispensable role of the circumstances in which an individual works and the crucial reactions of the surrounding group of informed peers. He finds that an essential element of the creative process is the support of caring individuals who believe in the revolutionary ideas of the creators. And he documents the fact that extraordinary creativity almost always carries with it extraordinary costs in human terms. The book is in very good condition Please Visit Our Store – We add new items everyday.Always a big variety at Lemstar-Deals! PAYMENT:Payment requested within 3 days of purchase please. PAYPAL ONLY.RETURNS: Please read descriptions. Questions are welcomed and we try to answer all inquiries ASAP. Returned items must be returned in the same condition they were sent. Return postage will only be paid if the item was not described correctly due to an oversight or error in the listing.SHIPPING: Combined shipping available on most items.If we see you have purchased multiple items, we will invoice you with the combined shipping rate. Items are shipped within one business of cleared payment. US Shipping shown is for US 48 ONLY. If you would like the item shipped to Puerto Rico, Hawaii, or Alaska, please contact us for the shipping cost. International shipping costs are calculated based on location. PROBLEMS: If there is any problem with your item, please email us to resolve the problem prior to leaving feedback. We try to describe all items as accurately as possible so there are no surprises. If there is an unintentional oversight or error on our part we will work with you to resolve the issue to everyone’s satisfaction Thanks for looking!! LOC: TH-24 Froo www.froo.com | Froo Cross Sell, Free Cross Sell, Cross promote, eBay Marketing, eBay listing Apps, eBay Apps, eBay Application
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Number of Pages: 480 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Creating Minds : An Anatomy of Creativity Seen Through the Lives of Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, Eliot, Graham and Gandhi
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication Year: 1993
Subject: Creative Ability, General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 28.9 Oz
Author: Howard Gardner
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Education, Psychology
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
