Jones, David E. H.

The aha! moment : a scientist's take on creativity / David Jones. - Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (xii, 264 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface: Creativity in My Career""; ""1 A Theory of Creativity""; ""2 The Creative Environment""; ""3 Thoughts on the Random Ideas Generator""; ""4 Intuition and Odd Notions""; ""5 Creativity in Scientific Papers""; ""6 Heat and Gravity""; ""7 Astronomical Musings""; ""8 Rotating Things""; ""9 Explosions and Fuses""; ""10 Tricks with Optics""; ""11 Properties of Materials""; ""12 Physical Phenomena I Have Noticed""; ""13 Odd Notions I Have Played With""; ""14 Literary Information""; ""15 Inventions We Need but Don�t Have""; ""16 A List of Silly Questions"" ""17 A Short Guide to Being Creative""""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""



9781421404066


Creative ability in science.
Creative ability--Miscellanea.
Scientists--Psychology.

Multi-User


Electronic Books.

Q172 / .A336 2012