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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQ172.5.C74 _bS54 2004
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100	1		_aSimonton, Dean Keith, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aCreativity in science : _bchance, logic, genius, and Zeitgeist / _cDean Keith Simonton.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2004.
300			_a1 online resource (xv, 216 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aPsychologists, sociologists, philosophers, historians - and even scientists themselves - have often tried to decipher the basis for creativity in science. Some have attributed creativity to a special logic, the so-called scientific method, whereas others have pointed to the inspirations of genius or to the inevitable workings of the zeitgeist. Finally, some have viewed scientific breakthroughs as the product of chance, as witnessed in the numerous episodes of serendipity. Too often these four alternative interpretations are seen as mutually exclusive. Yet the central thesis of this book is that the chance, logic, genius, and zeitgeist perspectives can be integrated into a single coherent theory of creativity in science. But for this integration to succeed, change must be elevated to the status of primary cause. Logic, genius and the zeitgeist still have significant roles to play but mainly operate insofar as they enhance, or constrain the operation of a chance combinatorial process.
650		0	_aCreative ability in science.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521835794
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139165358
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