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050 0 0 _aT49.5
_b.D38 1994
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100 1 _aDasgupta, Subrata,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aCreativity in invention and design :
_bcomputational and cognitive explorations of technological originality /
_cSubrata Dasgupta.
246 3 _aCreativity in Invention & Design
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1994.
300 _a1 online resource (xvi, 250 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).
505 0 0 _gpt. 1.
_tCreativity in invention and design: issues and ingredients --
_gch. 1.
_tCreativity, invention, and the computational metaphor --
_gch. 2.
_tComputational theory of scientific creativity --
_gch. 3.
_t. Maurice Wilkes and the origins of microprogramming: the historical setting --
_gpt. 2.
_tInvention of microprogramming: a cognitive explanation --
_gch. 4.
_tProlegomenon --
_gch. 5.
_tGenesis of an idea: creating the initial sketch --
_gch. 6.
_tEvolution of an idea: from initial sketch to mature form --
_gpt. 3.
_tReflections on the nature of inventing --
_gch. 7.
_tEight hypotheses about the nature of inventing.
520 _aCreativity is a topic that has traditionally interested psychologists, historians and biographers. Developments in cognitive science and artificial intelligence have provided a powerful computational framework in which creativity can be studied and the creative process can be described and explained. In this book, creativity in technology is discussed using such a computational approach. Using an important historical episode in computer technology as a case study, namely the invention of microprogramming by Maurice Wilkes in 1951, the author presents a plausible explanation of the process by which Wilkes may have arrived at his invention. Based on this case study, the author has also proposed some very general hypotheses concerning creativity that appear to corroborate the findings of some psychologists and historians and then suggests that creative thinking is not significantly different in nature from everyday thinking and reasoning.
650 0 _aCreative ability in technology.
650 0 _aCreative thinking.
650 0 _aMicroprogramming.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521430685
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511530135
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