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| Genius: The Natural History of Creativity (Problems in the Behavioural Sciences) |
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| Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press |
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Genius: The Natural History of Creativity presents a novel theory of genius and creativity that is based on the personality characteristics of creative persons and geniuses. Starting with the fact that genius and creativity are frequently related to psychopathology, this book brings together many different lines of research into the subject. Professor Eysenck provides experimental evidence to support these theories in their application to creativity. He considers the role of intelligence, social status, gender, and many other factors that have been linked with genius and creativity. His theory traces creativity from DNA through personality to special cognitive processes to genius. The book will generate a great deal of interest in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, philosophy, and sociology.
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| Review Date: December 6, 2003 |
| Reviewer: Javier Simonpietri, NYC |
As no one has reviewed this book, I will do so even though I didn't buy it from Amazon. The book is not the most exciting read ever. It reads very much like a psychology research book. The message behing it all is what's important. Eysenck gives the Minesota Multi-phasic Personality Inventory to creative geniuses and his findings are the following: 1) Geniuses average on the top 15% of the population in all psychopathological scales. 2) Geniuses are always on the top of the Ego Strenght scale. His argument is that it may be the fact that they believe that they are geniuses that make them so. It's a good book. I gave it to my brother once as a Christmas present. I'm sure Eysenck would appreciate the extra income. |
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