The geography of creativity:
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Beteilige Person: Törnqvist, Gunnar 1933- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Schwedisch
Veröffentlicht: Cheltenham, U.K Edward Elgar 2011
Schriftenreihe:Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
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Links:https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001516
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001516
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001516
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001516
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001516
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001516
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001516
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001516
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001516
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001516
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001516
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001516
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001516
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001516
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001516
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001516
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001516
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001516
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001516
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001516
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001516
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001516
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001516
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001516
Abstract:1. Prologue -- 2. Process -- 3. Person -- 4. Place -- 5. Metropolis -- 6. The institutional milieu -- 7. The scientific revolution -- 8. Universities in focus -- 9. Research milieux par préférence -- 10. Nobel laureates -- 11. Scientific careers in time and space -- 12. Epilogue
What is creativity and who exactly is creative? In this insightful and highly readable book, Gunnar Törnqvist attempts to answer these questions by arguing that geographical millieux are hotbeds for creativity and renewal--places where pioneers in art, technology and science have gathered and developed their special abilities
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 215 Seiten) ill
ISBN:9781781001516
DOI:10.4337/9781781001516