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Exercise your imagination and set off sparks
of genius. In this mid-expanding book, Robert and Michele
Root-Bernstein describe the "thinking tools" of
extraordinary people, from Albert Einstein and Virginia
Woolf, and show how you can practice the same imaginative
skills to be your most inventive, at any time in your life.
With its lavish illustrations and novel
exploration of tools as diverse as playing, observing, recognizing
patterns, imaging, modeling, and more, Sparks of Genius
is a groundbreaking guidebook for everyone interested in
creative thinking, lifelong learning, and interdisciplinary
education.
Robert and Michele Root-Bernstein have
been studying and consulting on creativity for more than
a decade. Robert, a professor of psychology at Michigan
State University and the winner of a MacArthur Fellowship,
has also written Discovering: Inventing and Solving
Problems at the Frontiers of Scientific Knowledge. Michele,
an award-winning historian, has written about and taught
history and creative writing. Together the Root-Bernsteins
are the authors of Honey, Mud, Maggots, and Other Medical
Marvels. They live in East Lansing, Michigan.
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