The geography of creativity
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 develo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham, U.K
Edward Elgar
2011
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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 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 |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 215 p ill |
| ISBN: | 9781781001509 9781781001516 |