Notebooks of the Mind: Explorations of Thinking - Hardcover

John-Steiner, Vera

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826308287 ISBN 13: 9780826308283

Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr, 1985

Synopsis

Analyzes the thought processes of creative individuals, suggests a model for intellectual development, and discusses different modes of thinking

About this title

From the Back Cover:

In this revised edition of Notebooks of The Mind, Vera John-Steiner combines imaginative insight with scientific precision to produce a startling account of the human mind working at its highest potential. To approach her subject, John-Steiner goes directly to the source, assembling the thoughts of "experienced thinkers" - artists, philosophers, writers, and scientists able to reflect on their own imaginative patterns. More than fifty interviews (with figures ranging from Jessica Mitford to Aaron Copland), along with excerpts from the diaries, letters, and autobiographies of such gifted giants as Leo Tolstoy, Marie Curie, and Diego Rivera, among others, provide illuminating insights into creative activity. What emerges is an intriguing demonstration of how specific sociocultural circumstances interact with certain personality traits to encourage the creative mind. Now, with a new introduction, this award-winning book provides an uniquely broad-based study of the origins, development and fruits of human inspiration.

About the Author:

Vera John-Steiner is Presidential Professor of Psycholinguists and Director of the Santa Fe Graduate Center at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0826308287
• ISBN 13: 9780826308283
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256