Creating minds : an anatomy of creativity seen through the lives of Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, Eliot, Graham, and Gandhi / Howard Gardner.

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Since it was first published in 1993, Creating Minds has served as a peerless guide to the creative self. Now available as a paperback reissue with a new introduction by the author, the book uses portraits of seven extraordinary individuals to reveal the patterns that drive the creative process—and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gardner, Howard, 1943-
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, 2011.
Edition:[New edition].
Subjects:
Creative ability.
Creative thinking.
Kreativität.
Kreatives Denken.
Physical Description:xxv, 436 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preface to the 2011 edition
  • Part I: Introduction
  • 1. Chance encounter in wartime Zürich
  • 2. Approaches to creativity
  • Part II: The creators of the modern ear
  • 3. Sigmund Freud: alone with the world
  • 4. Albert Einstein: the perennial child
  • Interlude one
  • 5. Pablo Picasso: prodigiousness and beyond
  • 6. Igor Stravinsky: the poetics and politics of music
  • 7. T.S. Eliot: the marginal master
  • Interlude two
  • 8. Martha Graham: discovering the dance of America
  • 9. Mahatma Gandhi: a hold upon others
  • Interlude three
  • Part III: Conclusion
  • 10. Creativity across the domains
  • Epilogue: The modern era and beyond.