Multidisciplinary Contributions to the Science of Creative Thinking

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Corazza, Giovanni Emanuele (Editor), Agnoli, Sergio (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Creativity in the Twenty First Century,
• Subjects: Education.; Educational psychology.; Education > Psychology.; Sociology.; Educational Psychology.; Sociology, general.
• Physical Description: VIII, 348 p. 71 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789812876188
• ISSN: 2364-6675

This book offers a multidisciplinary and multi-domain approach to the most recent research results in the field of creative thinking and creativity, authored by renowned international experts. By presenting contributions from different scientific and artistic domains, the book offers a comprehensive description of the state of the art on creativity research. Specifically, the chapters are organized into four parts: 1) Theoretical Aspects of Creativity; 2) Social Aspects of Creativity; 3) Creativity in Design and Engineering; 4) Creativity in Art and Science. In this way, the book becomes a necessary platform for generative dialogue between disciplines that are typically divided by separating walls.