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AUTISM AND CREATIVITY: IS THERE A LINK BETWEEN AUSTISM IN MEN AND EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY? AUTISM AND CREATIVITY: IS THERE A LINK BETWEEN AUSTISM IN MEN AND EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY? MICHAEL FITZGERALD Autism and Creativity is a stimulating study of male creativity and autism, arguing that a major genetic endowment is a prerequisite of genius, and that cultural and environmental factors are less si… OL13622459W
Upgrade your brain Upgrade your brain John Middleton 52 fresh ideas for flexing mental muscle.Learn how to maximize brain power and access insight and creativity, at work and at play. From problem-solving to mind-mapping through story-telling and chatt… OL15083581W
Where good ideas come from Where good ideas come from Steven Johnson,Steven Johnson This work tracks the history of innovation in the form of the "slow hunch". The author discusses how new ideas form from the scaffolding of older ideas, a phenomenon he describes as the "adjacent pos… OL15392361W
Innovation generation Innovation generation Roberta B. Ness "Whether you are a student or an established scientist, researcher, or engineer, you can learn to be more innovative. In Innovation Generation, internationally renowned physician and scientist Robert… OL16142446W
Imagine Imagine Jonah Lehrer "Did you know that the most creative companies have centralized bathrooms? That brainstorming meetings are a terrible idea? That the color blue can help you double your creative output? From the best… OL16240361W
Reflective practice Reflective practice Gwen Sherwood,Sara Horton-Deutsch To learn from the events in our lives we must reflect on the situation, understand it and learn from it. Reflective Practice: Transforming Education and Improving Outcomes book Gwen Sherwood and Sara… OL16585896W
The good among the great The good among the great Donald Van De Mark "What makes some high achievers great human beings? ... Confirming the theories of psychologist Abraham Maslow, Van de Mark brings to life 19 specific personality traits that you can develop within y… OL17918028W
Touched with fire Touched with fire Kay R. Jamison A survey of psychological problems associated with writers. It examines the diagnosis, survival and treatment protocols typically associated with bipolar/ manic depression in writers. Interesting, ho… OL2910910W
A simpler way A simpler way Margaret J. Wheatley A Simpler Way explores fundamental new beliefs about organizations and life. Like Leadership and the New Science, this new book is rooted in science but breaks new ground by developing insights from … OL38470W
A Whole New Mind A Whole New Mind Daniel H. Pink The future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind: artists, inventors, storytellers-creative and holistic "right-brain" thinkers whose abilities mark the fault line betwe… OL6016195W