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Notebooks of the Mind: Explorations of Thinking - Hardcover

John-Steiner, Vera

 
9780826308283: Notebooks of the Mind: Explorations of Thinking
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

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Review

Throws new light on the origins and nuture of creative minds.―Fred M. Hechinger, The New York Times

Offers provocative insights about creative thinking and emphasizes how important it is to encourage and support children in their creative endeavors.―Psychology Today

This superbly readable book leads the reader through the labyrinthine visual and verbal minds of some of the major creative thinkers of the twentieth century. Future students of linguistics, psychology, literary theory and cultural history will have to take account of Notebooks of the Mind.―Shirley Brice Heath, Stanford University

A fascinating exploration.―Courtney Cazden, Harvard University

Gives you a feeling of 'being there' in some creative person's study talking things over.―Howard E. Gruber, Rutgers University

A good book might be measured by the degree to which a reader is inclined to converse with it or with its author through the writing. It should provoke ideas, instigate argument, trigger a run of fantasy or memory of one's own....This, indeed, is such a book.―Bruce Woodford, Santa Fe Reporter

A wealth of testimony...wonderfully illuminated by Vera John-Steiner's analytic skill.―Vivian Gornick, author of Women in Science

A rich repository of information and insights concerning the thinking processes of creative individuals.―Frederic L. Holmes, Yale University

From the Publisher

New York Times and Psychology Today Reviews
"Throws new light on the origins and nature of creative minds." -- THE NEW YORK TIMES

"Offers provocative insights about creatvie thinking and emphasizes how important it is to encourage and support children in their creative endeavors." --PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

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