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      Genius and Creativity: Selected Papers

      Dean Keith Simonton

      What underlies the worlds most acclaimed acts of creative genius? By using these historiometric methods, psychologists can enhance our scientific comprehension of the most important phenomena of human behavior -…

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      Scientific Genius: A Psychology of Science

      Dean Keith Simonton

      Dean Keith Simonton developed a theory of scientific genius called chance-configuration theory that accounts for mental processes and behaviors behind creative acts and scientific discoveries. The concluding chapter outlines the…

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      The Wiley Handbook of Genius

      Dean Keith Simonton

      With contributions from a multi-disciplinary group of expert contributors, this is the first handbook to discuss all aspects of genius, a topic that endlessly provokes and fascinates.

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      Creativity in Science: Chance, Logic, Genius, and Zeitgeist

      Dean Keith Simonton (University of California, Davis)

      Where do major scientific breakthroughs come from? Do they arise from the logic of the scientific method or do they result from flashes of genius? This book provides an answer…

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      The Genius Checklist: Nine Paradoxical Tips on How You Can Become a Creative Genius

      Dean Keith Simonton (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California, Davis)

      What it takes to be a genius: nine essential and contradictory ingredients.

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      Great Flicks: Scientific Studies of Cinematic Creativity and Aesthetics

      Dr. Dean Keith Simonton (Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Davis)

      What does it take to make a great motion picture? What do we even mean by cinematic greatness? What is more important: movie awards, critical acclaim, or box office success…

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      Genius and Creativity: Selected Papers

      Dean Keith Simonton

      What underlies the worlds most acclaimed acts of creative genius? By using these historiometric methods, psychologists can enhance our scientific comprehension of the most important phenomena of human behavior -…

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      Greatness: Who Makes History and Why

      Dean Keith Simonton

      This book will be of interest to anyone interested in the people and events that have helped shape the world, including mental health professionals and scholars studying psychological topics in…

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      Greatness: Who Makes History and Why

      Dean Keith Simonton

      This book will be of interest to anyone interested in the people and events that have helped shape the world, including mental health professionals and scholars studying psychological topics in…

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      Creativity in Science: Chance, Logic, Genius, and Zeitgeist

      Dean Keith Simonton (University of California, Davis)

      Where do major scientific breakthroughs come from? Do they arise from the logic of the scientific method or do they result from flashes of genius? This book provides an answer…

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      The Genius Checklist: Nine Paradoxical Tips on How You Can Become a Creative Genius

      Dean Keith Simonton (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California, Davis)

      What it takes to be a genius: nine essential and contradictory ingredients.

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      Origins of Genius: Darwinian Perspectives on Creativity

      Dean Keith Simonton (Professor of Psychology, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Davis)

      In Origins of Genius, Dean Simonton reveals how Darwin’s theory of natural selection can be used to explain the psychology of creative geniuses. Simonton not only uses Darwin’s ideas to…

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      The Social Science of Cinema

      Top scholars from psychology, economics, sociology, business, and communications tackle key questions about the film experience. From a movie’s creation to the audience’s reaction to its eventual reception by critics…

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      Genius, Creativity, and Leadership

      Professor of Psychology Dean Keith Simonton, PhD (University of California, Davis)

      Dean Keith Simonton examines uncommon people; those creators and leaders whose impact on their own and later times has been so great that they deserve the label genius. A simultaneous…

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      Pseudoscience: The Conspiracy Against Science

      Case studies, personal accounts, and analysis show how to recognize and combat pseudoscience in a post-truth world.

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