Creativity in Invention and Design (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521430685)

In this book, creativity in technology is discussed using a computational approach. Examining an important historical episode in computer technology as a case study, namely, the invention of microprogramming by Maurice Wilkes in 1951, the author presents a plausible explanation of the process by which Wilkes may have arrived at his invention. Based on this case study, the author has also proposed some very general hypotheses concerning creativity that appear to corroborate the findings of some psychologists and historians and then suggests that creative thinking is not significantly different in nature from everyday thinking and reasoning.

Author: Subrata Dasgupta
ISBN-10: 0521430682
ISBN-13: 9780521430685
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/24/1994
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 9.32h x 6.32w x 0.98d