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Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation is an interdisciplinary study of creativity that brings together research from psychology, cognitive science, sociology, education, and organizational studies to explain how creative thought and innovation emerge. In this book, R. Keith Sawyer challenges the romantic idea of creativity as a mysterious gift possessed only by exceptional individuals. Instead, he presents creativity as a scientifically understandable process shaped by mental activity, social interaction, cultural context, and collaboration. The book examines creativity in everyday life as well as in major scientific, artistic, and technological breakthroughs.

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