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   Adams JL. Conceptual blockbusting. Reading, MA.: Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1986.

   Arieti S. Creativity: The Magical Synthesis. New York: Basic Books, 1976.

   Bloom B. Developing Talent in Young People. New York: Ballantine, 1985.

   Boorstin D. The Discoverers: A History of Man’s Search to Know His World and Himself. NY: Vintage Books, 1983.

   Browonski J. The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1978.

   Burke J. Connections. Little Brown and Company, 1978.

   Cattell R. Genius and the Processes of Creative Thought. Chapter 13 in Abilities: Their Structure, Growth, and Action. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1971.

   Csikszentmihalyi M. Creativity. NY: Harper Collins Publishers, 1996.

   De Bono E. Lateral Thinking. London: Penguin Books, 1990.

   De Bono E. De Bono’s Thinking Course. London: MICA Management Resources, 1994.

   Fabian J. Creative Thinking and Problem Solving. Chelsea, Michigan: Lewis Publishers, 1990.

   Gardner H. Creating Minds. New York: Basic Books, 1993.

   Gardner H. Multiple Intelligences: The Theory in Practice. New York: Basic Books, 1993.

   Glover JA, Reynolds CR, & Ronning RR. Handbook of Creativity: Perspectives on Individual Differences. New York and London: Plenum Press, 1989.

   Goldberg J. Anatomy of a Scientific Discovery: The Race to Discover the Secret of Human Pain and Pleasure. New York: Bantam Books, 1988.

   Gopnik A Meltzoff A & Kuhl P. The Scientist in the Crib: Minds, Brains, and How Children Learn. New York: William Morrow and Co., 1999.

   Hahn D. Dancing Corndogs in the Night: Reawakening Your Creative Spirit. Hyperion, 1999.

   Hofstadter DA. The Mind’s I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul. Toronto: Bantum Books, 1982.

   Holmes FL. Hans Krebs and the Discovery of the Ornithine Cycle. Federation Proceedings, 39, 216-225.

   Kao J. Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity. Harper Business, 1996.

   Kuhn T. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 3rd edition. University of Chicago Press, 1996.

   Kuhn T. The Essential Tension: Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1977.

   Kulkarni D & Simon HA. The processes of scientific discovery: The strategy of experimentation. Cognitive Science, 12, 139-176, 1988.

   Langley P, Simon HA, Bradshaw GL & Zytkow JM. Scientific Discovery: Computational Explorations of the Creative Process. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987.

   Merton RK. On Social Structure and Science. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.

   Moore JA. Science As a Way of Knowing: The Foundations of Modern Biology. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1993.

   Nelms H. Thinking with a Pencil. Ten Speed Press, 1981.

   Perkins D. The Eureka Effect: The Art & Logic of Breakthrough Thinking. NY: WW Norton & Co., 2000.

   Perkins DN. The Mind’s Best Work. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981.

   Roberts RM. Serendipity: Accidental Discoveries in Science. New York: Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1989.

   Scientific Genius and Creativity. Readings from Scientific American. New York: WH Freeman, 1982.

* Shekerjian D. Uncommon Genius: How Great Ideas Are Born. New York: Penguin Books, 1991.

   Simon HA. Models of My Life. MIT Press, 1996.

   Simon HA. Scientific discovery as problem solving. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science. 6, 3-14, 1992.

   Sternberg RJ. (ed) The Nature of Creativity. NY: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1991.

   Von Oech R. A Whack on the Side of the Head. New York, Warner Books, 1990.

* Weisberg RW. Creativity: Beyond the Myth of Genius. NY: Freeman and Co., 1993.

   Wycoff J. Mindmapping: Your Personal Guide to Exploring Creativity & Problem-Solving. NY: Berkley Books, 1991.

   
   
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