Dean Keith Simonton 
The Wiley Handbook of Genius [EPUB ebook] 

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.



* The first handbook to discuss all aspects of genius with
contributions from a multi-disciplinary group of experts

* Covers the origins, characteristics, careers, and consequences
of genius with a focus on cognitive science, individual
differences, life-span development, and social context

* Explores individual genius, creators, leaders, and performers
as diverse as Queen Elizabeth I, Simón Bolívar, Mohandas
Gandhi, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Leo Tolstoy, John William Coltrane,
Georgia O’Keeffe, and Martha Graham.

* Utilizes a variety of approaches–from genetics,
neuroscience, and longitudinal studies to psychometric tests,
interviews, and case studies–to provide a comprehensive
treatment of the subject

قائمة المحتويات

List of Contributors ix

Preface xvii

Part I Perspectives 1

1 The Genius in History: Historiographic Explorations 3

Laura C. Ball

2 The Psychobiography of Genius 20

William Todd Schultz

3 Interviewing Highly Eminent Creators 33

Jeanne Nakamura and Jeff Fajans

4 Psychometric Studies of Scientific Talent and Eminence
62

Gregory J. Feist

5 Historiometric Studies of Genius 87

Dean Keith Simonton

Part II Processes 107

6 The Neuroscience of Creative Genius 109

Nancy C. Andreasen and Kanchna Ramchandran

7 Artistic Genius and Creative Cognition 120

Paul Thagard

8 Case Studies of Genius: Ordinary Thinking, Extraordinary
Outcomes 139

Robert W. Weisberg

9 Virtual Genius 166

David Cope

Part III Attributes 183

10 Varieties of Genius 185

Robert J. Sternberg and Stacey L. Bridges

11 Cognitive Disinhibition, Creativity, and Psychopathology
198

Shelley H. Carson

12 Openness to Experience 222

Robert R. Mc Crae and David M. Greenberg

13 Political and Military Geniuses: Psychological Profiles and
Responses to Stress 244

Peter Suedfeld

Part IV Origins 267

14 Genetics of Intellectual and Personality Traits Associated
with Creative Genius: Could Geniuses Be Cosmobian Dragon Kings?
269

Wendy Johnson and Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr.

15 Child Prodigies and Adult Genius: A Weak Link 297

Ellen Winner

16 Creative Genius: A View from the Expert-Performance Approach
321

K. Anders Ericsson

17 Cognitive Processes and Development of Chess Genius: An
Integrative Approach 350

Guillermo Campitelli, Fernand Gobet, and Merim
Bilali´c

18 Diversifying Experiences in the Development of Genius and
their Impact on Creative Cognition 375

Rodica Ioana Damian and Dean Keith Simonton

Part V Trajectories 395

19 The Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth at Maturity:
Insights into Elements of Genius 397

Harrison J. Kell and David Lubinski

20 Age and Scientific Genius 422

Benjamin F. Jones, E.J. Reedy, and Bruce A. Weinberg

21 Musical Creativity over the Lifespan 451

Aaron Kozbelt

22 Literary Geniuses: Their Life, Work, and Death 473

Alexander S. Mc Kay and James C. Kaufman

23 Lifetime Biopsychosocial Trajectories of the Terman Gifted
Children: Health, Well-Being, and Longevity 488

Katherine A. Duggan and Howard S. Friedman

Part VI Contexts 509

24 Evaluating Excellence in the Arts 511

Victor Ginsburgh and Sheila Weyers

25 The Systems Model of Creativity and Its Applications
533

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

26 Openness to Scientific Innovation 546

Frank J. Sulloway

27 Prominent Modern Artists: Determinants of Creativity
564

Christiane Hellmanzik

28 Genius in World Civilization 586

Charles Murray

Part VII Prospects 609

29 Does Genius Science Have a Future History? 611

Dean Keith Simonton

Appendix 619

Index 629

Color plate section is between pages 170 and 171

عن المؤلف

Dean Keith Simonton is Distinguished Professor of
Psychology at the University of California, Davis. His research
concerns various aspects of genius, creativity, leadership, talent,
and aesthetics. Simonton’s numerous honors include the
William James Book Award, the Sir Francis Galton Award for
Outstanding Contributions to the Study of Creativity, the Rudolf
Arnheim Award for Outstanding Achievement in Psychology and the
Arts, the SPSP Theoretical Innovation Prize, the George A. Miller
Outstanding Article Award, and three Mensa Awards for Excellence in
Research. He has produced more than 460 publications, including
more than a dozen books. His most recent books include The
Social Science of Cinema (2014), Great Flicks: Scientific
Studies of Cinematic Creativity and Aesthetics (2011), and
Genius 101 (2009).