Genius: The Natural History of Creativity (Hans Eysenck, 1995)
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Eysenck, H. J. (1995). Genius: The natural history of creativity (Vol. 12). Cambridge University Press. The book is on LibGen I continue my Eysenck readings with his popular genius book (prior review The Psychology of Politics (1954)). Having previously read some of Simonton's work, Eysenck sure is a very different beast! The writing style follows the usual style: candid, emphasizing of uncertainty when present, funny, and very wide ranging. In fact, regarding replication, Eysenck is almost modern, always asking for replications of experiments, and saying that it is a waste of time to do studies with n < 100! I don't have time to write a big review, but I have marked a bunch of interesting passages, and I will quote them here. Before doing so, however, the reader should know that there is now a memorial site for Hans Eysenck too, with free copies of his work. It's not complete yet, his bibliography is massive! https://hanseysenck.com/ I host it, but it's created by a 3rd person. Let's begin. Actually, I forgot to note interesting passages in the first half of the book, so these are all from second part. Eysenck discusses the role of the environment in origins of genius, and illustrates with
Genius: The Natural History of Creativity (Hans Eysenck, 1995)
Genius: The Natural History of Creativity…
Genius: The Natural History of Creativity (Hans Eysenck, 1995)
Eysenck, H. J. (1995). Genius: The natural history of creativity (Vol. 12). Cambridge University Press. The book is on LibGen I continue my Eysenck readings with his popular genius book (prior review The Psychology of Politics (1954)). Having previously read some of Simonton's work, Eysenck sure is a very different beast! The writing style follows the usual style: candid, emphasizing of uncertainty when present, funny, and very wide ranging. In fact, regarding replication, Eysenck is almost modern, always asking for replications of experiments, and saying that it is a waste of time to do studies with n < 100! I don't have time to write a big review, but I have marked a bunch of interesting passages, and I will quote them here. Before doing so, however, the reader should know that there is now a memorial site for Hans Eysenck too, with free copies of his work. It's not complete yet, his bibliography is massive! https://hanseysenck.com/ I host it, but it's created by a 3rd person. Let's begin. Actually, I forgot to note interesting passages in the first half of the book, so these are all from second part. Eysenck discusses the role of the environment in origins of genius, and illustrates with