Feynman's Rainbow by Leonard Mlodinow
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Feynman's Rainbow by Leonard Mlodinow
Einstein called this tactic “combinatory play”—the act of opening up one mental channel by dabbling in another. This is why he would often play the violin when he was having difficulty solving a mathematical puzzle; after a few hours of sonatas, he could usually find the answer he needed.
Elizabeth Gilbert • Big Magic: How to Live a Creative Life, and Let Go of Your Fear
Richard P. Feynman, “What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character” (1989)
Michael Nielsen • Augmenting Long-Term Memory
Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time (Helix Books)
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Einstein famously attributed some of his greatest physics breakthroughs to his violin breaks, which he believed connected different parts of his brain in new ways.
Maria Popova • Networked Knowledge and Combinatorial Creativity
Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
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