Genius: The Natural History of Creativity (Problems in the Behavioural Sciences, Series Number 12)

Talent works, genius creates – argues talent and genius lie on a continuum, not discrete

Novelty emerges from an individual mind, when it is judged by a committee, orthodoxy will usually prevail.

All cognitive endeavors require new associations to be made, or old ones to be reviewed. There are marked differences between individuals in the speed with which associations are formed. Speed in the formation of associations is the foundation of individual differences in intelligence. Only a sub-sample of associations is relevant in a given proble