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The Nature of Creativity

from Part I - An Introduction to Creativity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2019

Edited by
James C. Kaufman  and
Robert J. Sternberg
James C. Kaufman
Affiliation:
University of Connecticut
Robert J. Sternberg
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
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The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity , pp. 7 - 26
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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