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Management number 231962579 Release Date 2026/06/18 List Price US$51.04 Model Number 231962579
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In this book, creativity in technology is discussed using a computational approach. Examining an important historical episode in computer technology as a case study, namely, the invention of microprogramming by Maurice Wilkes in 1951, the author presents a plausible explanation of the process by which Wilkes may have arrived at his invention. Based on this case study, the author has also proposed some very general hypotheses concerning creativity that appear to corroborate the findings of some psychologists and historians and then suggests that creative thinking is not significantly different in nature from everyday thinking and reasoning. Read more

ISBN10 0521430682
ISBN13 978-0521430685
Edition 1st
Language English
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Dimensions 6.5 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches
Item Weight 1.13 pounds
Print length 272 pages
Publication date June 24, 1994

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