The Creative Mind

How is it possible to think new thoughts? What is creativity and can science explain it? and just how did Coleridge dream up the creatures of 'The Ancient Marin... » 

How is it possible to think new thoughts? What is creativity and can science explain it? and just how did Coleridge dream up the creatures of 'The Ancient Mariner'? Boden uses examples such as jazz improvisation, chess, story writing, physics and the music of Mozart, together with computing models from the field of artificial intelligence to uncover the nature of human creativity in the arts, science and everyday life. «