Basic Books

Pablo Picasso: Anatomy of Creativity

January 13, 2017

Creating Minds is one of the most enjoyable as well as one of the most informative books I have ever read. Recently, I re-read it and enjoyed it even more. I have long admired Howard Gardner’s research on multiple intelligences…

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Albert Einstein: Anatomy of Creativity

January 10, 2017

Creating Minds is one of the most enjoyable as well as one of the most informative books I have ever read. Recently, I re-read it and recommend it even more enthusiastically now. I have long admired Howard Gardner’s research on…

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Sigmund Freud: Anatomy of Creativity

January 8, 2017

Creating Minds is one of the most enjoyable as well as one of the most informative books I have ever read. Recently, I re-read it and recommend it even more enthusiastically now. I have long admired Howard Gardner’s research on…

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Chief Culture Officer: A book review by Bob Morris

June 7, 2015

Chief Culture Officer: How to Create a Living, Breathing Corporation Grant McCracken Basic Books (2009) The world outside the corporation: ”the body of ideas, emotions, and activities that make up the life of the consumer” I read this book when…

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Curious: A book review by Bob Morris

September 27, 2014

Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on It Ian Leslie Basic Books (2014) “I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” Albert Einstein Strengthening observational skills is a worthy objective. However, if a person…

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When There’s No Such Thing as Too Much Information

February 15, 2014

Illustration: James Yang Here is an excerpt from an article by Steve Lohr for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * Information overload is a…

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Divine Fury: A book review by Bob Morris

January 15, 2014

Divine Fury: A History of Genius Darrin McMahon Basic Books (2014) A brilliant analysis of “the emergence of the genius as a figure of extraordinary privilege and power” Before reading this book for the first time, I checked out the…

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Maria Popova on Divine Fury: A Brief History of Genius

November 19, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Maria Popova for her website, Brain Pickings. She shares her thoughts about Darrin McMahon’s exceptional book, Divine Genius: A Brief history of Genius, in which he observes, “If we wish…

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Peter Gray: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

May 6, 2013

Peter Gray, research professor of psychology at Boston College, has conducted and published research in a wide range of fields, including neuroendocrinology, animal behavior, developmental psychology, anthropology, and education. He is author of a highly regarded college textbook, Psychology (Worth…

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