West, Thomas G.

In the mind's eye : creative visual thinkers, gifted dyslexics, and the rise of visual technologies / Thomas G. West. - 2nd ed. - 516 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm.

Foreword /Oliver Sacks -- Slow words, quick images: an overview -- Dyslexia and learning difficulties from the inside -- Constellations of traits, some neurological perspectives -- Profiles, part 1: Faraday, Maxwell, and Einstein -- Profiles, part 2: Dodgson, Poincaré, Edison, Tesla, and da Vinci -- Profiles, part 3: Churchill, Patton, and Yeats -- Speech and nonverbal thought -- Patterns in creativity -- Images, computers, and mathematics -- Patterns, implications, possibilities -- Epilogue -- Appendices : Symptomology ; Sources of information.

9781591027003


Genius
Imagery (Psychology)
Creative ability.
Dyslexia
Creativity

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