Creativity is a topic that has traditionally interested psychologists, historians and biographers. Developments in cognitive science and artificial intelligence have provided a powerful computational framework in which creativity canbe studied and the creative process can be described and explained. In this book, creativity in technology is discussed using such a computational approach. Using 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 proposedsome very general hypotheses concerning creativity that appear to corroboratethe findings of some psychologists and historians and then suggests that creative thinking is not significantly different in nature from everyday thinking and reasoning. INDICE: 1. Creativity, invention and the computational metaphor; 2. A computational theory of scientific creativity; 3. Maurice Wilkes and the origins of microprogramming: the historical setting; 4. Prolegomenon; 5. The genesis ofan idea: creating the initial sketch; 6. The evolution of an idea: from initial sketch to mature form; 7. Eight hypotheses about the nature of inventing; 8. Epilogue.
- ISBN: 978-0-521-06889-5
- Editorial: Cambridge University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 10/07/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés