Religious traditions as contexts of historical creativity: Patterns of scientific and artistic achievement and their stability

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1125-1135

  Berry, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achievement; Arts; Creativity; Eminence; Family background; Religion; Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033145443     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00221-9     Document Type: Article

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