Toward a language of invention and synthetic thinking

Creativity Research Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 353-367

  Weber, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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EID: 0342538840     PISSN: 10400419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326934crj0904_7     Document Type: Article

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