Creative work: The case of Charles Darwin

American Psychologist

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 346-349

  Gruber, Howard E ^a,b   Wallace, Doris B ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CREATIVITY; HISTORY; PUBLIC FIGURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOLOGY; CREATIVENESS; ENGLAND; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY;

EID: 85047685442     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.56.4.346     Document Type: Article

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