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- catalog abstract ""In Extraordinary Minds, a book as riveting as it is new, Gardner poses an important question: Is there a set of traits shared by all truly great achievers - those we deem extraordinary - no matter their field or the time period within which they did their important work?" "In an attempt to answer this question, Gardner first examines how most of us mature into more or less competent adults. He then examines closely four persons who lived unquestionably extraordinary lives - Mozart, Freud, Woolf, and Gandhi - using each as an exemplar of a different kind of extraordinariness: Mozart as the master of a discipline, Freud as the innovative founder of a new discipline, Woolf as the great introspector, and Gandhi as the influencer." "What can we learn about ourselves from the experiences of the extraordinary? Interestingly, Gardner finds that an excess of raw power is not the most impressive characteristic shared by superachievers; rather, these extraordinary individuals all have had a special talent for identifying their own strengths and weaknesses, for accurately analyzing the events of their own lives, and for converting into future successes those inevitable setbacks that mark every life." "Gardner provides answers to a number of provocative questions, among them: How do we explain extraordinary times - Athens in the fifth century B.C., the T'ang Dynasty in the eighth century, Islamic Society in the late Middle Ages, and New York at the middle of the century? What is the relation among genius, creativity, fame, success, and moral extraordinariness? Does extraordinariness make for a happier, more fulfilling life, or does it simply create a special onus?"--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10170789.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description ""In Extraordinary Minds, a book as riveting as it is new, Gardner poses an important question: Is there a set of traits shared by all truly great achievers - those we deem extraordinary - no matter their field or the time period within which they did their important work?" "In an attempt to answer this question, Gardner first examines how most of us mature into more or less competent adults. He then examines closely four persons who lived unquestionably extraordinary lives - Mozart, Freud, Woolf, and Gandhi - using each as an exemplar of a different kind of extraordinariness: Mozart as the master of a discipline, Freud as the innovative founder of a new discipline, Woolf as the great introspector, and Gandhi as the influencer." "What can we learn about ourselves from the experiences of the extraordinary? Interestingly, Gardner finds that an excess of raw power is not the most impressive characteristic shared by superachievers; rather, these extraordinary individuals all have had a special talent for identifying their own strengths and weaknesses, for accurately analyzing the events of their own lives, and for converting into future successes those inevitable setbacks that mark every life." "Gardner provides answers to a number of provocative questions, among them: How do we explain extraordinary times - Athens in the fifth century B.C., the T'ang Dynasty in the eighth century, Islamic Society in the late Middle Ages, and New York at the middle of the century? What is the relation among genius, creativity, fame, success, and moral extraordinariness? Does extraordinariness make for a happier, more fulfilling life, or does it simply create a special onus?"--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographic references (p. 163-167) and index.".
- catalog description "Toward a science of extraordinariness -- Ordinary development -- Extraordinary development -- Master: the case of Mozart -- Maker: the case of Freud -- Introspector: the case of Woolf -- Influencer: the case of Gandhi -- Varieties of extraordinariness -- Lessons.".
- catalog extent "xii, 178 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Extraordinary minds.".
- catalog identifier "0465045154".
- catalog isFormatOf "Extraordinary minds.".
- catalog isPartOf "MasterMinds".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : BasicBooks,".
- catalog relation "Extraordinary minds.".
- catalog subject "153.9/8 21".
- catalog subject "BF412 .G27 1997".
- catalog subject "Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.".
- catalog subject "Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948.".
- catalog subject "Gifted persons Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Gifted persons.".
- catalog subject "Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.".
- catalog subject "Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Toward a science of extraordinariness -- Ordinary development -- Extraordinary development -- Master: the case of Mozart -- Maker: the case of Freud -- Introspector: the case of Woolf -- Influencer: the case of Gandhi -- Varieties of extraordinariness -- Lessons.".
- catalog title "Extraordinary minds : portraits of exceptional individuals and an examination of our extraordinariness / Howard Gardner.".
- catalog type "Case studies. fast".
- catalog type "text".