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New ScientistIssue: 29/10/2005 Ref: NS291005 Availability: 7 in stock.
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By welcoming birds and animals into the towns, are we offering them a comfortable new niche or luring them into a trap? New Scientist investigates You want a quantum computer? Then prepare to fight off the ultimate in malicious software Why do we find beautiful markings on animals that just hide in the mud. It seems that nature's extravagance knows no bounds, says Philip Ball Creativity special: Never give up Solving a tricky mathematical problem is a bit like supporting a mediocre football team, says Timothy Gowers A sudden compulsion to write gripped neurologist Alice Flaherty - her hypergraphia transformed her approach to mental illness and creativity What on earth have cubism and relativity to say to each other? Far more than you might think, as Arthur Miller explained to Amanda Gefter We can all be more creative, so the experts claim. But how? We asked 10 novelists, artists and scientists for their secrets Where does creativity come from? What makes one person more creative than another? Helen Phillips finds her muse in brain anatomy, mood swings and down time Why are some places more successful than others at encouraging creative, economic growth? Richard Florida identifies the key factors It is hugely challenging to use a computer to model human creativity. The task has caused Douglas Hofstadter to ask himself some tough questions As fast as it builds things up the universe is busy tearing them down. What lies at the root of this seeming contradiction, asks Paul Davies What do artists go through when they create, and does the process change them? We ask leading songwriters A sudden compulsion to write gripped neurologist Alice Flaherty - her hypergraphia transformed her approach to mental illness and creativity What on earth have cubism and relativity to say to each other? Far more than you might think, as Arthur Miller explained to Amanda Gefter We can all be more creative, so the experts claim. But how? We asked 10 novelists, artists and scientists for their secrets Where does creativity come from? What makes one person more creative than another? Helen Phillips finds her muse in brain anatomy, mood swings and down time Why are some places more successful than others at encouraging creative, economic growth? Richard Florida identifies the key factors It is hugely challenging to use a computer to model human creativity. The task has caused Douglas Hofstadter to ask himself some tough questions As fast as it builds things up the universe is busy tearing them down. What lies at the root of this seeming contradiction, asks Paul Davies What do artists go through when they create, and does the process change them? We ask leading songwriters |
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