The Wiley Handbook of Genius

With contributions from a multi-disciplinary group of expert contributors, this is the first handbook to discuss all aspects of genius, a topic that endlessly provokes and fascinates.

• The first handbook to discuss all aspects of genius with contributions from a multi-disciplinary group of experts
• Covers the origins, characteristics, careers, and consequences of genius with a focus on cognitive science, individual differences, life-span development, and social context
• Explores individual genius, creators, leaders, and performers as diverse as Queen Elizabeth I, Simón Bolívar, Mohandas Gandhi, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Leo Tolstoy, John William Coltrane, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Martha Graham.
• Utilizes a variety of approaches—from genetics, neuroscience, and longitudinal studies to psychometric tests, interviews, and case studies—to provide a comprehensive treatment of the subject

Table of Contents

Part I Perspectives
Chapter 1 The Genius in History: Historiographic Explorations
Chapter 2 The Psychobiography of Genius
Chapter 3 Interviewing Highly Eminent Creators
Chapter 4 Psychometric Studies of Scientific Talent and Eminence
Chapter 5 Historiometric Studies of Genius

Part II Processes
Chapter 6 The Neuroscience of Creative Genius
Chapter 7 Artistic Genius and Creative Cognition
Chapter 8 Case Studies of Genius: Ordinary Thinking, Extraordinary Outcomes
Chapter 9 Virtual Genius

Part III Attributes
Chapter 10 Varieties of Genius
Chapter 11 Cognitive Disinhibition, Creativity, and Psychopathology
Chapter 12 Openness to Experience
Chapter 13 Political and Military Geniuses: Psychological Profiles and Responses to Stress

Part IV Origins
Chapter 14 Genetics of Intellectual and Personality Traits Associated with Creative Genius: Could Geniuses Be Cosmobian Dragon Kings?
Chapter 15 Child Prodigies and Adult Genius: A Weak Link
Chapter 16 Creative Genius: A View from the Expert-Performance Approach
Chapter 17 Cognitive Processes and Development of Chess Genius: An Integrative Approach
Chapter 18 Diversifying Experiences in the Development of Genius and their Impact on Creative Cognition

Part V Trajectories
Chapter 19 The Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth at Maturity: Insights into Elements of Genius
Chapter 20 Age and Scientific Genius
Chapter 21 Musical Creativity over the Lifespan
Chapter 22 Literary Geniuses: Their Life, Work, and Death
Chapter 23 Lifetime Biopsychosocial Trajectories of the Terman Gifted Children: Health, Well-Being, and Longevity

Part VI Contexts
Chapter 24 Evaluating Excellence in the Arts
Chapter 25 The Systems Model of Creativity and Its Applications
Chapter 26 Openness to Scientific Innovation
Chapter 27 Prominent Modern Artists: Determinants of Creativity
Chapter 28 Genius in World Civilization

Part VII Prospects
Chapter 29 Does Genius Science Have a Future History?