The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places From Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley (55 page)

chaos and,
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,
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,
196
–97

China and,
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–85,
87
–91,
93
–95,
202

in context,
85
–86

culture and,
8
–9,
11
,
83
–85,
190

defining genius and,
2
–3,
17

defining of,
84
,
207

Edinburgh and,
141
,
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,
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education and,
126
–27,
179

environment and,
28
,
84
,
236
–38,
240

ethnic diversity and,
256
–57

Florence and,
136
–38,
179

food and,
46
–48

Freud and,
265
–66,
268
,
277
–78

German and,
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–58

Greece and,
22
,
24
,
28
,
35
,
51
,
57

Hindus and,
24
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202
–3

at home,
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–26

humor and,
87
–88

immigration and,
264
–65

Jews and,
277
–78

link between awareness of death and,
57
–58

motivation and,
25
–26

Mozart and,
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,
234

muses and,
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–51

neuroscience of,
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–24

from nothing,
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–86,
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–3,
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novelty in,
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,
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playfulness and,
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–89

problem finding in,
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–11

rejection and,
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–61,
80
,
265
–66

religion and,
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–85,
181

Scotland and,
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–46,
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–59,
175
–76,
180
,
183

Silicon Valley and,
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,
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,
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–17

small–c,
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–12

and sources of genius,
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surprise and,
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–65

Tagore and,
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thinking and,
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–11,
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–53,
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,
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,
325

Vienna and,
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–37,
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,
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,
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,
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vision in,
203
–4

weak ties of,
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–4

of women,
240

creeping vanity,
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–16

Crick, Francis,
25
–26

Critobulus,
33

Crivelli, Carlo,
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Crystal Orange Hotel,
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–69,
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,
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,
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,
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–95

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly,
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–18,
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,
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culture,
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–97,
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,
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–48,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Calcutta and,
188
,
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China and,
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,
83
–85,
93
,
202

competition and,
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–24

counterculture and,
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,
305

creativity and,
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–9,
11
,
83
–85,
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family and,
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–11,
325

Florence and,
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,
118
,
124
,
130

Freud and,
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,
272

Greece and,
19
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29
,
62

India and,
190
,
202

Silicon Valley and,
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,
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Vienna and,
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–20,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Curie, Marie,
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,
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Cyrus, King of Persia,
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Daily Life in Athens at the Time of Pericles,
15

Dana,
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–74,
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–77,
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–89

D’Angour, Armand,
37
,
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Danilevsky’s law,
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,
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Dante,
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,
98
,
125
,
182

Darrah, Chuck,
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–302,
308

Darwin, Charles,
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,
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,
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evolution theory of,
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,
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,
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–61,
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fools’ experiments and,
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,
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,
311

observation and,
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–82

Das, Subhadra,
3
–5

Dasgupta, Subrata,
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,
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,
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Datta, Sudhin,
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David
(Donatello),
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David
(Michelangelo),
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,
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–34

Dead Sea Scrolls,
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death,
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,
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,
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–43,
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296
,
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Calcutta and,
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,
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Freud and,
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,
276

Haydn and,
242
,
246

link between creativity and awareness of,
57
–58

Mozart and,
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,
228
,
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,
249