Sparks of Genius

Exercise your imagination and set off sparks of genius. In this mind-expanding book, Robert and Michele Root-Bernstein describe the "thinking tools" of extraordinary people, from Albert Einstein and Jane Goodall to Amadeus Mozart and Virginia Woolf, and show how you can practice the same imaginative skills to be your most inventive, at any time in your life. With its lavish illustrations and novel exploration of tools as diverse as playing, observing, recognizing patterns, imaging, modeling, and more, Sparks of Genius is a groundbreaking guidebook for everyone interested in creative thinking, lifelong learning, and interdisciplinary education.

Robert and Michele Root-Bernstein have been studying and consulting on creativity for more than a decade. Robert Root-Bernstein is a professor of physiology at Michigan State University and the winner of a MacArthur Fellowship. Michele Root-Bernstein, an awardwinning historian, has written about and taught history and creative writing.