An essay on the psychology of invention
by Jacques Hadamard · first published 1954
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Jacques Hadamard wrote very well on this in his 1945 "An Essay on the Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field." He described creative burst happening during recovery phases following intense work. Here is one link: http://archive.org/stream/eassayonthepsych006281mbp#page/n11...
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on “Stanford study finds walking improves creativity” ↗For more on this subject, see the 1945 essay by French mathematician Jacques Hadamard, An Essay on the Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field. https://archive.org/details/eassayonthepsych006281mbp
on “Decades-Old Graph Problem Yields to Amateur Mathematician” ↗…opportunity to quote Einstein: "The words of the language, as they are written or spoken, do not seem to play any role in my mechanism of thought." [1] [1] A Mathematician's Mind, Testimonial for An Essay on the Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field by Jacques S. Hadamard, Princeton University Press, 1945
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