The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places From Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley (54 page)

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anarchy vs.,
196
,
198
Athens and,
24
,
31
,
69
Beethoven and,
196
,
229
–31,
271
,
303
Bose and,
205
,
207
Brady and,
45
,
206
–7
creativity and,
24
,
187
,
196
–97
neurological connections of,
196
–98
Tagore and,
196
,
199
–200

Charnock, Job,
189
,
191

Chattopadhyay, Bankim,
188

Chaudhuri, Amit,
192
,
201

Chen Chengzhong,
79

child prodigies,
227

China,
30
,
34
,
65
–75,
77
–80,
82
–95,
101
,
117
,
130
,
150
,
156
,
234
,
257
,
267
,
288
–89

creativity and,
83
–85,
87
–91,
93
–95,
202
demise of,
68
,
83
–84,
93
,
95
education in,
67
,
80
,
93
–95
emperor–poets of,
69
,
95
as gamblers,
92
–93
Great Firewall of,
89
,
91
humility in,
82
–83
innovation and,
83
,
86
–87,
93
,
95
inventions of,
66
–67
Ma and,
91
–94
rare manuscripts of,
77
–79
religions in,
93
–94
sense of humor in,
87
–88
Silicon Valley and,
288
,
310
,
317
–18
Song Dynasty of,
67
,
75
,
86
,
288
tradition and,
66
,
78
–79,
85
–87,
92

chloroform,
146
,
149
,
206

Christianity,
44
,
85
,
94
,
120
–21,
123
,
187
,
203
,
278

Christmas Carol, A
(Dickens),
21

Church:

Edinburgh and,
148
,
154
Florence and,
113
,
119
,
123
,
128
–30,
134
indulgences sold by,
105
,
138
Michelangelo’s cadaver studies and,
121
–23
Renaissance and,
120
–21,
128
,
181
Scotland and,
171
,
181
–82,
192
Verrocchio and,
109
–10

Churchill, Winston,
38
,
57
–58

clubs,
291

Edinburgh and,
155
,
173
–74
Scotland and,
145
,
174
–77,
179
–80

Codex Leicester
(Leonardo),
81

coffin collars,
146

cognitive flexibility,
264
,
271

Cold War,
233
,
294
,
305

Columbus, Christopher,
79
,
292

competition,
80
,
220
,
260
,
281
,
313

Athens and,
60
–62
Florence and,
123
–28
Greece and,
19
,
24
–25
Ma and,
93
–94
and motivation for creativity,
25
–26
Renaissance and,
123
–24

complexity,
28
,
198
–99,
260
,
323

Brady and,
38
,
45
–46
complication vs.,
201
–2,
238

Complexity
(Waldrop),
201

computers,
86
,
111
,
128
,
147
,
182
,
291
,
296
,
304
,
306

Configurations of Culture Growth
(Kroeber),
62

Confucianism,
67
,
80
,
84
–85,
94

Confucius,
34
,
70
,
85

Congress, U.S.,
290

conjectural history,
150

Consciousness and Cognition,
39

Context Travel,
131

conversation,
40
,
43
,
47
,
67
,
94
,
108
,
170
–72,
259
,
275

adda
and,
188
,
212
–14,
255
,
325
cafés and,
101
,
254
–55,
284
Edinburgh and,
170
,
172
,
178
Socrates and,
34
,
37

Corinth,
20
,
44
,
54

“Coriolan” (Beethoven),
231

Cratylus,
56

Creation, The
(Haydn),
164
,
244
,
246

creation myths,
24
,
85
,
202
–3

creative destruction,
94
,
281

creativity,
7
–11,
43
,
55
,
71
,
76
,
82
,
103
–4,
113
–14,
116
,
118
,
120
,
128
,
161
–68,
171
,
210
,
218
,
227
,
243
,
274
–78,
281
,
292
,
323
–26

as act of discovery,
164
–65
alcohol and,
38
–40,
177
ambiguity and,
179
,
278
Athens and,
24
,
28
–30,
57
,
86
–87,
220
,
288
Beethoven and,
230
–32
Calcutta and,
186
,
188
,
191
,
193
–94,
204
,
211
,
213
–15
chance and,
187
,
196

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