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Show 95 new views. "Creativity is rarely a single flash of intuition," but the sifting out of significant factors from numerous observations. The in- novator who has the intelligence to create also needs a "stimulating environment." He "must usually find his way by means of unfinished bridges" yet "one's successes are always related to and built on the findings of others." many. As for problems, a serious investigator can find "Only lack of interest or time or an overwhelming ineptitude deters the prospective investigator from the creative process. Creativ- ity is manifested at many levels and takes a variety of forms." In Eyring's own experience, analogy was fruitful with his work on liquids where the idea of fluidized vacancies is such an analogy. Perhaps scientific intuition is the most fundamental of all to the creator. "I mean to say that surely the understanding of the molecular world, the physical world, is to be had at the price of deep interest." With such intuition new concepts can be developed as with his notion of the activated complex and viewing reaction rates on potential surfaces, a new concept which too was most fruitful for Eyring. As to future creativity, Eyring is optimistic that "society will succeed in continuing its crea- tive advance because the alternative to this is irreversible disaster to everyone." The lecture in Michigan describes in essence the creativity of Eyring and others and what generated their new world views. can be said of his remarkable genius. But more Eyring was tremendously busy and there were frequent interruptions in his life, but because of his deep interest in a problem, interruptions did not erase the thought from his mind and as soon as he was able to return to it he had the ability to pick up where he left off without an extensive reconstruction of the |
