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Max Wertheimer, Viktor Sarris (Ed.) Max Wertheimer Productive Thinking Series: Classic Texts in the Sciences

Presents an exposition of Gestalt Offers a detailed account of the genesis and reception of Wertheimer's work Translated original text and detailed historical commentary by Viktor Sarris Max Wertheimer (1880-1943), a pioneer of 20th-century psychology, had a major influence on the development of , especially the psychology of perception and of productive thinking. His work "Productive Thinking" (1945), written in New York, is regarded as a milestone in research. Consisting of many examples of creative processes - from geometric tasks to socio-psychologically relevant conflict resolutions to the development of Einstein's theory of relativity - the book leads the reader through a multi-faceted body of 1st ed. 2020, IX, 257 p. 166 illus., 1 illus. thought in the psychology of thinking. Only a few texts in psychology have remained significant in color. even after a period of three quarters of a century - Max Wertheimer's Productive Thinking is such an exception. This book, which also presents an exposition of , Printed book highlights the "productive" (insightful) versus automatic (unreflected) thought processes for Hardcover many areas of life. In addition to examples from school teaching, the chapter on the 109,99 € | £99.99 | $139.99 emergence of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity is of lasting interest to today's generation of [1]117,69 € (D) | 120,99 € (A) | CHF psychologists, pedagogues, brain researchers, neuroscientists and philosophers. Wertheimer had 130,00 the unique opportunity to analyze Einstein's thinking in direct . An introductory Softcover commentary by Viktor Sarris for this new edition of the first publication of Productive Thinking in 1945 offers a detailed account of the genesis and reception of Wertheimer's work. 79,99 € | £69.99 | $99.99 [1]85,59 € (D) | 87,99 € (A) | CHF 94,50 eBook 67,40 € | £55.99 | $79.99 [2]67,40 € (D) | 67,40 € (A) | CHF 75,50 Available from your library or springer.com/shop MyCopy [3] Printed eBook for just € | $ 24.99 springer.com/mycopy

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