(Creativity in Invention and Design ) Author: Subrata DasGupta Aug-2004

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Creativity in Invention and Design ( ) By DasGupta, Subrata ( Author ) Hardcover 2004

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Salaam Stanley Matthews

( The story of a unique encounter between England and Ind...)

The story of a unique encounter between England and India starts in 1950 when Subrata Dasgupta was six years old and his parents came to Britain from Calcutta. In his affectionate portrait of a Britain that seems as foreign to us now as it was to him then, he recalls what it was like growing up in Nottingham and Derby in the 1950s: holidays in Blackpool, the trials of the dreaded Eleven-Plus and the first stirrings of rock and roll. Above all it is the story of one small Indian boy's devotion to the greatest footballer of the day, Stanley Matthews—who to Subrata Dasgupta represented all that was best about his new country.

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Creativity in Invention and Design

(In this book, creativity in technology is discussed using...)

In this book, creativity in technology is discussed using a computational approach. Examining an important historical episode in computer technology as a case study, namely, the invention of microprogramming by Maurice Wilkes in 1951, the author presents a plausible explanation of the process by which Wilkes may have arrived at his invention. Based on this case study, the author has also proposed some very general hypotheses concerning creativity that appear to corroborate the findings of some psychologists and historians and then suggests that creative thinking is not significantly different in nature from everyday thinking and reasoning.

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Design Theory and Computer Science (Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science)

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The author examines logic and methodology of design from the perspective of computer science. Computers provide the context for this examination both by discussion of the design process for hardware and software systems and by consideration of the role of computers in design in general. The central question posed by the author is whether or not we can construct a theory of design.

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Design and Description of Computer Architectures

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(Creativity in Invention and Design ) Author: Subrata DasGupta Jul-2008

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The Bengal Renaissance: Identity And Creativity From Rammohun Roy To Rabindranath Tagore

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Scholars have long debated the very idea of a bengal renaissance their controversies have dwelt almost entirely over whether there was anything like a renaissance at all and its significance or otherwise from social, political and cultural perspectives this book addresses the issue from a very different framework subrata dasgupta an eminent scientist and author of a highly regarded intellectual biography of the scientist jagadis chandra bose approaches the topic from the perspective of philosophy of science and the psychology of creativity his intention is to show that the phenomenon of the bengal renaissance is characterized by a certain collective cognitive identity, which had its roots in the work of the british orientalists, beginning with william jones and which took form amidst a small but remarkable community of highly creative individuals in nineteenth-century bengal the most notable figures in this creative community were the social reformer and savant rammohun roy; the poet henry derozio; the scholar-poet michael madhusudan datta; the novelist bankimchandra chattopadhyay; pioneering scientists and medical men such as mahendra lal sircar, jagadis chandra bose and prafulla chandra ray; the mystic sri ramakrishna, the pedagogue swami vivekananda; and the all-encompassing literary figure rabindranath tagore the core work of each of these major figures is outlined for its distinctive style, analysed for its contribution to an intellectual milieu and assessed for its effect on cultural life the author unveils in detail the precise cognitive nature of the respective creative endeavours of these key figures, especially in the realms of indology, theology, literature, science and practical religion he demonstrates the cross-cultural mentality and the interest in universalism that characterize the work of these cultural icons

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Technology and Creativity

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Few things require a finer blend of practical knowledge and creative imagination than the invention of new technologies. Great innovators like Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and Henry Ford possessed not only extensive mechanical knowledge, but also a profound ability to anticipate and fulfill the technological needs and desires of society. What thought processes underlie this unique union of mechanical prowess and social insight? Are inventors inspired by a divine muse--as artists through the ages have claimed to be--or is there a more down-to-earth explanation? In Technology and Creativity, Subrata Dasgupta brilliantly argues that such processes can be understood scientifically, and he offers a groundbreaking exploration of how cognitive psychology can shed light on the technological mind. Packed with intriguing case histories and many illuminating examples, the book provides in-depth analyses of the cognitive origins of technological creativity--the conception, invention, and design of original, useful artifacts--and of the people who have possessed this rare talent. Leading us on a fascinating tour through the history of modern technology--from the primitive atmospheric steam engine of 1712 through breakthroughs in mechanical, civil, aeronautical, and electrical engineering--the author gives voice to the genius of the many inventors, some famous, others obscure, who have forever altered history through their achievements. We learn, for example, of the tangled web of ideas behind the first electronic computer, of Benjamin Huntsman's invention of the crucible process, and of Robert Stephenson's design of the Britannia Bridge. We are treated to a close look at the intellectual odysseys that led to Thomas Newcomen's invention of the first steam engine and to the development of the first superalloys. And throughout the book, Dasgupta illuminates these stories with the latest ideas in cognitive psychology, offering for the first time a critical, scientific evaluation of technological creativity. He reveals that inventors--who have long sat in the shadows of the great artists and theoretical scientists--possess a unique and remarkable kind of imagination that puts them squarely on the level of the most exalted physicists, painters, chemists, and poets. Remarking on Technology and Creativity, the distinguished historian of science and technology Donald Cardwell called it "an original and valuable book...as readable as it is authoritative and stimulating." With its rare combination of an intimate, often conversational writing style and clear expositions of difficult concepts, the book will be of interest to all who have ever pondered the nature of human creativity.

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Awakening: The Story of the Bengal Renaissance

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old arguments about religion, society, and the lives of women were overturned; great schools and colleges were created; new ideas surfaced in science. And all these changes were led by a handful of remarkable men and women. For the first time comes a gripping narrative about the Bengal Renaissance recounted through the lives of all its players from Rammohun Roy to Rabindranath Tagore. Immaculately researched, told with colour, drama, and passion, Awakening is a stunning achievement.

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Awakening - The Story of the Bengal Renaissance

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For a few glorious decades in the nineteenth century, bengal would witness a revolutionlike it never had before, and never would since it was a revolution of the mind and of a handful ofmen and women, but it would change the fabric of indian society irrevocably it began with a band of englishmen, led by the brilliant orientologist, william jones then there was the enigmatic rammohun roy who invented a reformed hinduism called the brahmo samaj; and his close friend, david hare, who conceived the idea of an institution which could teach the youth of bengal western thought, an idea that became the hindu college there was the 'poet, philosopher, madman' derozio who inspired a generation of youths at thehindu college; the tempestuous michael madhusudan datta who created new forms of bengaliverse on european lines; and michael's well - wisher, the scholar vidyasagar, who fought fiercely forthe cause of hindu widows and women's education there was bankimchandra, a civil servant whohelped create the novel in indian literature there were two remarkable women, rassundari deviwho taught herself to read and write and was the first indian woman to pen her autobiography; andthe ill - fated toru dutt who wrote poems and novels in english and french at a time when womencould scarcely readthere were jagadish bose and prafulla chandra ray, two lonely workers in laughably primitivelaboratories who became the frontiersmen of modern indian science; and vivekananda, the monkwho preached a new form of vedantism, both at home and abroad there was, finally, the hypnotic,impossibly gifted rabindranath tagore, the very epitome of the bengal renaissance, renaissancepersonified woven into these lives was calcutta, the 'second city' of the british empire; and aconstellation of places of learning for the first time comes a gripping narrative about the story of the bengal renaissance and theextraordinary men and women who were part of it

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Creativity in Invention and Design 1st edition by Dasgupta, Subrata (1994) Hardcover

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Design Theory and Computer Science (Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science) ( Hardcover ) by Dasgupta, Subrata published by Cambridge University Press

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