Scott Alan Kaufman

Secrets of the Young and Successful: How to Get Everything You Want Without Waiting a Lifetime

Secrets of the Young & Successful: How to Get Everythng You Want without Waiting a Lifetime

Actions, Styles and Symbols in Kenetic Family Drawings: An Interpretive Manual

The Presidency of James Earl Carter, Jr.

The Presidency of James Earl Carter, Jr.

The Pig War: The United States, Britain, and the Balance of Power in the Pacific Northwest, 1846-72

Secrets of the Young and Successful: How to Get Everything You Want Without Waiting a Lifetime

Secrets of the Young & Successful: How to Get Everything You Want Without Waiting a Lifetime

"If you can dream it, you can be it; I am the boss of me" are the mantras of SECRETS OF THE YOUNG AND SUCCESSFUL. You can get what you want without waiting a lifetime by simply viewing yourself as a serious entrepreneur who makes decisions regarding goals, energy and resources expended. Motivational...

Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind

Is it possible to make sense of something as elusive as creativity? Based on psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman’s groundbreaking research and Carolyn Gregoire’s popular article in the Huffington Post, Wired to Create offers a glimpse inside the “messy minds” of highly creative people. Revealing the l...

The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology)

This volume provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date compendium of theory and research in the field of human intelligence. Each of the 42 chapters is written by world-renowned experts in their respective fields, and, collectively, they cover the full range of topics of contemporary interest in...

Project Plowshare: The Peaceful Use of Nuclear Explosives in Cold War America

Inspired by President Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" speech, scientists at the Atomic Energy Commission and the University of California's Radiation Laboratory began in 1957 a program they called Plowshare. Joined by like-minded government officials, scientists, and business leaders, champ...

The Philosophy of Creativity: New Essays

Creativity pervades human life. It is the mark of individuality, the vehicle of self-expression, and the engine of progress in every human endeavor. It also raises a wealth of neglected and yet evocative philosophical questions: What is the role of consciousness in the creative process? How does the...

The Psychology of Creative Writing

The Psychology of Creative Writing takes a scholarly, psychological look at multiple aspects of creative writing, including the creative writer as a person, the text itself, the creative process, the writer's development, the link between creative writing and mental illness, the personality traits o...

The Complexity of Greatness: Beyond Talent or Practice

What are the origins of greatness? Few other questions have caused such intense debate, controversy, and diversity of opinions. In recent years, a large body of research has accumulated that suggests that the origins of greatness are extraordinarily complex. Instead of talent or practice, it's talen...

Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined

In Ungifted, cognitive psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman—who was relegated to special education as a child—offers a new way of looking at intelligence. He explores the latest research in genetics, neuroscience, and psychology to challenge the conventional wisdom about the childhood predictors of adul...