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The popscience writer jonah lehrer wasnt there, but he pretends to know anyway. Just a few of the questions that jonah lehrer considers in his engaging new book on creativity, imagine. How creativity works acclaimed science writer jonah lehrer regularly contributes to the new yorker, new scientist, the wall street journal and wired. Its often only at this point, after weve stopped searching for the answer, that the answer arrives 4.
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