The Writing on the Wall: How Asian Orthography Curbs CreativityUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, 2013年3月26日 - 360 頁 Students in Japan, China, and Korea are among the world's top performers on standardized math and science tests. The nations of East Asia are also leading manufacturers of consumer goods that incorporate scientific breakthroughs in telecommunications, optics, and transportation. Yet there is a startling phenomenon known throughout Asia as the "creativity problem." While East Asians are able to use science, they have not demonstrated the ability to invent radically new systems and paradigms that lead to new technologies. In fact, the legal and illegal transfer of technology from the West to the East is one of the most contentious international business issues. Yet Asians who study and work in the West and depend upon Western languages for their research are among the most creative and talented scientists, no less so than their Western counterparts. |
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Sources of Chinese Innovation | |
Korean Technology Transfer | |
Asias Creativity Problem | |
The Anatomy of Creativity | |
Creativity and the Alphabet | |
Asias Orthographic Tradition | |
The Impact of Language on Creativity | |
Chinese Characters and Creativity | |
Creativity and East Asian Society | |
Conclusion | |
Notes | |
The Concrete Nature of Asian Writing | |