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The First Extraterrestrial Signal is a fictional book. The book reveals how the entire world reacts to the first confirmed radio signal from an alien civilization. The book reveals how intelligent life on Earth gathers to discuss the signal from the aliens and how the world should react to that first confirmed radio signal from outer space aliens. From religions to governments, the intelligent beings on Earth gather to ponder what to do with ...

For the first time, the author Paul Torrance reveals the dark side of NASA. As a retired NASA engineer, his work experience in the trenches gives the reader a unique insight into the management system in place during the latter Apollo and Space Shuttle era, and what led to disaster.

In ten lectures, the author speaks of his experiences in using his networks to stimulate and keep the creative process flowing. Other areas included are creative problem solving, the psychology of thinking, intergenerational influences, visioning, qestioning, and philosophy and ethics.

On the Edge and Keeping on the Edge contains the first ten lectures in a series sponsored by the University of Georgia's Torrance Center for Creative Studies. Annually, the Lecture Committee tried to identify someone who was on the cutting edge of creativity research. When a decision was made to publish the first ten lectures, the editor asked each lecturer to describe what he/she had done to keep on the edge. In the first lecture, E. Paul Tor...

Why Fly? is without argument, an important contribution to the body of theoretical literature on creativity. What makes this work unique, however, is that it's content and focus also enable it to stand on the shelf along side books on counseling/self help, curriculum development, school administration, business, and leadership. In short, Dr. Torrance has successfully produced a book with nearly universal appeal and application possibilities. -...

More than 40 years ago, E. Paul Torrance undertook to study creativity in students and study whether it would predict their creative achievements as adults. He and his colleagues wanted to determine what other factors influence, predict, encourage or sustain their creativity over time. There has never been a longitudinal study of creativity of this magnitude. The findings described here will be useful to, and have implications for, parents, te...

Why Fly? is without argument, an important contribution to the body of theoretical literature on creativity. What makes this work unique, however, is that it's content and focus also enable it to stand on the shelf along side books on counseling/self help, curriculum development, school administration, business, and leadership. In short, Dr. Torrance has successfully produced a book with nearly universal appeal and application possibilities. -...