Mothers of Invention: A History of Creativity from the Greek Muses

A rollicking, enlightening examination of humanity’s changing relationship to creativity, written from the perspectives of the Greek Muses.

The thing that sets humans apart from other animals is our ability to create, to imagine how one thing could become something else. For millennia, art and science, fueled by creativity, have driven the advancement of civilization. From Socrates to Galileo to Ella Fitzgerald, so-called geniuses have left indelible marks on culture, but the creative’s ro...