Prometheus books (New York) 1991, English text 346 pp.

In this challenging exploration of the complexities of creativity, Thomas G. West explodes many myths about conventional intelligence and charts new vistas for human interaction with the computer visualization technologies of the future. Some of history's most original intellects relied heavily on visual modes of thought, thinking in terms of images instead of words or numbers; many of these same people also experienced a striking array of verbal learning difficulties. West examines the effects of learning disabilities on the lives of ten famous visual thinkers, including Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Lewis Carroll, Winston Chuchill, and William Buttler Yeats.