@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt7zv7w0.7, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7zv7w0.7}, abstract = {How new things happen is a puzzle that has aroused the curiosity of man since first he gave thought to the world in which he lived and to his place in it. It is the perennial concern of philosophers, scientists, and historians. Writers and artists must live with the search for creativity every day of their lives, must learn how to tap its springs and give it expression in words, music, sculpture, painting, or whatever is their chosen mode. No one, indeed, is absolved from the task of coping with novelty: if it is not our role to bring it}, author = {HUGH G. J. AITKEN}, booktitle = {Syntony and Spark: The Origins of Radio}, pages = {1--30}, publisher = {Princeton University Press}, title = {PROLOGUE}, year = {1985} }