Forks, Phonographs, and Hot Air Balloons : A Field Guide to Inventive Thinking.
Title:
Forks, Phonographs, and Hot Air Balloons : A Field Guide to Inventive Thinking.
Author:
Weber, Robert J.
ISBN:
9780198022879
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (292 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Prologue: Peeling an Apple -- I: The Hidden Intelligence of Invention -- 1. A Context for Invention -- 2. Novice Invention and a Problem-Based Diary -- 3. Expert Invention and the Turn of the Screw -- II: An Invention Framework -- 4. Describing an Invention -- 5. Evaluating and Comparing Inventions -- 6. Understanding the Created World -- III: The Heuristics of Invention -- 7. Heuristics as the Engine of Variation -- 8. Single-Invention Heuristics -- 9. Multiple-Invention Heuristics: Linking -- 10. Multiple-Invention Heuristics: Joining -- 11. Transformational Heuristics -- 12. Discovering Heuristics -- 13. Applying Heuristics: Inventions After Their Time? -- IV: Common Invention Themes -- 14. A Material World -- 15. The Interface's Form -- 16. The Art of Containment -- 17. Procedure's Way -- 18. Transgenic Myth to Transgenic Mouse -- Epilogue: Invention Through the Looking Glass -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
Drawing on hundreds of examples, this study of human ingenuity argues that all inventions are the result of the same basic principles rather than random inspiration. The author, a cognitive psychologist, reveals the mind's capacity for problem-solving from the Stone Age to the present day.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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