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Forks, phonographs, and hot air balloons : a field guide to inventive thinking / Robert J. Weber.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weber, Robert J. (Robert John), 1936- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Inventions.
- Creative thinking.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (292 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Contents; Prologue: Peeling an Apple; I: The Hidden Intelligence of Invention; II: An Invention Framework; III: The Heuristics of Invention; IV: Common Invention Themes; Epilogue: Invention Through the Looking Glass; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1993.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-272) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-773548-7
- 1-280-60547-2
- 9786610605477
- 0-19-802287-5
- OCLC:
- 476007366
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