Altshuller G.S. Creativity As an Exact Science. The Theory of the Solution of Inventive Problems

Gordon and Breach Publishers, 1984. — 379 p. — (Studies in Cybernetics 5). — ISBN: 0-677-21230-5The book is aimed first of all at the engineer. But it is also comprehensible to people who do not work with technology. The principles of controlling thinking in the solution of inventive problems (the principles and not concrete formulae and rules) can be transposed to the organization of creative thinking in any sphere of human a,ctivity. Therefore, the book is suitable for a wide readership. It is hoped that among those who read it there will be some who want to take it further and engage themselves in the search for new forms of the control of creative thinking in technology, science, and art. What can be more alluring than the discovery of the nature of talented thought and converting this thinking from occasional and fleeting flashes into a powerful and controllable fire of knowledge.