CONCEPTUAL BLOCKBUSTING : A Pleasurable Guide to Better Problem Solving (The Portable Stanford Series)
by Adams, James L
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/None as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0913374393
- ISBN 13
- 9780913374399
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About This Item
San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Book Co, 1976. First Paperback Edition, First Printing . Paperback. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/light wear to leading edges. A concise and non-technical book on creative thinking and the problem-solving process. Professor Adams, at the point of publication, was Director of the Stanford School of Engineering's Design Division. The book's aim is to consider how the mind seems to work in a conceptual situation with some hints on how to make it work better. Contents in 8 chapters: Chapter 1, Introduction; 2, Perceptual Blocks; 3, Cultural & Environmental Blocks; 4, Emotional Blocks; 5, Intellectual & Expressive Blocks; 6, Conscious Blockbusting; 7, Alternative Thinking Languages; and, 8, Unconscious Blockbusting. Text contains many exercises in the form of entertaining puzzles, games, riddles, and optical illusions that the mind can become so limber as to sidestep mental blocks. Fine copy.
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- Title
- CONCEPTUAL BLOCKBUSTING : A Pleasurable Guide to Better Problem Solving (The Portable Stanford Series)
- Author
- Adams, James L
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0913374393
- ISBN 13
- 9780913374399
- Publisher
- San Francisco Book Co
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, CA
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Psychology/Philosophy/Creative Thinking/Problem Solving
- Bookseller catalogs
- Psychology; How-to; Design;
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