Herbert, Charles W. creator Crews Doering text xxu U.S.A Cengage Learning 2009 5th ed. monographic eng

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375p,: ill,; 24cm. Contents: The Thinking highway -- Terminology -- Planning our trip-why this book -- To think or not think? isn't that question? -- Rules of the road: thinking basic rules and tools -- Making connections -- Basic definitions -- Problem types -- The Scientific method -- Creating smaller problems -- Same but different -- PST general rules 5 -- Rules for breaking rules -- Brainstorming steps -- The Best places to see: creative thinking -- You can be a creative thinker -- Cultivating inspiration,intuition and insight -- Turn off your editor -- What to do when you don't know what to do -- Insight -- Consider go-ghoti - language puzzler -- Drive this way: the art of thinking -- Future journeys:discipline-specific thinking tools -- Specialized thinking -- Mathematical thinking -- Scientific thinking -- Philosophical thinking:formal logic -- Computer programming thinking -- Engineering thinking -- Art and creative thinking -- After-word -- Appendix A: Creative your thinking toolbox -- Appendix B: Thinking styles -- Appendix C: Suggested pedagogy -- Appendix D: More thinking road signs and roadside attraction -- Appendix E:List of PST rules -- Creative thinking -- General thinking rules. Charles W Herbert Includes index and glossary QA76.6.I8 9781133349808 140815