How do you draw a straight line? How do you determine if a circle is really round? These may sound like simple or even trivial mathematical problems, but to an engineer the answers can mean the difference between success and failure. This work invites you to explore many of the same fundamental questions that working engineers deal with every day.

Why are we more likely to fall in love when we feel in danger? Why would an experienced pilot disregard his training and the rules of the aviation industry, leading to the deadliest airline crash in history? This book lets you discover the answers.

Successful business leaders think fundamentally differently than others - in a more integrative and expansive way. Emulating what successful leaders do is dangerous; instead, learn how these leaders think. This integrative thinking can be taught; we can all learn how to do it, and experience the many benefits.

Analyses what words actually mean and how we use them, and reveals what this can tell us about ourselves. This book shows how we use space and motion as metaphors for more abstract ideas, and uncovers the deeper structures of human thought that have been shaped by evolutionary history. It also explores the emotional impact of language.

Logic concepts are more mainstream than you may realize. This work explains an array of logical concepts and processes. It also covers information about: Formal Logic; Syllogisms; Constructing proofs and refutations; Propositional and predicate logic; Modal and fuzzy logic; Symbolic logic; and Deductive and inductive reasoning.

Including case histories and anecdotes, this book shows, among other things, how one Australian scientist convinced the world he'd discovered the cause of stomach ulcers by drinking a glass filled with bacteria, and how a gifted sports reporter got people to watch a football match by showing them the outside of the stadium.

A step-by-step guide to idea mapping.

Examines critical-thinking skills that are useful in a complex society where success - in all facets of life - often requires the ability to evaluate the validity of many conflicting claims. This work illustrates these tendencies with numerous examples that demonstrate how easily we can be fooled into believing something that isn't true.

Introduces a framework for making creative, smart decisions in business based on embracing company values - the focus for the 21st century. This book offers advice on decision-making and better thinking practices, and highlights your strengths while pinpointing areas for improvement, to help you and your company become more successful.

What do we want schools to accomplish? The only defensible answer, Deanna Kuhn argues, is that they should teach students to use their minds well, in school and beyond.

This exciting sequel to the pioneering Superlearning has already earned wide acclaim for its discussion of new mind development techniques. This is the most comprehensive overview on the subject.

In this guide, Michael Michalko shows how creative people think - and how to put their secrets to work for you. Michalko researched hundreds of history's greatest thinkers - from Leonardo da Vinci to Pablo Picasso - and then brought their techniques into the modern home and work for you.

Robert F Kennedy challenged us to dream of things that never were and say, Why not? This book presents a primer for fresh business thinking, and for problem solving with a purpose. It also offers simple techniques for generating ingenious solutions to existing problems, and for applying existing solutions to new problems.

This anthology brings together material from 38 well-known writers, artists and scientists who attempt to describe the process by which original ideas come to them.

Lateral thinking involves logic and imagination at the same time, the attempt to find a logical explanation for strange circumstances. Four types of puzzles are featured, from the fairly simple Tempting and Intriguing , to the tougher Diabolical and Grisly . Cartoons illustrate the puzzles.

The Thirteen Thinking Tools of the World's Most Creative People.

Jonathan Baron has updated and expanded his classic textbook Thinking and Deciding.

Aims to help you develop the untapped potential of your brain. Useful for anyone keen to learn, read, memorize and think more efficiently, this work explains how your brain works and how to maximize its unrealized power.

Keith Stanovich's widely used and highly acclaimed book helps students become more discriminating consumers of psychological information, helping them recognize pseudoscience and be able to distinguish it from true psychological research. Stanovich helps instructors teach critical thinking skills within the rich context of psychology. It is the leading text of its kind. How to Think Straight ...