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The art of invention: the creative process of discovery and design
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Prometheus Books
Publication Date
2010
Language
English
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PART I. THE PROCESS OF INVENTION
Chapter 1. The Paper Clip and the Problem
What Makes a Great Idea Great?
The History of the Paper Clip
What's the Problem?
Is It the Right Problem?
Reframing the Problem
The Evolving Invention
Invention in Context
Chapter 2. The Hidden Obvious
The Destination
Being Confidently Naive
The Vision and the Visionary
Needfinding and Paradigms
Seeing the Hidden Obvious
The Vision Refined
Chapter 3. Creativity and the Brain
The Creative Mind
Feeding the Brain
Listening to Your Subconscious
Thinking with the Gut
Your Inner Senses
Working Ideas, Percolation, and Not Falling in Love
Action versus Thought: The Importance of Doing
Chapter 4. The Process of Invention
The Flash of Inspiration
The Resonance of an Idea
Sources of Innovation
Applications of Life Experience
Making the Familiar New
Applying Physical Principles
Accidental and Chance Observations
Learning from Nature
The Processes of Invention
PART II. DESIGN AND INVENTION
Chapter 5. Simplicity
Profound Simplicity
The Simple and the Complex
Zero Mass Design
Chapter 6. Elegance
The Many Facets of Elegance
Ingenious Simplicity: The Most from the Least
Core Inventions: From Screws to Microprocessors
Adaptive Inventions: The Elegance of Self-Regulation
Smart Inventions: Inventions That Change with Change
Characteristics of Elegance
A Summary
Chapter 7. Robustness
Strength
Redundancy
Simplicity
Self-Healing
Managed Failure
PART III. MAKING IT HAPPEN
Chapter 8. Problem Solving and Iteration
A Systems Approach: Connect the Big Pieces First
KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid
Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3
What You Couldn't See from There, You Can See from Here
Attacking from the Bottom
Inventing while You Sleep
Arbitrate and Iterate
Limiting the Scope
Stopping
Putting It All Together
Anticipating the Unanticipated
Documentation
Summary
Chapter 9. The Business of Invention
Inventing as an Employee
Selling Your Inventions
Entrepreneurship: Starting Your Own Company
Patents
The Business of Invention
Chapter 10. The Art of Invention
The Unexplored: Hard Work, Fear, and Fantasy
Experience and Invention
The Art of Getting It Wrong
The Hidden Obvious Revisited
Serendipity
The Staircase of Creativity
The Pleasure of the Problem
The Inventor's Tool Kit
Making It Real
The Art and the Science
The Future Is Yours to Create.
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9781616142230
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