106 Impossible Things Before Breakfast: Brain Boosting Techniquesto Help You Achieve the Unachievable
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Published by Adams Media Corporation, 2010
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Could there be a knife that never dulls? A gun with no moving parts? Could you use a broken clock to tell time? Can you believe in these apparently impossible things? This book shows you that with a little mental agility, even the knottiest problem, even the most impossible dilemma, is capable of solution.
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- Title
- 106 Impossible Things Before Breakfast: Brain Boosting Techniquesto Help You Achieve the Unachievable
- Author
- Robert Quine
- Publisher
- Adams Media Corporation
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1440506264
- ISBN 13
- 9781440506260
Alice laughed. 'One can't believe impossible things.'
'I dare say you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen... 'Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.'
~Lewis Carroll, Alice Through the Looking-Glass
Could there be a knife that never dulls? A gun with no moving parts? A broken clock that tells time?
Here, Dr. Michael Laufer and John Nolan reply, "Of course!" Through these conundrums, they show how to unleash the creative energies of the brain to solve even the knottiest enigmas. For instance, one could:
'I dare say you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen... 'Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.'
~Lewis Carroll, Alice Through the Looking-Glass
Could there be a knife that never dulls? A gun with no moving parts? A broken clock that tells time?
Here, Dr. Michael Laufer and John Nolan reply, "Of course!" Through these conundrums, they show how to unleash the creative energies of the brain to solve even the knottiest enigmas. For instance, one could:
- Reinterpret the problem.
- Change the rules.
- Change the solution.
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About the Author
Dr. Michael Laufer received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the City University of New York Graduate Center, where he broke new ground in mathematical physics. His doctoral research center on unsolved problems in mathematics and physics. John Nolan is employed by Personnel Decisions International, one of the world's leading global professional services consulting firms.
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