The Innovation Algorithm:TRIZ, systematic innovation and technical creativity - Softcover

Altshuller, Genrich

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0964074044 ISBN 13: 9780964074040

Publisher: Technical Innovation Ctr, 1999

Synopsis

A milestone in the development of the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ), this book is the result of over twenty years of research and analysis. Altshuller details TRIZ's problem solving algorythm (ARIZ) that can produce innovation of the highest order. Saturated with profound thoughts, insights, and examples, this book is regarded by many as Altshuller's magnum opus, his handbook for a creative and technological revolution.

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About the Author

Genrich Altshuller received his first Soviet patent at the age of fourteen. While in his early twenties he began developing TRIZ. Stalin rewarded him with 25 years imprisonment in Siberia. Released after Stalin's death, he led the underground TRIZ revolution -- a fundemental shift in the technical creativity paradigm.

From the Back Cover

"A 'must read' book for any individual who wants to become a TRIZ specialist and deeply understand the concepts of Ideality, Technical Contradiction, Evolution of Technology and other important issues. for TRIZ, this book is as important as Newton's `Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica'" for Physics. This book completely changed my life." Boris Zlotin, Chief Scientist of Ideation International, Inc., USA.

From the Inside Flap

"Enthusiatically written, it takes the reader to the wellsprings of engineering creativity. The unique and powerful TRIZ though process, so startlingly presented in this book, is illuminated by numerous practical examples gleaned from various fields of engineering. Based on my own experience, the book can profusely benefit those engaged in a search for breakthrough technological developments." Victor R. Fey, Managing Partner of The TRIZ Group, and Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Wayne State University.

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From Part 2, Chapter 7: Breaking an Old Structure

There are many technical systems, and they are all different. However, they all have something in common: all of them are systems. Through a systems approach, technical objects can be considered as complete organisms obeying laws of evolution. A flashlight, an engine, a diesel locomotive, a chemical plant -- all these are examples of technical systems. Outwardly, they have no resemblance to each other. One thing that unites them is that they are systems. This is much more than the arithmetic sum of their components. Let me explain through an analogy. A water molecule is a system, but not an arithemtic sum of two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen. A human being is a system, and not the simple sum of skeleton, muscles, heart, and so on. In the same way, any machine is a system -- a complete organism -- and not just the sum of its parts.

Any technical system -- whether a sewing machine, coal mine or railroad network -- evolves in a certain sequence. A general schematic of technical system evolution is in Appendix 2. Let's analyze it.

Edition details

• Publisher: Technical Innovation Ctr
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0964074044
• ISBN 13: 9780964074040
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312