Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/light wear to leading edges. A concise and non-technical book on creative thinking and the problem-solving process. Professor Adams, at the point of publication, was Director of the Stanford School of Engineering's Design Division. The book's aim is to consider how the mind seems to work in a conceptual situation with some hints on how to make it work better. Contents in 8 chapters: Chapter 1, Introduction; 2, Perceptual Blocks; 3, Cultural & Environmental Blocks; 4, Emotional Blocks; 5, Intellectual & Expressive Blocks; 6, Conscious Blockbusting; 7, Alternative Thinking Languages; and, 8, Unconscious Blockbusting. Text contains many exercises in the form of entertaining puzzles, games, riddles, and optical illusions that the mind can become so limber as to sidestep mental blocks. Fine copy.

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Title: CONCEPTUAL BLOCKBUSTING : A Pleasurable Guide to Better Problem Solving (The Portable Stanford Series)
Publisher: San Francisco Book Co, San Francisco, CA
Publication Date: 1976
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0913374393
ISBN 13: 9780913374399
Binding: Paperback
Edition: First Paperback Edition, First Printing
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued

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