conceptual blockbusting pleasurable guide von james l adams (6 Ergebnisse)

Soft Cover. Zustand: Good. Wraps scuffed with light edgewear. No markings in text. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Fair condition Trade Paperback, 2nd edition, 1976. Edgewear of wraps. Interior has marginalia and underlining, a previous owner name on the 1st page, and the binding is cracked around page 84. Reading copy. Size: 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Book.

Paperback. Zustand: UsedGood. Softcover; fading and edge wear to exterior; two small tears at side edge of back cover; otherwise contents in good condition with clean text, firm binding.

Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. 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.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. DJ slightly worn with use / 137 pages includes pictures; charts, index /;

[0-913374-38-5] 1976. (Hardcover) Very good plus in very good dust jacket. 137pp. Diagrams, illustrations, index. The dust jacket is lightly edgeworn and rubbed. "Conceptual Blockbusting is a challenging and entertaining approach to creative thinking and problem solving. It will help you improve your thinking 'form' and ease you gently into monitoring the functioning of your mind - a skill too often neglected in the rush to fill the mind with information one should have". Publisher series: Portable Stanford. (Philosophy, Ideas, Instruction Manual, Mind, Philosophy, Problem Solving, Thinking).