| Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step Contributor(s): de Bono, Edward (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060903252 ISBN-13: 9780060903251 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2015 Annotation: This book is intended for use both at home and at school. At school the emphasis has traditionally always been on vertical thinking which is effective but incomplete. This book is about lateral thinking which is the process of using information to bring about creativity and insight restructuring. Lateral thinking can be learned, practiced and used. It is impossible to acquire skill in it just as it is possible to acquire skill in mathematics. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Creative Ability - Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis |
| Dewey: 153.35 |
| LCCN: 89046085 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.37" W x 8.02" (0.53 lbs) 300 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - New Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first practical explanation of how creativity works, this results-oriented bestseller trains listeners to move beyond a vertical mode of thought to tap the potential of lateral thinking. |
Contributor Bio(s): de Bono, Edward: - Edward de Bono has had faculty appointments at the universities of Oxford, London, Cambridge, and Harvard. He is widely regarded as the leading authority in the direct teaching of thinking as a skill. He originated the concept of lateral thinking and developed formal techniques for deliberate creative thinking. He has written sixty-two books, which have been translated into thirty-seven languages, has made two television series, and there are more than 4,000,000 references to his work on the Internet. |