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Archimedes' bathtub : the art and logic of breakthrough thinking

by David Perkins

This study explores the shared logic behind breakthroughs in human invention and biological evolution. Drawing on cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence, it analyses how creative leaps occur and features practical puzzles to stimulate breakthrough thinking.

Accession 18692 ISBN 0393047954 Publisher W. W. Norton & Co.
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