Forks, Phonographs, and Hot Air Balloons: A Field Guide to Inventive Thinking

THE HIDDEN INTELLIGENCE OF INVENTION: A context for invention Novice invention and a problem-based diary Expert invention and the turn of the screw AN INVENTION FRAMEWORK: Describing an invention Evaluating and comparing inventions Understanding the created world THE HEURISTICS OF INVENTION: Heuristics as the engine of variation Single-invention heuristics Multiple-invention heuristics: linking Multiple-invention heuristics: joining Transformational heuristics Discovering heuristics Applting heuristics inventions after their time? COMMON INVENTION THEMES: A material world The interface's from The art of containment Procedure's way Transgenic myth to transgenic mouse Epilogue: Invention through the looking glass Notes References Index.