2nd edition. — Insytec BV, 2005. — 235 p. — ISBN13: 9789080468016.
This book is about creativity: about the theory, principals, about ways of creation of new ideas and about problem solving.
A million attempts versus one lifeMonopoly over creativity doesn’t existCompeting with Edison
Fortune may not spark off a bright idea
Dreams that didn’t come true
Inventive advertising
Unveiling the mystery
A taboo on poor solutions
Substance and field analysis: S-fields.Problems without contradictions?
Rules for the inventor: S-field analysis and synthesis
Formulas that give insight: no more harmful effects
Chain reaction of technical solutions: evolution of substance-field systems
A field of battle: using magnetic field
Master your skills
A step over the barrierBreaking the compromise: physical contradiction
Five levels of creativity
Where does a system start?
Fighting mental inertia: operator size-time-cost
Guided imaginationNo wonders – just laws
The common sense of fantasy
Contradictions furnish a clue: algorithm of inventive problem solving
Fundamentals of strong thinking
Inventive problem solving drill
Look for hard tasksIn a single rhythm: the law of coordinating rhytms
Solutions by the rules: dynamization trend
Use of resources
Modeling with miniature dwarfs
IdealityWaves of evolution
Ideal final result: a benchmark in the changing world
Let us factor the trivial out
Trend forecasting
Master your skills
Strategy plus tactics: solving physical contradictionsReadiness to start: contiune with ARIZ
Information database: pointer to the effects
A look into the future
Forecasting unexpected: evolution of systemsSystems: raising to a power
Inventive problem solving with TRIZCollection of problems
AppendicesSolutions to problems