Children Solve Problems
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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What if the most ingenious solutions to the world's most complex problems came not from seasoned engineers or PhDs, but from the uninhibited minds of children? Children Solve Problems presents a remarkable collection of drawings gathered by Edward de Bono, in which children aged three to fourteen were asked to solve practical challenges — such as how to stop a cat and dog from fighting, or how to build a machine that could weigh an elephant — revealing a quality of thinking that is startlingly original, lateral, and unencumbered by convention. De Bono, the pioneering architect of lateral thinking theory, argues that children possess a natural creative intelligence that formal education systematically erodes. Presented with wit and genuine intellectual curiosity, this work illustrates how freedom from assumption is the true engine of innovation, drawing on the same principles that underpin de Bono's broader body of work on creative and critical thought. The result is a book that leaves the reader asking a deeply unsettling question: at what point did we stop thinking this freely — and can we ever get it back?
Author: Edward De Bono
Format: Paperback
Published: 1972, Allen Lane / Penguin
Genre: Education theory
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What if the most ingenious solutions to the world's most complex problems came not from seasoned engineers or PhDs, but from the uninhibited minds of children? Children Solve Problems presents a remarkable collection of drawings gathered by Edward de Bono, in which children aged three to fourteen were asked to solve practical challenges — such as how to stop a cat and dog from fighting, or how to build a machine that could weigh an elephant — revealing a quality of thinking that is startlingly original, lateral, and unencumbered by convention. De Bono, the pioneering architect of lateral thinking theory, argues that children possess a natural creative intelligence that formal education systematically erodes. Presented with wit and genuine intellectual curiosity, this work illustrates how freedom from assumption is the true engine of innovation, drawing on the same principles that underpin de Bono's broader body of work on creative and critical thought. The result is a book that leaves the reader asking a deeply unsettling question: at what point did we stop thinking this freely — and can we ever get it back?