How to Think Like Einstein, Scott Thorpe
How to Think Like Einstein, Scott Thorpe
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How to Think Like Einstein
Simple Ways to Break the Rules and Discover Your Hidden Genius

Author: Scott Thorpe

Narrator: Chris Sorensen

Unabridged: 6 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/01/2015


Synopsis

This updated edition with brand-new material reveals ingenious ways to solve problems using techniques from the greatest minds in history, like Albert Einstein, Alexander Graham Bell, and the brains at Google. Featuring new chapters on the latest breakthroughs in neuroscience and thought-process research, How to Think Like Einstein offers astonishing solutions to everyday challenges-such as business, breaking creative blocks, parenting, and improving relationships-by using fun and unique tools, including: - Thinking like a bug - Organizing a party - Learning the game of poker - Pretending you're James Bond - Acting like a millionaire Scott Thorpe is an electrical engineer, MBA, and registered patent attorney, protecting software, electrical, and semiconductor inventions. Mr. Thorpe also designed robots and flight simulators, launched $1.3 Billion in new products, and was part of two start-ups with successful IPOs. He is an avid skier and mountain biker. Key Selling Points: First edition sold over 18,500 copies; new package and design will appeal to today's readers Includes substantial new material on the latest problem-solving techniques Author is an innovation expert and well connected in the tech and business worlds

Reviews

Expected much more. The book basically tells you to break the rules (which can be explained in few paragraphs) but with quite vague ideas and examples. Blah.......more

Goodreads review by Nathan

Ugh. This book promotes the throw a bunch of stuff in a pot, shake, then throw it at the wall and see what sticks, then repeat method of "creativity." The flaw is that it promotes thinking and thinking when true creativity comes from the stillness of the mind, not the soup of rational thought that c......more

Goodreads review by Richard

The essence of Einstein's secret to think like a genius, according to the author, is that "you've got to break the rules." I know this is not a piece of top-secret information. But I agree with Scott Thorpe when he writes: "Rules are not always bad things. They are like railroad tracks. If you want......more