The Art of Invention: The Creative Process of Discovery and Design

""Steven Paley's Art of Invention tells it like it is. This is an excellent introduction to the psychology of the inventor and to the nature of the inventive process." -Henry Petroski, author of The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems "Steven Paley gets it exactly right.... Read this book and be inspired." -Bill Burnett, executive director of the Product Design Program and consulting assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford University