106 Impossible Things Before Breakfast: An Adventuresome Collection of Conundrums, Perplexities, and Problems to Build Your Brain Power and Kindle Your Creativity

Michael Laufer, PhD,John Nolan

106 Impossible Things Before Breakfast: An Adventuresome Collection of Conundrums, Perplexities, and Problems to Build Your Brain Power and Kindle Your Creativity
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Adams Media Corporation
Country
United States
Published
20 December 2010
Pages
256
ISBN
9781440506260

106 Impossible Things Before Breakfast: An Adventuresome Collection of Conundrums, Perplexities, and Problems to Build Your Brain Power and Kindle Your Creativity

Michael Laufer, PhD,John Nolan

Alice laughed. ‘One can’t believe impossible things.’ ‘I dare say you haven’t had much practice,’ said the Queen …‘Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.’ -Lewis Carroll, Alice Through the Looking-GlassCould there be a knife that never dulls? A gun with no moving parts? A broken clock that tells time? Here, Dr. Michael Laufer and John Nolan reply, Of course! Through these conundrums, they show how to unleash the creative energies of the brain to solve even the knottiest enigmas. For instance, one could:Reinterpret the problemChange the rulesChange the solutionWhether it’s showering without water, driving a car without an engine, or using a computer without electricity, these are high-level challenges for breakout thinking. With this book, you’ll stretch your minds and be primed to solve the next impossible problem before lunchtime.

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