The small multiplication table of clear thinking

Everyone can think. But just as with running, learning languages or organizing, some of us can do it better, others less well or even poorly. For all of them, however, there is good news: just like the other skills, thinking can be improved - through practice, perfection of technique and the use of tools. This highly enjoyable book presents nearly two dozen easy-to-understand yet immensely effective thinking tools ranging from the analogy principle to proof by contradiction to the brute force method. Given an intermediate level of fitness, they can all be understood with simple school math. These proven techniques of formal thinking facilitate the generation of ideas and increase the chances of success in solving problems. At the same time, the book's entertaining thought journeys show that thinking and having fun are by no means mutually exclusive.