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Got the mail on May 7th. On May 7, 2014, at 4:51 AM, Keith Russell <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear All, > > Included is a message to the Group from Ken Friedman that seems to have been caught up in the system. > > Keith russell > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > From: Ken Friedman <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> > Date: 6 May 2014 21:21:38 AEST > To: PHD-DESIGN PHD-DESIGN <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> > Subject: How to Solve It > > Dear All, > > On Sunday, I announced the availability of a PDF copy of How to Solve It, George Polya's classic book on problem-solving and heuristics. You will find the PDF on my Academia page in the "Teaching Documents" section at: > > https://swinburne.academia.edu/KenFriedman > > This is a limited opportunity - the book will come down at the end of Monday, May 5. > > To give you a sense of this book, here is the table of contents: > > PART I. IN THE CLASSROOM > > Purpose > > 1. Helping the student > 2. Questions, recommendations, > mental operations > 3· Generality > 4· Common sense > 5· Teacher and student. Imitation and practice > > Main divisions~ main questions > > 6. Four phases > 7· Understanding the problem > 8. Example > 9. Devising a plan > 1o. Example > 11. Carrying out the plan > 12. Example > 13. Looking back > 14. Example > 15. Various approaches > 16. The teacher's method of questioning > 17. Good questions and bad questions > > More examples > > 18. A problem of construction > 19. A problem to prove > 20. A rate problem > > PART II. HOW TO SOLVE IT > > A dialogue > > PART III. SHORT DICTIONARY OF HEURISTIC > > Analogy > Auxiliary elements > Auxiliary problem > Balzano > Bright idea > Can you check the result? > Can you derive the result differently? > Can you use the result? > Carrying out > Condition > Contradictory > Corollary > Contents > Could you derive something useful from the data? > Could you restate the problem? > Decomposing and recombining > Definition > Descartes > Determination, hope, success > Diagnosis > Did you use all the data? > Do you know a related problem? > Draw a figure > Examine your guess > Figures > Generalization > Have you seen it before? > Here is a problem related to yours and solved before > Heuristic > Heuristic reasoning > If you cannot solve the proposed problem > Induction and mathematical induction > Inventor's paradox > Is it possible to satisfy the condition? > Leibnitz > Lemma > Look at the unknown > Modern heuristic > Notation > Pappus > Pedantry and mastery > Practical problems > Contents > Problems to find, problems to prove > Progress and achievement > Puzzles > Reductio ad absurdum and indirect proof > Redundant > Routine problem > Rules of discovery > Rules of style > Rules of teaching > Separate the various parts of the condition > Setting up equations > Signs of progress > Specialization > Subconscious work > Symmetry > Terms, old and new > Test by dimension > The future mathematician > The intelligent problem-solver > The intelligent reader > The traditional mathematics professor > Variation of the problem > What is the unknown? > Why proofs? > Wisdom of proverbs > Working backwards > > PART IV. PROBLEMS, HINTS, SOLUTIONS > > Problems > Hints > Solutions > > While Polya was a mathematician, many of these techniques and heuristics apply across most fields. Anyone who solves problems for a living will find value in this book. > > Yours, > > Ken > > Ken Friedman, PhD, DSc (hc), FDRS | University Distinguished Professor | Swinburne University of Technology | Melbourne, Australia | University email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> | Private email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> | Mobile +61 404 830 462 | Academia Pagehttp://swinburne.academia.edu/KenFriedman > > Guest Professor | College of Design and Innovation | Tongji University | Shanghai, China ||| Adjunct Professor | School of Creative Arts | James Cook University | Townsville, Australia > > -- > > References > > Polya, G. 1973 [1957]. How to Solve It. A New Aspect of Mathematical Method. Second edition. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. > > -- > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> > Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design > Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------