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Edward de Bono

The Mechanism of Mind

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The Mechanism of Mind presents Edward de Bono's original theories on how the brain functions, processes information and organises it. It explains why the brain, the 'mechanism', can only work in certain ways and introduces the four basic types of thinking that have gone on to inform his life's work, namely 'natural thinking', 'logical thinking',' mathematical thinking' and 'lateral thinking'. De Bono also outlines his argument for introducing the word 'PO' as an alternative to the word 'NO' when putting lateral thinking into practice.

Drawing on colourful visual imagery to help explain his theories and thought-processes, from light bulbs and sugar cubes to photography and water erosion, The Mechanism of Mind remains as fascinating and as insightful as it was when it was first published in 1969. This is a must-read for anyone who wants to gain a greater understanding of how the mind works and organises information – and how Edward de Bono came…
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  • ☁️ ursula ☁️has quoted6 years ago
    Descartes’s invention of co-ordinates made possible the development of analytical geometry. Newton and Leibniz independently discovered the calculus, but Newton’s notation was so very cumbersome compared to that of Leibniz, that those who followed Leibniz made much more progress. This is surprising when one realizes that the basic principles were the same in each case and only the notation was different.
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    • ☁️ ursula ☁️has quoted6 years ago
      The development of mathematics was held up for a long time by the cumbersome notation of the Greeks and then the Romans. The Roman system was good for adding, subtracting and tallying, but very awkward for multiplication or division. Then came the Arabic system, with its emphasis on the position of a symbol as well as its shape. Then there was the invention of the zero, which has had an immense usefulness in the development of mathematics. The invention of the decimal notation again made things easier.
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