Studying Creatively: A Creativity Toolkit to Get Your Studies Out of a Rut [Paperback]

Brian Clegg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 16, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0415428157 | ISBN-13: 978-0415428156 | Edition: 1

Are you stuck in a rut? Short of inspiration? Looking for a study guide that’s a break from the norm?

This innovative book will give you the tools and techniques you need to work a bit of creative magic into every aspect of your studying.

Clegg’s easy-to-read, entertaining book will show you:

• what the whole creativity business is about
• why you need to bother with it
• clever methods to stimulate your brain into action
• how to come up with a mass of ideas at a moment’s notice

Mind stretches and mental workouts will enable you to take effective notes and to absorb and structure information in a way that can easily be recalled.

Studying Creatively, the study guide with a difference, will show you how to change your environment to make creative study more effective, it will help you work on your presentation skills - there’s no point having great ideas if you can’t put them across.

Good ideas are essential for any student who wants to do well. This invaluable guide, suitable for students from ages fifteen to twenty-one, empowers you with the tools you need to work creatively.

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (August 16, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415428157
• ISBN-13: 978-0415428156
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,849,883 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Brian has written a number of popular science books, including Ecologic, The God Effect, on the most remarkable phenomenon of the quantum world and Before the Big Bang. Other titles include A Brief History of Infinity and Inflight Science, which explores the science that's all around you and outside your window when you are on an airplane.

Along with appearances at the Royal Institution in London he has spoken at venues from Oxford and Cambridge Universities to Cheltenham Festival of Science, has contributed to radio and TV programmes, and is a popular speaker at schools. Brian is also editor of the successful www.popularscience.co.uk book review site and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Brian has Masters degrees from Cambridge University in Natural Sciences and from Lancaster University in Operational Research, a discipline originally developed during the Second World War to apply the power of mathematics to warfare. It has since been widely applied to problem solving and decision making in business.

From Lancaster, he joined British Airways, where he ran teams including Emerging Technologies, amongst the most eccentric but talented staff in the company, who researched technologies from fingerprint recognition to electronic cash. This emphasis on innovation led to training with Dr. Edward de Bono, and in 1994 he left BA to set up his own creativity consultancy, running courses on the development of new ideas and products, and the creative solution of business problems. Clients include the BBC, the Met Office, British Airways, GlaxoSmithKline, Sony, The Treasury, Royal Bank of Scotland and many other blue-chips.

Brian has also written regular columns, features and reviews for numerous publications, including Nature, The Guardian, PC Week, Computer Weekly, Personal Computer World, Innovative Leader, Professional Manager, BBC History, Good Housekeeping and House Beautiful. His books have been translated into many languages, including German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, Norwegian, Thai and even Indonesian.