How to Solve Problems - Elements of a Theory of Problems and Problem Solving

W.H. Freeman and Company, New York , A Series of Books in Psychology Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1974 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's red wrappers illustrated by a geometrical figure petit In-4 1 vol. - 183 pages

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numerous black and white text-figures Contents, Chapitres : Contents, What this book is, xi, Text, 172 pages - 1. Tensegrity : Weight vs. Tension - Spherical tensegrities - Complex spherical tensegrities - Tendon system minima - Geodesic subdivision - Rigid tensegrities - 2. Geodesics : Great circles - Symmetry systems - The spherical-coordinate system - Breakdown systems - Choising a polyhedron - Using the tables - Ellipses and superellipses - Truncations - An advanced problem - Space frames - About angles - 3. Data : Class I octahedral coordinates - Class II method 1 octahedral coordinates - Class I method 1 Icosahedral coordinates - Class II method 1 Icosahedral coordinates - Tetrahedral coordinates - Class II method 3 coordinates and chord factors - Appendices : Writing class II method 3 coordinates - Calculator routines - HP-65 programs near fine copy, no markings