You have in your hands a fun reference book listing the exploits of inventors and scientists whose names are familiar to us from school. The main task of its author, experienced publicist A.A. Pomogaibo, who has been studying the history of science for many years, sees it as telling how, in fact, to make a great discovery. And those who think that this always happens suddenly and incomprehensibly are deeply mistaken. It turns out that Descartes and Einstein, Mendeleev and Tesla had their own techniques, their own methods of creative work. The author of the book comes to the conclusion that these techniques can be used by other people: you can find a certain algorithm for brilliant insight. Sign of information production 16+