People who solve particularly hard problems, like physicists and mathematicians, are especially known for using their unfocused minds for breakthrough problem-solving.

From classrooms to kitchen tables, debates about math education are never far away. Should teachers drill multiplication facts or encourage creative strategies to solve problems? The answer, ...

The authors teach a course at the University of California Berkeley on using scientific tools to approach everyday problems. Now, they've turned it into a book called "Third Millennium Thinking ...