Foreword by Ivar Giaever, Nobel Prize for Physics, Rensselaer Institute ix Foreword by Brian Josephson, Nobel Prize for Physics, Cambridge xiii Foreword by Sheldon Lee Glashow, Nobel Prize for Physics, Harvard xv Author's Note xix Introduction: The New Renaissance 1 Our Thinking System 33 Human Affairs 38 Perception 42 Humour 45 Practical Outcomes 46 The Human Brain 49 Validity of the Model 54 Different Universes 59 Traditional Table-Top Logic 64 The Nerve Network of the Brain 67 How Perception Works 75 Sequence Patterns 81 Trigger and Reconstruction Asymmetry of Patterns 86 Insight 93 Learning Backwards 96 Time Sequence 98 Catchment 100 Knife-Edge Discrimination 108 Pre-emption 112 Mismatch 114 Readiness 116 Context 120 Circularity 126 Making Sense 131 Attention 135 Relevance and Meaning 138 Zero-Hold 141 Our Traditional Thnking Habits 145 Language 152 Thinking and Intelligence 159 Critical Thinking 164 Laffer Curves 168 Problem-Solving 172 Analysis 176 Description 182 Natural 187 Mathematics 190 Either/Or 194 Absolutes 198 Argument and Clash 204 Belief 211 Science 213 Creativity 217 History 220 Logic 223 Art 227 Thinking in Sogiety and Its Institutions 231 Change 236 The Next Step 241 Full Up 244 Education 246 Ludecy 249 Short-Term Thinking 252 Democracy 254 Pragmatism 257 Bureaucracy 260 Compartments 262 Universities 264 Communication 266 Packaging 268 Summary of Pratical Outcomes 269 Summary 287 Appendix: Water Logic 290 Hodics 293