The Seven Secrets of How to Think Like a Rocket Scientist [recurso electrónico] / by Jim Longuski.

Dream -- Imagine It -- Work on the Big Picture -- Aim High -- BS! -- Brainstorm -- Create Desire -- Tell a Story -- Sleep on It -- Think JFK -- Judge -- Get Real -- Play Games -- Simulate It -- Run a Thought Experiment -- Know Your Limits -- Weigh Ideas -- Ask -- Ask Dumb Questions -- Ask Big Questions -- Ask "What If?" -- Ask: "Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral?" -- Ask Just One More Question -- Check -- Prove Yourself Wrong -- Inspect for Defects -- Have a Backup Plan -- Do a Sanity Test -- Check Your Arithmetic -- Know the Risks -- Question Your Assumptions -- Simplify -- Keep It Simple, Stupid -- Draw a Picture -- Make a Mock-up -- Name the Beasts -- Look at the Little Picture -- Do the Math -- Apply Occam's Razor -- Optimize -- Minimize the Cost -- Minimize the Time -- Be Mr. Spock -- Make It Faster, Better, Cheaper (But Not All Three!) -- Know When Bigger Is Better -- Let Form Follow Function -- Pick the Best People -- Make Small Improvements -- Do -- Learn by Doing -- Sharpen Your Axe -- Correct It on the Way -- Do Something -- Don't Ignore Trends -- Work on Your Average Performance -- Look Behind You -- Learn from Your Mistakes -- Epilogue.

Would you like to know the methods that rocket scientists use-expressed in a way that you could apply to your everyday life? The book you are holding does just that. Illustrated are the methods (the 7 secrets) with anecdotes, quotations and biographical sketches of famous scientists, ideas from sci-fi, personal stories and insights, and occasionally a bit of space history. It turns out that rocket science is just common sense applied to the extraordinarily uncommon environment of outer space. (And that rocket scientists are people, too!)