page_title: Edward de Bono
section_title: Published works
hierarchical_section_title: Edward de Bono / Published works
caption_attribution_description: w:Edward de Bono appearing on w:Channel 4 tv series Opinions made by w:Open Media in 1994.
context_page_description: Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono is a Maltese physician, psychologist, author, inventor, philosopher and consultant. He originated the term lateral thinking, wrote the book Six Thinking Hats and is a proponent of the teaching of thinking as a subject in schools.
context_section_description: A partial list of books by de Bono includes:
  The Use of Lateral Thinking (1967) ISBN 0-14-013788-2, introduced the term "lateral thinking"
  New Think (1967, 1968) ISBN 0-380-01426-2
  The Five-Day Course in Thinking (1968), introduced the L game
  The Mechanism of the Mind (1969), Intl Center for Creative Thinking 1992 reprint: ISBN 0-14-013787-4
  Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step, (1970), Harper & Row 1973 paperback: ISBN 0-06-090325-2
  The Dog-Exercising Machine (1970)
  Technology Today (1971)
  Practical Thinking (1971)
  Lateral Thinking for Management (1971)
  Po: A Device for Successful Thinking (1972), ISBN 0-671-21338-5, introduced the term Po
  Children Solve Problems (1972) ISBN 0-14-080323-8, ISBN 0-06-011024-4 (1974 reprint)
  Po: Beyond Yes and No (1973), ISBN 0-14-021715-0
  Eureka!: An Illustrated History of Inventions from the Wheel to the Computer (1974)
  Teaching Thinking (1976)
  The Greatest Thinkers: The Thirty Minds That Shaped Our Civilization (1976), ISBN 0-399-11762-8
  Wordpower: An Illustrated Dictionary of Vital Words (1977)
  The Happiness Purpose (1977)
  Opportunities : A handbook for business opportunity search (1978)
  Future Positive (1979)
  Atlas of Management Thinking (1981)
  De Bono's Course in Thinking (1982)
  Learn-To-Think: Coursebook and Instructors Manual with Michael Hewitt-Gleeson de Saint-Arnaud (1982), ISBN 0-88496-199-0
  Tactics: The Art and Science of Success (1985)
  Conflicts: A Better Way to Resolve them (1985)
  Masterthinker's Handbook (1985)
  Six Thinking Hats (1985) ISBN 0-316-17831-4
  I Am Right, You Are Wrong: From This to the New Renaissance: From Rock Logic to Water Logic (1968) ISBN 0-670-84231-1
  Six Action Shoes (1991)
  Handbook for the Positive Revolution (1991) ISBN 0-14-012679-1
  Serious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Create New Ideas (1992) ISBN 0-00-255143-8 – a summation of many of De Bono's ideas on creativity
  Sur/Petition (1992) ISBN 0-88730-543-1
  Water Logic: The Alternative to I am right You are Wrong (1993) ISBN 978-1563120374
  Parallel thinking: from Socratic thinking to de Bono thinking (1994) ISBN 0-670-85126-4
  Teach Yourself How to Think (1995)
  Textbook of Wisdom (1996) ISBN 0-670-87011-0
  How to Be More Interesting (1998)
  Simplicity (1999)
  New Thinking for the New Millennium (1999)
  Why I Want To Be King of Australia (1999)
  How to Have A Beautiful Mind (2004)
  Six Value Medals (2005)
  H+ (Plus): A New Religion (2006)
  How to Have Creative Ideas (2007)
  Free or Unfree? : Are Americans Really Free? (2007) ISBN 1-59777-544-4
  Six Frames For Thinking About Information (2008)
  The Love of Two Cockroaches (2009) ISBN 978-9993261599
  Think! Before It's Too Late (2009) ISBN 978-0-09-192409-6
  Lateral Thinking - An Introduction (2014) ISBN 978-0091955021
  Bonting - Thinking to Create Value (2016) ISBN 978-9995750190
  Intelligence, Information, Thinking
  De Bono has also written numerous articles published in refereed and other journals, including The Lancet and Clinical Science.
caption: De Bono on Channel 4 lecture programme Opinions, produced by Open Media in 1994
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