Genrich Altshuller
Also recorded as Genrikh Saulovich Altshuller
Genrich Altshuller
- Born
- 1926 · Tashkent.
- Died
- 1998 · Petrozavodsk.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russia
- Occupation
- engineer · journalist · writer · inventor · lecturer
- Fields
- Unified structured inventive thinking
- Education
- Azerbaijan State Oil and Industrial University
- Known for
- theory of inventive problem solving
- Honours
- Alexander Belyayev Prize
- Languages
- Russian
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Genrich Altshuller studied at Azerbaijan State Oil and Industrial University. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is Unified structured inventive thinking. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are prose. Works named in the authority record are theory of inventive problem solving. Distinctions recorded are Alexander Belyayev Prize.
Genrich Altshuller is recorded with the occupation science fiction writer. Classed in the genre prose. Recorded as engineer, journalist, writer, inventor and lecturer. Identity and origins. He also worked under the name Генрих Альтов. The authorities additionally record the heading Genrikh Saulovich Altshuller. His recorded language was Russian. He married Valentina Zhuravleva.
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Genrich Altshuller (15 October 1926 – 24 September 1998) was an engineer, inventor and writer. Genrich Altshuller was born on 15 October 1926 in Taschkent and died on 24 September 1998.
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1926
Genrich Altshuller was born on 15 October 1926.
1998
Genrich Altshuller died on 24 September 1998.
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- 1.Mishra, Umakant. The father of TRIZ as we know him: A short biography of Genrich Altshuller. Altshuller Institute for TRIZ Studies. September 2008.
- 2.Cambridge University Press. Innovation on Demand: New Product Development Using TRIZ. 188–191. 2005. 978-0-521-82620-4.
- 3.Kennedy, Pagan. Inventology: How we dream up things that change the world. Mariner Books. 135, 141, 203. 2016. 9780544811928.
- 4.Lerner, Leonid. Genrich Altshuller: Father of TRIZ. Innovation Starter. 1991.
- 5.VALENTINA ZHURAVLYOVA - THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY. MATRIZ Official - The International TRIZ Official Association.
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