Genrih Altshuller

Genrikh Saulovich Altshuller (Ге́нрих Сау́лович Альтшу́ллер) (October 15, 1926 - September 24, 1998), penname Genrikh Altov was born in Tashkent. He created the Theory of Solving Inventive Problems (TRIZ), in English called Theory of Inventive Problem Solving -- TIPS. Working as a clerk in a patent office, Altshuller embarked on finding some generic rules that would explain creation of new, inventive, patentable ideas. During one of Joseph Stalin's purges he was imprisoned for political reasons and continued his studies with his fellow inmates while in a labor camp. After his release, Altshuller settled in Baku, Azerbaijan. October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Tashkent Tashkent (Toshkent or Тошкент in Uzbek, Ташке́нт in Russian; its name translates from the Turkoman language to Stone City in English. ... TRIZ, (pronounced [treez]), is a Russian acronym for Teoriya Resheniya Izobreatatelskikh Zadatch (Теория решения изобретательских задач), a Theory of solving inventive problems or Theory of inventive problems solving (TIPS... A patent clerk or patent examiner is an employee, usually a civil servant, working within a patent office and whose work is to examine patent applications as to whether they deserve a patent. ... A patent office is a governmental or intergovernmental organisation which controls the issue of patents. ... For other uses, see Stalin (disambiguation). ... A labor camp is a simplified detention facility where inmates are engaged in penal labor. ... Satellite view of Baku The Baku harbour on the south of Absheron peninsula The Maiden Tower in old town Baku Bakı (Azeri: Bakı, Russian: Баку), also known as Baku, is the capital of Azerbaijan. ...

He worked as a journalist, essayist, and a science fiction writer. He published his science fiction under the pseudonym Genrikh Altov (Генрих Альтов), often in collaboration with his wife, Valentina Zhuravleva. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Valentina Nikolayevna Zhuravleva (Валентина Журавлева) is a Russian science fiction writer. ...

A full-fledged TRIZ movement developed among Russian engineers and other technically inclined people by the 1970s, and Altshuller played the role of its intellectual leader. He lectured at TRIZ congresses, published articles and books and corresponded with various TRIZ practitioners. He became the founding member and president of the Russian TRIZ Association. A number of his close friends and students have become the most prominent thinkers and teachers of the movement, popularizing TRIZ in Russia and abroad.

For a long time he published articles on TRIZ, with examples and exercises, in the Soviet popular science magazine Izobretatel i Ratsionalizator (Inventor and Innovator).

Altshuller left Baku in the early 1990s amidst post-Soviet-breakup violence in the area. He settled in Petrozavodsk (Karelia in north-western Russia) with his wife and granddaughter. As a result, Petrozavodsk became the center of the TRIZ Association. State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Socialist republics/ Communist state Area  - Total  - % water Largest on the planet 22,402,200 km² ?% Population  - Total  - Density 3rd before collapse 293,047,571 (July... Petrozavodsk (Петрозаво́дск) or Petroskoi (in Karelian/Finnish) is the capital of the Russian Republic of Karelia, with a population of 282,900. ... Karelia - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Petrozavodsk (Петрозаво́дск) or Petroskoi (in Karelian/Finnish) is the capital of the Russian Republic of Karelia, with a population of 282,900. ...

He died from complications of Parkinson's disease in 1998.

TRIZ

The tools developed under Altshuller's leadership are:

• 40 Inventive Principles 1946-1971,
• ARIZ 1959-1985,
• Separation Principles 1946-1985,
• Substance-Field Analysis (Su-Field Analysis) 1973-1981,
• 77 Standard Solutions 1977-1985,
• Natural Effects (Scientific Effects) 1970-1980,
• Patterns of Evolution 1975-1980...

The different schools for TRIZ and individual practitioners have continued to improve and add to the methodology. ARIZ - (russ. ...

Science fiction as Genrich Altov

• Икар и Дедал 1958
• Легенды о звездных капитанах 1961
• Опаляющий разум 1968
• Создан для бури 1970
• Летящие по Вселенной 2002, with Valentina Zhuravleva

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