Genrih Altshuller

Genrikh Saulovich Altshuller (Ге́нрих Сау́лович Альтшу́ллер IPA: [ˈgʲɛ.nrʲɪx sʌ.u.lə.vʲɪtɕ ə.lʲt.ʂu.lʲɪp]) (October 15, 1926 - September 24, 1998), penname Genrikh Altov was born in Tashkent. He created the Teoriya Resheniya Izobreatatelskikh Zadatch (Theory of Solving Inventive Problems or TRIZ), in English called the 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. Image File history File links Altshuller_Genrih. ... Image File history File links Altshuller_Genrih. ... For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words see here. ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years). ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Tashkent Tashkent (Uzbek: , Russian: , English: ) is the current capital of Uzbekistan and also of Tashkent Province. ... TRIZ (pronounced [triz]) is a Russian acronym for Teoriya Resheniya Izobretatelskikh Zadatch (Теория решения изобретательских задач), a Theory of solving inventive problems or Theory of inventive problems solving (TIPS)(less known as Theory of Solving Inventors Problems), developed by Genrich Altshuller and his colleagues since 1946. ... 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. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... A labor camp is a simplified detention facility where inmates are engaged in penal labor. ... Municipality: Baku Area: 1000 km² Altitude: -28 m Population: 2,074,300 census 2003 Population density: 1280 persons/km² Postal Code: +99450 Area code: 012 Municipality code: BA Latitude: 41° 01 52 N Longitude: 21° 20 25 E Weather types: 9 of 11 Mayor: Hajibala Abutalybov The Baku region. ...

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. Motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) Translation: Workers of the world, unite!) Anthem: The Internationale (1922-1944) Hymn of the Soviet Union (1944-1991) Capital (and largest city) Moscow Official languages None; Russian de facto Government Socialist Republic/Federation of Soviet Republics  - Last President Mikhail Gorbachev  - Last Premier Ivan Silayev... Petrozavodsk (Russian: ; Karelian/Finnish: Petroskoi) is the capital of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, with a population of 266,160 (2002 Census). ... Map showing the parts Karelia is traditionally divided into. ...

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

TRIZ

The tools developed under Altshuller's leadership are: TRIZ (pronounced [triz]) is a Russian acronym for Teoriya Resheniya Izobretatelskikh Zadatch (Теория решения изобретательских задач), a Theory of solving inventive problems or Theory of inventive problems solving (TIPS)(less known as Theory of Solving Inventors Problems), developed by Genrich Altshuller and his colleagues since 1946. ...

• 40 Inventive Principles 1946-1971,
• ARIZ 1959-1985,
• Separation Principles 1973-1985,
• Substance-Field Analysis (Su-Field Analysis) 1973-1981,
• 76 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 published 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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External links

• Full Biography
• Genrikh Altov at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database