Think Links
Web Sites
Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot (YouTube)
TED technology, entertainment, design - amazing talks
Edge
Thought Experiments - important
Data is Nature blog
Games for Change (video games)
MIT OpenCourseWare
The National Institute of Play
Blocks to Critical Thinking
ScienceDaily - brain/mind
The Dana Foundation
REFERENCE
RefDesk - reference, facts, news
The Map Room - a weblog about maps
HyperHistory
Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus (pay site)
FRIENDS
Ivan Moscovich - bio - inventor and writer
The Big Book of Brain Games: 1,000 PlayThinks of Art, Mathematics & Science
Patrick Huyghe - the other side of science by a science writer/editor/publisher and his Anomalist Books imprint.
Clifford Pickover - a truly mind blowing site
Rita J. King & Joshua S. Fouts - web site
Rita J. King & Joshua S. Fouts - blog
Kate Jones' Gamepuzzles - a unique collection of math-based and very beautiful puzzles and games "for the joy of thinking." Created and made by Kadon Enterprises, each set offers a wide range of challenges, from kid-easy to expert-stumping. Abstract strategy games sharpen thinking skills, puzzles build solving skillsl. Great tools for homeschoolers, too.
Tim Rowett's "Grand Illusions" Fascinating and novel science related things to buy.
EDUCATION
(This list will be expanded, but it is also a minefield
as so many people are passionate about their positions.)
Frank Wilson on 'Hand-Made Minds'- Harvard Ed Letter
Infinite Thinking Machine (educator's blog + resources)
Enhancing Education - Multiple Intelligences
TED Talk: Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
Da Vinci Days 2004 (kids having fun)
FUN THINKING SITES
Ed Pegg Jr's wonderful MathPuzzle site
Nick's Mathematical Puzzles
Erich's Puzzle Palace
Potty Puzzles (not what you think - it is the English definition of "Potty.")
Cool Optical Illusions
Think.com
Aha Puzzles
ClickMazes
Puzzles.com - lots of great links too
Puzzle World
Puzzlewood - Berhard Schweitzer's site
Geoff Canyon’s Senket
Yehuda's gaming blog - great links here as well
Optical Illusions by Latisse
Math and Logic Problems Galore
Tom Cutrofello's Passion for Puzzles
COOL TOOLS
Wordle - beautiful word clouds
Brain Rules - book review from Tools for Thought
CREATIVE THINKING
quotations for brainstorming and lateral thinking
CRITICAL THINKING
Foundation for Critical Thinking
PHILOSOPHICAL THINKING
SITES OF LINKS
Amby's Thinking Skill Enhancers (a little dated)
BOOKS
[Current Favorite] Free Play, by Stephen Nachmanovitch
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The Thinker’s Way, by John Chaffee, Ph.D.
Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, by Howard Gardner
The Art of Possibility, by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander
The art of looking sideways, by Alan Fletcher
Sparks of Genius, by Robert and Michèle Root-Bernstein
Why We Hate, by Rush W. Dozier, Jr. (I've included this book because it casts a
clear light on one of several factors, such as fear that stop us from thinking clearly.)
The Geography of Thought, by Richard E. Nisbett
The Brain That Changes Itself, Norman Doidge, M.D.
The Mind Map Book, by Tony Buzan with Barry Buzan
Thought as a System, by David Bohm
Do You Think What You Think? by Julian Baggini and Jeremy Stangroom (amusing)
A Brief History of The Mind, by William H. Calvin
Flatland, by Edwin A. Abbott - a classic
A Whack on the Side of the Head, by Roger von Oech (insightful and delightful)
How To Solve It, by G. Polya (a classic for mathematicians)
The Artful Universe, (and other books) by John D. Barrow
De Bono's Thinking Course, by Edward De Bono
Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques, by Michael Michalko
Handbook of Creativity, Robert J. Sternberg
The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture, Frank R. Wilson
Hearing Gesture: How Our Hands Help Us Think, Susan Golden-Meadow
Peak Learning, by Ronald Gross
A Theory of Fun, by Raph Koster
The Courage to Create, by Rollo May
On Knowing:Essays For The Left Hand, by Jerome S. Bruner
Rapt - Attention and the Focused Life, by Winifred Gallager
MAGAZINES
The New Scientist
Scientific American
Scientific American Mind
Psychology Today
A LITTLE DIFFERENT
Only Dead Fish (a fascinating blog)
Nava Ching
Mouse Trap Powered Vehicles
Thinkers who influenced our thinking...
Ronnie Samson
Ivan Moscovich
John Chaffee
Roz and Ben Zander
Howard Gardiner
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Robert and Michèle Root-Bernstein
David Bohm
William H. Calvin
Raph Koster
Alan Fletcher
Clifford Pickover
Thought Juggler, we make thinking fun!