Applied Imagination is an influential 1953 book on creative ideation by Alex Faickney Osborn, in which he introduces the technique of brainstorming.
Chapters
The all-importance of imagination
Indispensability of creativity in science
Careers depend largely on creativity
Creativity in leadership and professions
Imagination can improve personal relations
Universality of imaginative talent
Ways by which creativity can be developed
Our new environment - its effect on creativity
Other factors that tend to cramp creativity
Creative and non-creative forms of imagination
The process of ideation vary widely
Orientation calls for setting our sights
Preparation and analysis go hand in hand
Editions
Osborn, Alex F. (1953). Applied Imagination: Principles and Procedures of Creative Problem Solving. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. Revised edition, New York, Scribner, 1957 3rd ed. New York C. Scribner 1963 French translation by Georges Rona and Pierre Dupont, L'Imagination constructive. Principes et processus de la Pensée créative et du Brainstorming, Paris, Dunod, 1959. Chinese translation by Ikkō Shō, 応用想像力 Taipei : Kyōshi Kōgyō Sōsho Shuppan Kofun Yūgen Kōshi, 1965