So he picked 27 professionals -- they were engineers, physicists, mathematicians, architects, furniture designers even, artists -- and he asked them to come along one evening, and to bring a problem with them that they were working on.
Escolheu 27 profissionais — engenheiros, médicos, matemáticos, arquitetos, "designers" de mobiliário, artistas — e convidou-os a aparecerem uma noite, e a levarem um problema em que estivessem a trabalhar.