Moonwalking with Einstein
The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, [2011]
Format: Large Print
Edition: Large print edition.
Description: 475 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Citing costly memory-related inconveniences suffered by average individuals, a science journalist chronicles his own struggles with chronic forgetfulness and his life-changing year in memory training, as well as sharing historical lore and ancient memory techniques.
Series: Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series.
Contents:
The smartest man is hard to find -- The man who remembered too much -- The expert expert -- The most forgetful man in the world -- The memory palace -- How to memorize a poem -- The end of remembering -- The OK plateau -- The talented tenth -- The little rain man in all of us -- The U.S. memory championship.
ISBN:
9781410439154 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LP PSYCHOLOGY Foe | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Large Print Nonfiction | In |
Originally published: New York : Penguin Press, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references.
Includes bibliographical references.