Moonwalking with Einstein:the art and science of remembering everything
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Penguin Press,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | 2011. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | 307 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
159420229X (hbk.) 9781594202292 (hbk.) 9780143120537 (pbk.) 0143120530 (pbk.) |
Index Number: | B842 |
CLC: | B842.3 |
Call Number: | B842.3/F654 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-297) and index. 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 US memory championships. Having achieved the seemingly unachievable-- becoming a U.S. Memory Champion-- Foer shows how anyone with enough training and determination can achieve mastery of their memory. |