Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything“Highly entertaining.” —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker “Funny, curious, erudite, and full of useful details about ancient techniques of training memory.” —The Boston Globe The blockbuster phenomenon that charts an amazing journey of the mind while revolutionizing our concept of memory An instant bestseller that is poised to become a classic, Moonwalking with Einstein recounts Joshua Foer's yearlong quest to improve his memory under the tutelage of top "mental athletes." He draws on cutting-edge research, a surprising cultural history of remembering, and venerable tricks of the mentalist's trade to transform our understanding of human memory. From the United States Memory Championship to deep within the author's own mind, this is an electrifying work of journalism that reminds us that, in every way that matters, we are the sum of our memories. |
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LibraryThing Review
User Review - ByronDB - LibraryThingI read this at the same time I was reading "Wolf Hall", the story of Henry VIII's adviser Thomas Cromwell. Relevance: in the novel, Cromwell relied on many of the classical mnemonic systems that Foer describes here. Excellent. Read full review
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User Review - jlford3 - LibraryThingGood for a background on memory training and theory. He refers to other texts like Ericsson's Peak about expertise, as well as the history of memory training in ancient Greece and in cultures which ... Read full review
Contents
THE MAN WHO REMEMBERED TOO MUCH | |
THE EXPERT EXPERT | |
THE MOST FORGETFUL MAN IN THE WORLD | |
THE MEMORY PALACE | |
HOW TO MEMORIZE A POEM | |
SEVEN | |
THE END OF REMEMBERING | |
EIGHT | |
THE TALENTED TENTH | |
THE LITTLE RAIN MAN IN ALL OF | |
ELEVEN | |
EPILOGUE | |
Acknowledgments | |
Bibliography | |
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Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything Joshua Foer Limited preview - 2012 |
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything Joshua Foer No preview available - 2012 |
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything Joshua Foer No preview available - 2011 |
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