Moonwalking with Einstein : the art and science of remembering everything / Joshua Foer.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Penguin Press, 2011.Description: 307 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 159420229X (hbk.)
  • 9781594202292 (hbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BF385 .F64 2011
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 US memory championships.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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