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

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

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Author / Creator:Foer, Joshua.
Imprint:New York : Penguin Press, 2011.
Description:307 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Mnemonics.
Memory.
Memory.
Mnemonics.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8359414
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ISBN:9781594202292 (hbk.)
159420229X (hbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-297) and index.
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.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Smartest Man is Hard to Find
  • 2. The Man Who Remembered Too Much
  • 3. The Expert Expert
  • 4. The Most Forgetful Man in the World
  • 5. The Memory Palace
  • 6. How to Memorize a Poem
  • 7. The End of Remembering
  • 8. The Ok Plateau
  • 9. The Talented Tenth
  • 10. The Little Rain Man in All of Us
  • 11. The U.S. Memory Championship
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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