Moonwalking with Einstein the art and science of remembering everything
(2011)
By:
Foer, Joshua
Nonfiction
Large Type
Call Numbers:
LARGE TYPE/153.14/FOER,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, [2011]
©2011
©2011
EDITION
Large print edition
DESCRIPTION
475 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781410439154 (hardcover), 1410439151 (hardcover)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Originally published: New York : Penguin Press, 2011
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
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