| Edition |
Large print edition. |
| Description |
475 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Thorndike Press large print nonfiction |
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Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series.
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| Note |
Originally published: New York : Penguin Press, 2011. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-472) |
| 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 U.S. memory championship. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Mnemonics.
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Memory.
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Large type books.
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| ISBN |
9781410439154 |
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1410439151 |
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