Moonwalking with Einstein - The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

Joshua Foer

The Penguin Press HC

2011

320 páginas

10h 40m

ISBN-13: 9781594202292

Moonwalking with Einstein follows Joshua Foer's compelling journey as a participant in the U.S. Memory Championship. As a science journalist covering the competition, Foer became captivated by the secrets of the competitors, like how the current world memory champion, Ben Pridmore, could memorize the exact order of 1,528 digits in an hour. He met with individuals whose memories are truly unique—from one man whose memory only extends back to his most recent thought, to another who can memorize complex mathematical formulas without knowing any math. Brains remember visual imagery but have a harder time with other information, like lists, and so with the help of experts, Foer learned how to transform the kinds of memories he forgot into the kind his brain remembered naturally. The techniques he mastered made it easier to remember information, and Foer's story demonstrates that the tricks of the masters are accessible to anyone.
--Miriam Landis

Resenhas (5)

3 (Bom)

This book is more a life story than a actual guide on how to improve our memories.
Even though the narrative is fun and interesting, I was expecting more tips on how to use my memory in a more effective way.
Well, some tips are given during the pages, but if you want to learn more about them, you'll have to look them up in other ways. Maybe the purpose of the author was really to instigate our curiosity, but the book felt 'incomplete'.