On average, people squander forty days annually trying to remember things they've forgotten. Joshua Foer used to be one of those people. But after a year of training, he found himself in the finals of the U.S. Memory Championship. He also discovered a truth we too often forget: In every way, we are the sum of our memories. In Moonwalking with Einstein Foer draws on cutting-edge research, the cultural history of memory and the techniques of ?mental atheletes? to transform our understanding of human remembering. He learns the ancient methods used by Cicero and Medieval scholars. He meets amnesiacs, neuroscientists and savants ? including a man who claims to have memorized more than nine thousand books. In doing so, he reveals the hidden impact of memory on our lives, and shows how we can all dramatically improve our memories. At a time when electronic devices have all but rendered our individual memories obsolete, Foer's book is a quest to resurrect the gift we all possess, but that too often slips our minds.
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Moonwalking with Einstein The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
von Joshua Foer
On average, people squander forty days annually trying to remember things they've forgotten. Joshua Foer used to be one of those people. But after a year of training, he found himself in the finals of the U.S. Memory Championship. He also discovered a truth we too often forget: In every way, we are the sum of our memories. In Moonwalking with Einstein Foer draws on cutting-edge research, the cultural history of memory and the techniques of ?mental atheletes? to transform our understanding of human remembering. He learns the ancient methods used by Cicero and Medieval scholars. He meets amnesiacs, neuroscientists and savants ? including a man who claims to have memorized more than nine thousand books. In doing so, he reveals the hidden impact of memory on our lives, and shows how we can all dramatically improve our memories. At a time when electronic devices have all but rendered our individual memories obsolete, Foer's book is a quest to resurrect the gift we all possess, but that too often slips our minds.
Aktuelle Rezensionen(1)
Rezension von dajameepMan begleitet den Autoren bei seiner persönlichen Entdeckung und Arbeit mit „Mental Athletes“ und der Kunst des Erinnerns. Neben vielen interessanten Informationen zu Gedächtnistraining, dessen Geschichte und aktuelle Entwicklung und Bedeutung lernt man auch die tatsächlichen Methoden der US Memory Champions kennen und kann diese gemeinsam mit dem Autoren ausprobieren. Ich persönlich bin begeistert, wie ein Buch über Gedächtnistraining (ohne sich dabei lediglich auf die Methoden zu fokussieren) doch so interessant sein kann, und man dabei ausgewählte Methoden für sich entwickeln kann.