Moonwalking with Einstein
The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
by Joshua Foer
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“BookaShaw club meets on 1st of month (new goal!). My neurologist recommended this funny, insightful book on the brain, how our memories work and how to make them more efficient...#@joshuafoer | For those fascinated with memory. Riveting pageturner about a journalist (with no particularly good memory) who went to cover a memory championship event. Intrigued and befriending some competitors, he starts practicing, and a year later wins the U.S. memory championship event himself. Inspiring dive into the subject of memorization. | I never thought much about whether I could improve my memory across a wider set of domains, but now I think I could, after reading Moonwalking with Einstein.”
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“BookaShaw club meets on 1st of month (new goal!). My neurologist recommended this funny, insightful book on the brain, how our memories work and how to make them more efficient...#@joshuafoer | For those fascinated with memory. Riveting pageturner about a journalist (with no particularly good memory) who went to cover a memory championship event. Intrigued and befriending some competitors, he starts practicing, and a year later wins the U.S. memory championship event himself. Inspiring dive into the subject of memorization. | I never thought much about whether I could improve my memory across a wider set of domains, but now I think I could, after reading Moonwalking with Einstein.”
Source →“BookaShaw club meets on 1st of month (new goal!). My neurologist recommended this funny, insightful book on the brain, how our memories work and how to make them more efficient...#@joshuafoer | For those fascinated with memory. Riveting pageturner about a journalist (with no particularly good memory) who went to cover a memory championship event. Intrigued and befriending some competitors, he starts practicing, and a year later wins the U.S. memory championship event himself. Inspiring dive into the subject of memorization. | I never thought much about whether I could improve my memory across a wider set of domains, but now I think I could, after reading Moonwalking with Einstein.”
Source →“BookaShaw club meets on 1st of month (new goal!). My neurologist recommended this funny, insightful book on the brain, how our memories work and how to make them more efficient...#@joshuafoer | For those fascinated with memory. Riveting pageturner about a journalist (with no particularly good memory) who went to cover a memory championship event. Intrigued and befriending some competitors, he starts practicing, and a year later wins the U.S. memory championship event himself. Inspiring dive into the subject of memorization. | I never thought much about whether I could improve my memory across a wider set of domains, but now I think I could, after reading Moonwalking with Einstein.”
Source →“BookaShaw club meets on 1st of month (new goal!). My neurologist recommended this funny, insightful book on the brain, how our memories work and how to make them more efficient...#@joshuafoer | For those fascinated with memory. Riveting pageturner about a journalist (with no particularly good memory) who went to cover a memory championship event. Intrigued and befriending some competitors, he starts practicing, and a year later wins the U.S. memory championship event himself. Inspiring dive into the subject of memorization. | I never thought much about whether I could improve my memory across a wider set of domains, but now I think I could, after reading Moonwalking with Einstein.”
Source →“BookaShaw club meets on 1st of month (new goal!). My neurologist recommended this funny, insightful book on the brain, how our memories work and how to make them more efficient...#@joshuafoer | For those fascinated with memory. Riveting pageturner about a journalist (with no particularly good memory) who went to cover a memory championship event. Intrigued and befriending some competitors, he starts practicing, and a year later wins the U.S. memory championship event himself. Inspiring dive into the subject of memorization. | I never thought much about whether I could improve my memory across a wider set of domains, but now I think I could, after reading Moonwalking with Einstein.”
Source →“BookaShaw club meets on 1st of month (new goal!). My neurologist recommended this funny, insightful book on the brain, how our memories work and how to make them more efficient...#@joshuafoer | For those fascinated with memory. Riveting pageturner about a journalist (with no particularly good memory) who went to cover a memory championship event. Intrigued and befriending some competitors, he starts practicing, and a year later wins the U.S. memory championship event himself. Inspiring dive into the subject of memorization. | I never thought much about whether I could improve my memory across a wider set of domains, but now I think I could, after reading Moonwalking with Einstein.”
Source →“BookaShaw club meets on 1st of month (new goal!). My neurologist recommended this funny, insightful book on the brain, how our memories work and how to make them more efficient...#@joshuafoer | For those fascinated with memory. Riveting pageturner about a journalist (with no particularly good memory) who went to cover a memory championship event. Intrigued and befriending some competitors, he starts practicing, and a year later wins the U.S. memory championship event himself. Inspiring dive into the subject of memorization. | I never thought much about whether I could improve my memory across a wider set of domains, but now I think I could, after reading Moonwalking with Einstein.”
Source →“BookaShaw club meets on 1st of month (new goal!). My neurologist recommended this funny, insightful book on the brain, how our memories work and how to make them more efficient...#@joshuafoer | For those fascinated with memory. Riveting pageturner about a journalist (with no particularly good memory) who went to cover a memory championship event. Intrigued and befriending some competitors, he starts practicing, and a year later wins the U.S. memory championship event himself. Inspiring dive into the subject of memorization. | I never thought much about whether I could improve my memory across a wider set of domains, but now I think I could, after reading Moonwalking with Einstein.”
Source →Recommended by 11 notable people, including Bill Gates and Tim Ferriss
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Recommended by 14 sources and appears in Memory, Memory, and Memory Improvement.
The blockbuster phenomenon that charts an amazing journey of the mind while revolutionizing our concept of memory An instant bestseller that is poised to become a classic, Moonwalking with Einstein recounts Joshua Foer's yearlong quest to improve his memory under the tutelage of top "mental athletes." He draws on cuttingedge research, a surprising...
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Recommended by 14 sources and appears in Memory, Memory, and Memory Improvement.
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“BookaShaw club meets on 1st of month (new goal!). My neurologist recommended this funny, insightful book on the brain, how our memories work and how to make them more efficient...#@joshuafoer | For those fascinated with memory. Riveting pageturner about a journalist (with no particularly good memory) who went to cover a memory championship event. Intrigued and befriending some competitors, he starts practicing, and a year later wins the U.S. memory championship event himself. Inspiring dive into the subject of memorization. | I never thought much about whether I could improve my memory across a wider set of domains, but now I think I could, after reading Moonwalking with Einstein.”
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