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Moonwalking with Einstein

The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

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Moonwalking with Einstein

Written by: Joshua Foer
Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
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The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, Joshua Foer's part-memoir, part-guide on mastering your memory. Read by Mike Chamberlain.

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.

 Biological Sciences Memory Improvement Neuroscience & Neuropsychology Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Science Self-Help

Critic Reviews

A marvelous overview of one of the most essential aspects of what makes us human - our memory ... Witty and engaging (Dan Ariely)
Memory...makes us who we are...passionate and deeply engrossing ...The more we challenge ourselves, the greater our capacity. It's a fact that every teacher, parent and student would do well to learn. The lesson is unforgettable.
Captivating ... Engaging ... Mr. Foer writes in these pages with fresh enthusiasm. His narrative is smart and funny (Michiko Kakutani)
[D]elightful...empathetic, thought-provoking and...memorable. (Elizabeth Pisani)
Riotous (Alexandra Horowitz)
[An] endearingly geeky world...witty and revelatory...[The] journey certainly demonstrates how much memory matters...Apart from anything else, filling up our mental storehouses in the right way can make life feel longer. (Oliver Burkeman)
In this marvelous book, Joshua Foer invents a new genre of non-fiction. This is a work of science journalism wrapped around an adventure story, a bildungsroman fused to a vivid investigation of human memory. If you want to understand how we remember, and how we can all learn to remember better, then read this book (Jonah Lehrer)
One year, Joshua Foer is covering the US Memory Championships as a freelance journalist, the next he returns as a competitor - and wins it...How he pulled off this extraordinary feat forms the spine of this crisply entertaining book. (Matt Rudd)
Combines erudite analysis, historical context, a mind-bending adventure and extremely suggestive sex - some of it involving Foer's grandmother. (Tony Allen-Mills)
A labyrinthine personal journey that explains how our author ended up in the finals of the US Memory Championship - a compelling story arc from sceptical journalist to dedicated participant. I can't remember when I last found a science book so intriguing. (David Profumo)
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Great narrative. See MindPalace techniques YouTube while reading. Makes it really fun. I ended up learning Pi forwards and backwards to 30 decimals.

YOU can do anything

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Overall, An interesting journey of an ordinary man doing extraordinary feat and remaining ordinary in the process. History on memory technics & brain masters stories are beautifully written & keeps you interested the whole time. Well researched book for understanding of how memory works but not for developing it. Memory is just another skill that can be enhanced by practice and time. The orator has good sense of reading.

Moonwalked once and wrote the journey..

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Its a real story and a fascinating one. We are not as limited psychologically as we presume. Humans can train to do anything remarkable (anything is not anything anything).

Very well written and a fascinating story

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This book is not entirely dedicated to how one can improve their memory, but more towards how one man started his journey from scratch and ended up defeating pros, and the lessons and tricks he learned along the way. A significant portion of the book is dedicated to how human civilization has treated the science of memory and how it has evolved, along with all relevant case studies of unusual memory cases.

Decent read, but slightly misleading title

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Making me realize, something so trivial as memory skill is not merely a skill today.

A story for your memory skills.

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