Лунная прогулка с Энштейном

9780141032139

Джошуа Фоер (Unknown)

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

ONE - THE SMARTEST MAN IS HARD TO FIND

TWO - THE MAN WHO REMEMBERED TOO MUCH

THREE - THE EXPERT EXPERT

FOUR - THE MOST FORGETFUL MAN IN THE WORLD

FIVE - THE MEMORY PALACE

SIX - HOW TO MEMORIZE A POEM

SEVEN - THE END OF REMEMBERING

EIGHT - THE OK PLATEAU

NINE - THE TALENTED TENTH

TEN - THE LITTLE RAIN MAN IN ALL OF US

ELEVEN - THE U.S. MEMORY CHAMPIONSHIP

EPILOGUE

Acknowledgements

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA Foer, Joshua.

Moonwalking with Einstein : the art and science of remembering everything / Joshua Foer. p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

eISBN : 978-1-101-47597-3

1. Mnemonics. 2. Memory. I. Title.

BF385.F64 2011

153.1’4—dc22 2010030265