Embracing the wide sky : a tour across the horizons of the mind /
Tammet, Daniel, 1979-
Embracing the wide sky : a tour across the horizons of the mind / Daniel Tammet. - 1st Free Press hardcover ed. - New York : Free Press, 2009. - vii, 292 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-276) and index.
The author of Born on a Blue Day combines meticulous scientific research with detailed descriptions of how his mind works to demonstrate the immense potential within us all. He explains how our natural intuitions can help us to learn a foreign language, why his memories are like symphonies, why there is more to intelligence than IQ, how our brains turn light to sight, why too much information can make you stupid, and more.
9781416569695 1416569693
2008030551
Brain--Popular works.
Intellect--Popular works.
Savants (Savant syndrome)
Mnemonics.
QP376 / .T36 2009
612.8/2
Embracing the wide sky : a tour across the horizons of the mind / Daniel Tammet. - 1st Free Press hardcover ed. - New York : Free Press, 2009. - vii, 292 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-276) and index.
The author of Born on a Blue Day combines meticulous scientific research with detailed descriptions of how his mind works to demonstrate the immense potential within us all. He explains how our natural intuitions can help us to learn a foreign language, why his memories are like symphonies, why there is more to intelligence than IQ, how our brains turn light to sight, why too much information can make you stupid, and more.
9781416569695 1416569693
2008030551
Brain--Popular works.
Intellect--Popular works.
Savants (Savant syndrome)
Mnemonics.
QP376 / .T36 2009
612.8/2