Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes

by Maria Konnikova

Book Overview

From the author of The Confidence Game (January 2016), The New York Times bestselling guide to thinking like literature's greatest detective No fictional character is more renowned for his powers of thought and observation than Sherlock Holmes. But is his extraordinary intellect merely a gift of fiction, or can we learn to cultivate these abilities ourselves, to improve our lives at work and at home? We can, says psychologist and journalist Maria...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670026573
• ISBN13: 9780670026579
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Eye-opening to the reality of better observation and deduction

This book goes through the scientific explanations of how a person can think like Sherlock Holmes. Filled with examples from old Holmes stories, psychology studies and a small amount of “games,” the reality of thinking like Sherlock Holmes is shown. Would recommend to any student, professor, or lover of knowledge.