Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

by Joshua Foer

Book Overview

The blockbuster phenomenon that charts an amazing journey of the mind while revolutionizing our concept of memory

"Highly entertaining." --Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker

"Funny, curious, erudite, and full of useful details about ancient techniques of training memory." --The Boston Globe

An instant bestseller that has now become a classic, Moonwalking with Einstein recounts Joshua Foer's yearlong quest...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159420229X
• ISBN13: 9781594202292
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Happy! But didn't receive "Very Good" Condition

I wouldn't consider the book I received to be "very good" because the jacket was dirty around the edges and there were many highlights throughout the book. It was still in pretty good condition so I'm happy with what I received, especially for the price!

learn to use your mind

this book will teach you the power of your mind and how to use it.

I picked up this book just because of the funny name and was very surprised. One day Josh is sent to cover the story on a memory championship. At first he thought it was just boring and a waste of time but after seeing people memorize several pages of binary, names and faces and the exact order of upwards of 20 decks of cards he thought it very impressive in a rain-man sort of way. After talking to a few people he quickly found out that they were just average people who trained and practiced how to memorize using a variety of systems. Josh decides to see how far he can with the same training and we get to follow his progress and techniques along the way. This is an excellent book to get into the memory game or just to learn how to remember a huge amount of information quite easily, be it a grocery list (which you learn how to do so in the book), large blocks of numbers, names and faces or maybe you just want to memorize everyone's names and faces much faster. Definitely worth a read.