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Embracing the wide sky : a tour across the horizons of the mind

Author: Daniel Tammet
Publisher: New York : Free Press, 2009.
Edition/Format: Book : English : 1st Free Press hardcover edView all editions and formats
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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  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Daniel Tammet
ISBN: 9781416569695 1416569693
OCLC Number: 180756184
Description: vii, 292 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Wider than the sky -- Measuring minds: intelligence and talent -- Seeing what is not there -- A world of words -- The number instinct -- The biology of creativity -- Light to sight -- Food for thought -- Thinking by numbers -- The future of the mind.
Responsibility: Daniel Tammet.
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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.

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