Einshtein guliaet po lune.Nauka i iskusstvo zapominaniia - Foer Dzhonatan Safran

The book tells about 12 months that the author spent trying to comprehend his memory - its internal mechanisms, natural ways of protection, hidden potential - and train it. It is, in essence, a story about the place of memory occupies in the life of all mankind and each of us. How has memory function changed over the millennia? What is the role of memory techniques in the past and present? Can anyone develop his memory to perfection? And is it necessary? You will learn how to train memory and how memory techniques can be useful in everyday life.

Why the book is worthy of reading"Joshua Foer found that the barrier between genius and everyday idiocy is not as high as it seems: anyone can go back and forth - even those of us who can not remember where the car was parked yesterday. To do this, according to a scientific journalist, who from an observer turned champion of memorization, enough for 5 minutes to drink two beers, kiss three strangers women and remember 49 figures ... Or 48? Something like that. Funny, eccentric, useful - in short, unforgettable - a book about how to learn to find in your head things that are still there."Lev Danilkin, literary critic, writer "Memory is an incredibly sophisticated and wayward tool to master it perfection requires patience and skill. But for those who have succeeded, there are no closed doors. Foer's book helps us understand what our memory really is: not a notebook...