Awesome book.
Extremely well-written and it makes the subject not just interesting, but riveting. Riveting, I tell you! Joshua Foer tells a personal story but weaves through it all sorts of fascinating neuroscience tidbits.
The book details the author’s journey into the world of memory championships.
He gave a TED Talk on the book, which you can view here, which is nice because his slideshow includes photos of some of the characters from the book. Or listen to the All Things Considered interview on NPR:
I’ve started using the techniques described in the book (with help from the Internet). This stuff actually works. I’ve successfully memorized the 44 US presidents and the birthdays for all my family members. Now whenever I close my eyes I see Grover from Sesame Street sitting in my childhood bed with a sexy nun, while cutting a miniature tract of land in half with a menacing looking cleaver. I’m not sure that’s a good thing. But now I’ll never forget that Grover Cleveland was the 22nd president (and also, oddly, the 24th).
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