Peak secrets from the new science of expertise
Draws on the examples of chess champions, violin virtuosos, star athletes, and memory mavens to outline a powerful approach to learning that enables proficiency through strategic goal setting, self-motivation, and feedback exercises.
| Main Author: | Ericsson, K. Anders 1947- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Boston :
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
2016.
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| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
Draws on the examples of chess champions, violin virtuosos, star athletes, and memory mavens to outline a powerful approach to learning that enables proficiency through strategic goal setting, self-motivation, and feedback exercises. |
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| Item Description: |
"An Eamon Dolan book." Includes index. |
| Physical Description: |
xxiii, 307 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780544456235 (hardcover) 0544456238 (hardcover) 9780544809703 (trade paper) 054480970X (trade paper) |
| Author Notes: |
K. ANDERS ERICSSON, PhD, is Conradi Eminent Scholar and professor of psychology at Florida State University. He studies expert performance in domains such as music, chess, medicine, and sports. His groundbreaking work has been cited in bestsellers from Moonwalking with Einstein to Outliers to How Children Succeed. He lives in Florida. ROBERT POOL, PhD, is a science writer living and working in Tallahassee, Florida. He has worked at some of the world's most prestigious science publications, including Science and Nature, and his work has appeared in many others, including Discover and Technology Review. He has written three books, including Eve's Rib: Searching for the Biological Roots of Sex Differences and Beyond Engineering : How Society Shapes Technology. |