Moonwalking with Einstein the art and science of remembering everything

"Joshua Foer invents a new genre of nonfiction. This is a work of science journalism wrapped around an adventure story, a bildungsroman fused to a vivid investigation of human memory."--Jonah Lehrer, author of How We Decide and Proust Was a Neuroscientist On average, people squander forty days annua...

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Main Author: Foer, Joshua
Other Authors: Chamberlain, Mike
Format: Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook
Language:English
Published: New York : Books on Tape, 2011.
Edition:Unabridged.
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