A Mind for Numbers, (Paperback)

from DeborahJade

Where was the book back when I was in high school and university? And what can I now study just so I can try out the techniques and advice in the book? This is one of my favourites reads this year and is full of really great explanations and examples which underpin the practical advice given in ...

from jen.e.moore

I read this book as a companion to the Coursera course "Learning How to Learn," which is taught by the author and is, in fact, nearly identical to the book. But for once I wouldn't brush it off as unnecessarily repetitive; in fact, I'd recommend both the video lecture-based course and the book to...

from nmarun

The book begins by explaining the concepts of focused and diffuse modes of thinking. These are core and essential to understanding the rest of the book. As the names go - focused is concentrated and direct thinking that is applied to a specific problem while diffuse mode is a high-level and abstr...

from sami7

Among self help material, this is a good one. There is an excellent Coursera course (learning how to learn) by the same author & based on the same material.

from ShadowBarbara

Companion book to the course "learning to Learn". Easy to read and reinforced the material in the class. Quite helpful