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Lädt ... Brain Candy: Science, Paradoxes, Puzzles, Logic, and Illogic to Nourish Your Neuronsvon Garth Sundem
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Do you know those couple of pages near the beginning of most magazines -- the pages that present the short, entertaining and/or newsy snippets that you gobble up before moving on to the feature articles? Brain Candy by Garth Sundem is like 200 of those pages -- a collection of hundreds of puzzles, games, research-study snippets, and miscellaneous quotations and trivia. It’s fun, and my only quibbles concern the layout. It’s often difficult to tell if a snippet ends or is continued (e.g. after a sidebar or page break). And while there’s an Answers section and a References section (pointing interested readers to the original sources, usually a magazine or journal article) at the back, they’re only cross-referenced to the main text by snippet title, not page number. It was a mess to find anything until I resorted to using three bookmarks. The book is definitely candy -- fun, curious, and more sensational-headline than explanatory-substance. But it’s Mensa-quality candy, and it’s as clever as the best shorts from three of my favorite magazines: Games, Mental Floss, and New Scientist. (Review based on an advance reading copy provided by the publisher.) Zeige 4 von 4 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Feed Your Brain nbsp; Tastier than a twizzler yet more protein-packed than a spinach smoothie, Brain Candy is guaranteed to entertain your brain--even as it reveals hundreds of secrets behind what's driving that electric noodle inside your skull.nbsp; nbsp; These delicious and nutritious pages are packed with bits of bite-sized goodness swiped from the bleeding edge of brain science (including the reason why reading these words is changing your hippocampus at this very moment!) Shelved alongside these succulent neurological nuggets are challenging puzzles and paradoxes, eye-opening perception tests and hacks, fiendish personality quizzes and genius testers, and a grab bag of recurring treats including Eye Hacks, Algebraic Eight Ball, iDread, Wild Kingdom, and Logic of Illogic.nbsp;nbsp; nbsp; Should you look between these covers and inhale the deliciously cherry-flavored scents of knowledge within, you will grow your grey matter while discovering: nbsp; *nbsp;Why you should be writing bad poetry *nbsp;The simple keys to brain training *nbsp;What trust smells likenbsp; *nbsp;The origins of human morality *nbsp;Why expensive wine always tastes better *nbsp;The truth about brain sweat *nbsp;How your diet might be making you dumb *nbsp;The secrets of game theory *nbsp;Why economists hate psychology *nbsp;The mental benefits of coffee and cigarettes *nbsp;How to really spot a liar *nbsp;Why you can't make me eat pie *nbsp;The benefits of daydreaming *nbsp;Four simple secrets to persuasion *nbsp;Why your barin's fzzuy ligoc alowls you to raed this *nbsp;How to brainwash friends and family *nbsp;The science of body language *nbsp;What pigeons know about art nbsp; ...And much, much more.nbsp;nbsp; Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Weak effort. Should be one star, but it might entertain some. ( )