Benedict Carey

How We Learn

Throw out the rule book and unlock your brain's potential

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What if almost everything we have been told about learning is wrong? And what if there is a way to achieve more with less effort?From an early age, it is drilled into us: learning is about self-discipline. We are told we must confine ourselves to solitary study areas, turn off the music and retain a strict routine if we are to ace that test, memorize that presentation or nail that piano recital. But in How We Learn, Benedict Carey shows how some of the qualities we think of as our worst enemies - laziness, ignorance, distraction - can actually work in our favour.Filled with powerful, often thrillingly counter-intuitive wisdom, stories and pra… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4472-8634-9
EAN: 9781447286349
Produktnummer: 17147987
Verlag: Pan macmillan Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Seitenangabe: 272 S.
Ausstattung: B-Format Paperback
Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.9 cm x D1.6 cm 196 g
Gewicht: 196
Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.

Über den Autor

Benedict Carey has been an award-winning science reporter at the New York Times since 2004 and previously worked at the Los Angeles Times. His 2010 article on study habits was the most emailed New York Times piece ever in a single day.