Books about the Brain And Memory

Memory

	Dominic O'Brien: Learn To Remember A memory book by the world champion Dominic O'Brien ORDER from amazon.com from the UK: ORDER from amazon.co.uk		Dane Spotts, Nancy Atkins (Contributor): Photographic Mind : Holographic Memory System (The title of this book may be a little misleading) content: link system, the loci system, the peg system, and the phonetic system practical exercises ORDER from amazon.com from the UK: ORDER from amazon.co.uk
	RECOMMENDED! Andi Bell: Memory Pack The memory pack is more than a book: It includes cards, a board game and a "memory bean-bag". The cards can be used to learn the mnemonic "translations" of numbers which is really helpful. Another set of cards helps to remember names and faces. ORDER from amazon.com from the UK: ORDER from amazon.co.uk		Tony Buzan: Use Your Perfect Memory great number of memory systems (incl. the major system) special discussion of cards, birthdays, faces, vocabulary, phone numbers and more ORDER from amazon.com from the UK: ORDER from amazon.co.uk
	Harry Lorayne, Jerry Lucas: The Memory Book ORDER from amazon.com from the UK: ORDER from amazon.co.uk		Kenneth L. Higbee: Your Memory : How It Works and How to Improve It Like other books, this book explains the usual systems (link, loci, peg etc.). However, it does also mention "basic" topics like repetion, relexation etc. There is also a chapter about remembering faces. ORDER from amazon.com from the UK: ORDER from amazon.co.uk
SPECIAL INTEREST: History Of Memorising / Study about one of the greatest memry champions	Frances A. Yates: The Art of Memory For readers who are not just interested in improving their memory, but also in the history of the art of memorising ORDER from amazon.com from the UK: ORDER from amazon.co.uk		Charles P. Thompson, Thaddeus M. Cowan, Jerome Frieman: Memory Search by a Memorist This book contains not only an autobiography of Rajan Srinivasan Mahadevan, the previous record holder for reciting Pi from memory. It's main content is a great number of clinical tests of his memory. ORDER from amazon.com from the UK: ORDER from amazon.co.uk

General Books

Mental Calculation

	RECOMMENDED FOR ADVANCED CALCULATORS! Ronald W. Doerfler: Dead Reckoning : Calculating Without Instruments multiplication and division as well as advanced calculations: roots, logarithms and even trigonometric functions, maybe not suitable for beginners but a great book for advanced calculators. ORDER from amazon.com from the UK: ORDER from amazon.co.uk		RECOMMENDED BOTH FOR BEGINNERS AS FOR ADVANCED CALCULATORS! Robert Fountain and Jan van Koningsveld: The Mental Calculator's Handbook written by two of the best calculators (both have won multiple titles at the Mental Calculation World Cup) Easy to read for motivated beginners even without too much mathematical knowledge - but advanced calculators should also find something new and useful. The calculating procedures are clearly explained, and the book contains several examples and exercises. ORDER from amazon.com from the UK: ORDER from amazon.co.uk
	RECOMMENDED FOR BEGINNERS! Henry Sticker: How to Calculate Quickly Advanced calculators will not find much new information in this book, but it is a great choice for beginners - mainly because of the great number of exercises and examples. ORDER from amazon.com from the UK: ORDER from amazon.co.uk		Edward Stoddard: Speed Mathematics Simplified This book covers addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. ORDER from amazon.com from the UK: ORDER from amazon.co.uk
	George Lane: Mind Games suitable for beginners ORDER from amazon.com from the UK: ORDER from amazon.co.uk		Harry Lorayne: Miracle Math (How to Develop a Calculator in your Head) suitable for beginners ORDER from amazon.com from the UK: ORDER from amazon.co.uk
SPECIAL INTEREST: Vedic Maths and the Trachtenberg System	Sri Bharati Krisna Tirthaji, V.S. Agarwala: Vedic Mathematics or Sixteen Simple Mathematical Formulae from the Vedas ORDER from amazon.com from the UK: ORDER from amazon.co.uk You can read more about Vedic Maths at www.vedicmaths.com.		The Trachtenberg Speed System of Basic Mathematics Trachtenberg developed a rather unusual system for doing mental calculation. However, this system is not just unusual but also interesting and useful. ORDER from amazon.com from the UK: ORDER from amazon.co.uk

Speed Reading

Mind Mapping

Tony and Barry Buzan: The Mind Map Book : How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain's Untapped Potential ORDER from amazon.com from the UK: ORDER from amazon.co.uk

Nancy Margulies: Learning and Teaching Mind Mapping ORDER from amazon.com from the UK: ORDER from amazon.co.uk