Interior Design (IDSN)

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A revolutionary book about mnemonic techniques, and their relation to the history of philosophy, science, and literature. This book is an invaluable contribution to aesthetics and psychology, and to the history of philosophy, of science, and of literature.

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A path-breaking journey into the brain, showing how perception, thought, and action are products of "maps" etched into your gray matter-and how technology can use them to read your mind.

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Beginning with an in-depth explanation of the circadian clock--why it's important, how it works, and how to know it isn't working - this book outlines lifestyle changes to get you back on track and help you to enhance weight loss, improve sleep, optimize exercise, and manage technology so that it doesn't interfere with your body's natural rhythm.

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Drawing from his own experience as an educator as well as the work of researchers and innovators at MIT and beyond, in Grasp , Sarma explores the history of modern education, tracing the way in which traditional classroom methods--lecture, homework, test, repeat--became the norm and showing why things needs to change.

The human brain is an extraordinary learning machine. Its ability to reprogram itself is unparalleled, and it remains the best source of inspiration for recent developments in artificial intelligence. But how do we learn? What innate biological foundations underlie our ability to acquire new information, and what principles modulate their efficiency?

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It's there in all of us. A mental resource we don't think much about. Memory. And now there's a way to master its power. . . .Through Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas's simple, fail-safe memory system, you can become more effective, more imaginative, and more powerful at work, at school, in sports, and at play.

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draws on cutting-edge research, a surprising cultural history of remembering, and venerable tricks of the mentalist's trade to transform our understanding of human memory. From the United States Memory Championship to deep within the author's own mind, this is an electrifying work of journalism that reminds us that, in every way that matters, we are the sum of our memories.

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Teaching Design provides a practical foundation for teaching about and through design. The exploding interest in design and design thinking calls for qualified faculty members who are well prepared for a variety of institutional settings and content areas.

Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity. Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why we suffer such devastating health consequences when we don't sleep. Compared to the other basic drives in life--eating, drinking, and reproducing--the purpose of sleep remained elusive.