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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE NAUTILUS GOLD AWARD
A powerful and provocative testament to the diverse coalition of minds well need to face the mounting challenges of the twentyfirst century Steve Silberman
An absolute eyeopener Frans de Waal
A landmark book that reveals celebrates and advocates for the special minds and contributions of visual thinkers
A quarter of a century after her memoir Thinking in Pictures forever changed how the world understood autism Temple Grandin an anthropologist on Mars as Oliver Sacks dubbed hertransforms our awareness of the different ways our brains are wired Do you have a keen sense of direction a love of puzzles the ability to assemble furniture without crying You are likely a visual thinker
With her genius for demystifying science Grandin draws on cuttingedge research to take us inside visual thinking Visual thinkers constitute a far greater proportion of the population than previously believed she reveals and a more varied one from the photorealistic object visualizers like Grandin herself with their intuitive knack for design and problem solving to the abstract mathematically inclined visual spatial thinkers who excel in pattern recognition and systemic thinking She also makes us understand how a world increasingly geared to the verbal tends to sideline visual thinkers screening them out at school and passing over them in the workplace Rather than continuing to waste their singular gifts driving a collective loss in productivity andinnovation Grandin proposes new approaches to educating parenting employing and collaborating with visual thinkers In a highly competitive world this important book helps us see we need every mind on board
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