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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 612.82 EAN: 9780979777745 Edition: Reprint ISBN: 0979777747 Label: Pear Press Manufacturer: Pear Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 301 Publication Date: March 10, 2009 Publisher: Pear Press Studio: Pear Press Features:
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 Rating:  - great for a teacher or a fatheroutstanding. I'm a teacher and a father and have found this to be a very useful and interesting book. Rating: - easy readAuthorAuthor, John Medina, explains how the brain works better than any other author I have read. And he writes in voice to be easy for understanding the subject well. Rating: - Excellent book, a pleasant surpriseIt's not a self help book. It's more like an FYI regarding your brain and memory. It is very informative and provides just enough jargon to educated. This is a well written book by a very intelligent scientist who knows a thing or two about research. It's hard not to come away from this book without learning something. Rating: - Excellent bookThis makes your change some of your lifestyles so that you could be more alert, remember more and be energized. Rating: - Mind Blowing! Must read for anyone who has a brainIf I could give it a six star, I would. Definitely one of the most enlightening pop science book in the market right now. Great substance and excellent writing skill, esp the concise summary in the end of each chapter. The chapter/rule on 1) Exercise boosts brain power; 7) Sleep well, think well; 8) Stressed brains dont learn the same way, are outstanding. If you like Outliers, Freakonomics, Predictably Irrational and so on, you would love this one. Highly recommended! Below please find ... Read More 
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