by Joshua Foer · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432214165
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«Los desafíos de la memoria» is the popular science essay by Joshua Foer, published by Seix Barral in paperback (368 pages, in Spanish).
Joshua Foer won the United States memory championship after a year of training. In this book he traces the history of mnemonic techniques, interviews neuroscientists, amnesiacs, philosophers and chess players, and undergoes a brain scan to explain how to improve memory and its relationship with intelligence.
The translation from English is by María José Díez Pérez. The original title is «Moonwalking with Einstein» and it belongs to the Los Tres Mundos collection.
For readers interested in popular science, psychology and personal development, and for those seeking strategies to improve their memory.
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Joshua Foer is a freelance journalist and author living in Brookline, Massachusetts, with a primary focus on science. He was the 2006 USA Memory Champion, which was described in his 2011 book, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. He also co-founded the travel company Atlas Obscura with Dylan Thuras.
