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knowledge collapse (hitting the wall), chunking, 118, 123
knowledge vs. memory trick, 176
Koehler, William, 180–81
Kruchko, Paul, 80, 80–82

labels and confidence, 192
language-learning skills, 1, 4, 5, 6, 14, 16, 53, 63, 70, 118, 145, 198, 209, 210
Law of Serendipity, ix, 66, 116, 122, 137, 256
learned industriousness, 99
learning more effectively, 6–7
See also math and science, learning
learning on your own, 213–16, 214, 218, 221, 222
learning to appreciate your talent. See appreciating your talent
LeechBlock, 139
left hemisphere of brain, 20, 226, 228, 233
Leopold, Kenneth R., 22
library of chunks, 66–68, 67, 113, 115, 117, 120, 121, 122, 147, 186
Limited Time Study, 81–82
limiting cases and understanding an equation, 237
Lisa, Allen, 93
Lisi, Garret, 104, 104
lists, enlisting, 130–31, 131, 132, 133, 134, 137, 140, 141, 149, 152
little goes a long way, 89
long-term memory, 41, 43, 47, 64, 65, 69, 74–75, 157, 179

magical math marination, 142–43
See also diffuse mode of thinking
“magic of creativity,” 32
Magrann, Tracey, 162, 164, 244
Mandelbrot, Benoit, 203
“Mandelbrot Set” (Coulton), 203
Manhattan Project, 229, 252
Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan (Kanigel), 223
Manzi, Mr., 201–2
marking the objective, 102
marking up text, 62, 125, 178, 259
Marx, Chico, 136
math and science, learning
appreciating your talent, 183–92, 221
challenges of math and science, 16–18
easy does it, 9–28, 253
mind’s eye, developing through equation poems, 201–12
overconfidence, avoiding, 20, 225–37, 247, 248, 254
paradoxes of learning, 41, 255
renaissance learning, 213–24
sculpting your brain, 193–200
test taking, 238–51
unlocking your potential, 252–60
See also chunking; creativity and learning; diffuse mode of thinking; focused mode of thinking; memory;