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PRAISE FOR A MIND FOR NUMBERS
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COPYRIGHT
DEDICATION
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FOREWORD by Terrence J. Sejnowski, Francis Crick Professor, Salk Institute for
Biological Studies
PREFACE by Jeffrey D. Karpicke, James V. Bradley Associate Professor of Psychological
Sciences, Purdue University
NOTE TO THE READER
1 Open the Door
2 Easy Does It:
Why Trying Too Hard Can Sometimes Be Part of the Problem
3 Learning Is Creating:
Lessons from Thomas Edison’s Frying Pan
4 Chunking and Avoiding Illusions of Competence:
The Keys to Becoming an “Equation Whisperer”
5 Preventing Procrastination:
Enlisting Your Habits (“Zombies”) as Helpers
