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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Check It. 'Moonwalking with Einstein'.


While perusing the New York Times this morning, I found an excellent book review of Joshua Foer's (brother of Jonathan Safran Foer) latest: a reflection on our collective loss of memory.

Foer's "Moonwalking with Einstein" stems from a 2006 article he wrote for Slate.com. According to NYT, in this book Foer like Malcolm Gladwell makes scientific concepts tangible and easy to read, which I definitely believe.

With his smart, but conversational tone and powerful storytelling I can only imagine this is going to be another hit.

-- Lauren Williams

*An earlier version of this post mistakenly attributed the "Einstein" to Jonathan Safran Foer. Thanks for the heads up, readers!

3 comments:

  1. Isn't his name Jonathan...not Joshua?

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  2. Josh is Jon's younger brother: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200661031005

    and there's a third Foer!

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