Author: Douglas J. Herrmann
Genre: Non-Fiction (Self Improvement)
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There seems to be a bit of a divide regarding memory books. There are memory books about the science of memory, how the mind works and so forth, such as Seven Sins of Memory, and there are practical books with techniques for enabling faster memorization of information, such as Learn to Remember and Complete Guide to Memory Mastery.
This book is quite firmly in no where land, with little science (there are a couple of vaguely referenced studies), common sense suggestions for helping you remember things (review at graduated intervals) and a couple of memory systems which are quickly brushed over, and incorrect. The Major System (called the number letter system in the book) does not translate Bill to 955, it translates to 95 because the major system is phonetic and two l's represent a single sound. Billy Lee translates 955. The Method of Loci does not mean you stick a map of Europe on the wall and add some pins for you favorite attractions. Given the level of factual information about memory systems in this book, you are better off learning them from Wikipedia.
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