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How to think like Sherlock Holmes
2013Fast paceLight
What it is about
Psychologist Maria Konnikova uses Sherlock Holmes’s methods as a guide to better thinking. She explains how attention, memory and observation work and how to train them. The book mixes psychology and fiction.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like Sherlock Holmes.
What you will get
A blend of psychology and literary reading.
Mastermind Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Nonfiction · Sherlock Holmes · Attention · Psychology
Length
288 pages · ≈ 8 h
More about this book
Characters
Maria Konnikova.
Setting
Holmes’s London and psychology labs.
What makes it different
Psychology explained through a detective.
Feel
Clever, clear and fun.
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