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Seeing What Others Cannot See - The Hidden Advantages of Visual Thinkers and Differently Wired Brains (Paperback)
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Seeing What Others Cannot See - The Hidden Advantages of Visual Thinkers and Differently Wired Brains (Paperback)
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For over 25 years, Thomas G. West has been a leading advocate for
the importance of visual thinking, visual technologies and the
creative potential of individuals with dyslexia and other learning
differences. In this new book, he investigates how different kinds
of brains and different ways of thinking can help to make
discoveries and solve problems in innovative and unexpected ways.
West focuses on what he has learned over the years from a group of
extraordinarily creative, intelligent, and interesting people --
those with dyslexia, Asperger's syndrome, and other different ways
of thinking, learning, and working. He shows that such people can
provide important insights missed by experts as they also can
prevent institutional "group think." Based on first-person
accounts, West tells stories that include a dyslexic paleontologist
in Montana, a special effects tech who worked for Pink Floyd and
Kiss and who is now an advocate for those with Asperger's syndrome,
a group of dyslexic master code breakers in a British electronic
intelligence organization, a Colorado livestock handling expert who
has become a forceful advocate for those with autism and a family
of dyslexics and visual thinkers in Britain that includes four
winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics. He also discusses persistent
controversies and the unfolding science. This is an inspiring book
that not only documents the achievements of people with various
learning differences, but reveals their great potential --
especially in a new digital age where traditional clerical and
academic skills are less and less important while an ability to
think in pictures and to understand patterns using high-level
computer information visualizations is rapidly increasing in value
in the global economic marketplace.
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Imprint: |
Prometheus Books
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
July 2017 |
Authors: |
Thomas G West
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Dimensions: |
229 x 154 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
277 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-63388-301-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Psychology >
General
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LSN: |
1-63388-301-9 |
Barcode: |
9781633883017 |
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