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Can't Remember What I Forgot: The Good News from the Front Lines of Memory...
by Halpern, Sue | HC | VeryGood
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 0307406741
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0307406741
ISBN-13
9780307406743
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63197890
Product Key Features
Book Title
Can't Remember What I Forgot : the Good News from the Frontlines of Memory Research
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
General, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Diseases / Alzheimer's & Dementia
Genre
Health & Fitness, Science, Psychology
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-033895
Reviews
"Like her fellow" New Yorker" writer, Malcolm Gladwell, Sue Halpern has the remarkable capacity-genius, actually-- to absorb large amounts of complex information and deliver them to the reader in a comprehensible, engaging, page-turning way. In "Can't Remember What I Forgot," she travels to the cutting-edge of medical and scientific research about memory and reports back with critical information for all of us now dealing with aging parents and with our own aging. Informative, beautifully written, and hard to put down, this is a book you have to remember not to forget to buy." --Julia Alvarez, "Evincing a gift for perfect analogies and supple metaphors, mischievous humor, and righteous skepticism, Halpern is an exceptionally companionable and enlightening guide through the maze of memory maladies and the promising search for remedies." -Donna Seaman,Booklist(starred review) "A vivid, often amusing introduction to a science that touches us all." -Publishers Weekly "Engrossing….High-quality science writing: an illuminating picture of investigators at work and a lucid explication of their findings." -Kirkus "Educational, fabulously well written, and on a hot topic. Highly recommended for both public and academic libraries." - Nancy Fontaine, Library Journal (starred review) "Like her fellowNew Yorkerwriter, Malcolm Gladwell, Sue Halpern has the remarkable capacitygenius, actually-- to absorb large amounts of complex information and deliver them to the reader in a comprehensible, engaging, page-turning way. InCan't Remember What I Forgot, she travels to the cutting-edge of medical and scientific research about memory and reports back with critical information for all of us now dealing with aging parents and with our own aging. Informative, beautifully written, and hard to put down, this is a book you have to remember not to forget to buy." -Julia Alvarez, "Fascinating….[Halpern's] accomplishment is to have drawn out the myriad threads of these stories, connecting them when possible, to produce a panoramic portrait of an intricate and largely unknown world." -New York Review of Books "Evincing a gift for perfect analogies and supple metaphors, mischievous humor, and righteous skepticism, Halpern is an exceptionally companionable and enlightening guide through the maze of memory maladies and the promising search for remedies." -Donna Seaman,Booklist(starred review) "A vivid, often amusing introduction to a science that touches us all." -Publishers Weekly "Engrossing….High-quality science writing: an illuminating picture of investigators at work and a lucid explication of their findings." -Kirkus "Educational, fabulously well written, and on a hot topic. Highly recommended for both public and academic libraries." - Nancy Fontaine, Library Journal (starred review) "Like her fellowNew Yorkerwriter, Malcolm Gladwell, Sue Halpern has the remarkable capacitygenius, actually-- to absorb large amounts of complex information and deliver them to the reader in a comprehensible, engaging, page-turning way. InCan't Remember What I Forgot, she travels to the cutting-edge of medical and scientific research about memory and reports back with critical information for all of us now dealing with aging parents and with our own aging. Informative, beautifully written, and hard to put down, this is a book you have to remember not to forget to buy." -Julia Alvarez, "Fascinating….[Halpern's] accomplishment is to have drawn out the myriad threads of these stories, connecting them when possible, to produce a panoramic portrait of an intricate and largely unknown world." -New York Review of Books "Evincing a gift for perfect analogies and supple metaphors, mischievous humor, and righteous skepticism, Halpern is an exceptionally companionable and enlightening guide through the maze of memory maladies and the promising search for remedies." -Donna Seaman,Booklist(starred review) "A vivid, often amusing introduction to a science that touches us all." -Publishers Weekly "Engrossing….High-quality science writing: an illuminating picture of investigators at work and a lucid explication of their findings." -Kirkus "Educational, fabulously well written, and on a hot topic. Highly recommended for both public and academic libraries." - Nancy Fontaine, Library Journal (starred review) "Like her fellowNew Yorkerwriter, Malcolm Gladwell, Sue Halpern has the remarkable capacitygenius, actually-- to absorb large amounts of complex information and deliver them to the reader in a comprehensible, engaging, page-turning way. InCan't Remember What I Forgot, she travels to the cutting-edge of medical and scientific research about memory and reports back with critical information for all of us now dealing with aging parents and with our own aging. Informative, beautifully written, and hard to put down, this is a book you have to remember not to forget to buy." -Julia Alvarez From the Hardcover edition., "Evincing a gift for perfect analogies and supple metaphors, mischievous humor, and righteous skepticism, Halpern is an exceptionally companionable and enlightening guide through the maze of memory maladies and the promising search for remedies." -Donna Seaman,Booklist(starred review) "A vivid, often amusing introduction to a science that touches us all." -Publishers Weekly "Engrossing….High-quality science writing: an illuminating picture of investigators at work and a lucid explication of their findings." -Kirkus "Like her fellowNew Yorkerwriter, Malcolm Gladwell, Sue Halpern has the remarkable capacitygenius, actually-- to absorb large amounts of complex information and deliver them to the reader in a comprehensible, engaging, page-turning way. InCan't Remember What I Forgot, she travels to the cutting-edge of medical and scientific research about memory and reports back with critical information for all of us now dealing with aging parents and with our own aging. Informative, beautifully written, and hard to put down, this is a book you have to remember not to forget to buy." -Julia Alvarez, "Fascinating….[Halpern's] accomplishment is to have drawn out the myriad threads of these stories, connecting them when possible, to produce a panoramic portrait of an intricate and largely unknown world." - New York Review of Books "Evincing a gift for perfect analogies and supple metaphors, mischievous humor, and righteous skepticism, Halpern is an exceptionally companionable and enlightening guide through the maze of memory maladies and the promising search for remedies." -Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review) "A vivid, often amusing introduction to a science that touches us all." - Publishers Weekly "Engrossing….High-quality science writing: an illuminating picture of investigators at work and a lucid explication of their findings." - Kirkus "Educational, fabulously well written, and on a hot topic. Highly recommended for both public and academic libraries." - Nancy Fontaine, Library Journal (starred review) "Like her fellow New Yorker writer, Malcolm Gladwell, Sue Halpern has the remarkable capacitygenius, actually-- to absorb large amounts of complex information and deliver them to the reader in a comprehensible, engaging, page-turning way. In Can't Remember What I Forgot , she travels to the cutting-edge of medical and scientific research about memory and reports back with critical information for all of us now dealing with aging parents and with our own aging. Informative, beautifully written, and hard to put down, this is a book you have to remember not to forget to buy." -Julia Alvarez
Synopsis
An essential behind-the-scenes foray into the world of cutting-edge memory research that unveils �ndings about memory loss only now available to general readers. When Sue Halpern decided to emulate the �rst modern scientist of memory, Hermann Ebbinghaus, who experimented on himself, she had no idea that after a day of radioactive testing, her brain would become so "hot" that leaving through the front door of the lab would trigger the alarm. This was not the �rst time while researching "Can't Remember What I Forgot," part of which appeared in "The New Yorker," that Halpern had her head examined, nor would it be the last. Halpern spent years in the company of the neuroscientists, pharmacologists, psychologists, nutritionists, and inventors who are hunting for the genes and molecules, the drugs and foods, the machines, the prosthetics, the behaviors and therapies that will stave off Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia and keep our minds-and memories-intact. Like many of us who have had a relative or friend succumb to memory loss, who are getting older, who are hearing statistics about our own chances of falling victim to dementia, who worry that each lapse of memory portends disease, Halpern wanted to �nd out what the experts really knew, what the bench scientists were working on, how close science is to a cure, to treatment, to accurate early diagnosis, and, of course, whether the crossword puzzles, sudokus, and ballroom dancing we've been told to take up can really keep us lucid or if they're just something to do before the inevitable overtakes us. Beautifully written, sharply observed, and deeply informed, "Can't Remember What I Forgot" isa book full of vital information-and a solid dose of hope., An essential behind-the-scenes foray into the world of cutting-edge memory research that unveils �ndings about memory loss only now available to general readers. When Sue Halpern decided to emulate the �rst modern scientist of memory, Hermann Ebbinghaus, who experimented on himself, she had no idea that after a day of radioactive testing, her brain would become so "hot" that leaving through the front door of the lab would trigger the alarm. This was not the �rst time while researching Can't Remember What I Forgot , part of which appeared in The New Yorker , that Halpern had her head examined, nor would it be the last. Halpern spent years in the company of the neuroscientists, pharmacologists, psychologists, nutritionists, and inventors who are hunting for the genes and molecules, the drugs and foods, the machines, the prosthetics, the behaviors and therapies that will stave off Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia and keep our mindsand memoriesintact. Like many of us who have had a relative or friend succumb to memory loss, who are getting older, who are hearing statistics about our own chances of falling victim to dementia, who worry that each lapse of memory portends disease, Halpern wanted to �nd out what the experts really knew, what the bench scientists were working on, how close science is to a cure, to treatment, to accurate early diagnosis, and, of course, whether the crossword puzzles, sudokus, and ballroom dancing we've been told to take up can really keep us lucid or if they're just something to do before the inevitable overtakes us. Beautifully written, sharply observed, and deeply informed, Can't Remember What I Forgot is a book full of vital informationand a solid dose of hope., Halpern offers this essential foray into the world of cutting-edge memory research that unveils findings about memory loss that are only now available to general readers.
LC Classification Number
RC394.M46H35 2008
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