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Joshua Foer Date: 3/4/2013 UCSB Reads Author Event Santa Barbara Debut Science Journalist, Author and Memory Champion Joshua Foer Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything MON, MAR 4 / 8 PM / CAMPBELL HALL FREE Presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures Tickets: (805) 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu “[Foer’s] passionate and deeply engrossing book…is a resounding tribute to the muscularity of the mind.” The Washington Post “Moonwalking with Einstein proves uplifting: It shows that with motivation, focus and a few clever tricks, our minds can do rather extraordinary things.” The Wall Street Journal “Absolutely phenomenal.” – Bill Gates On average, people squander 40 days a year compensating for things they’ve forgotten. Chronically forgetful science journalist Joshua Foer used to be one of those people. But after just one year of intensive memory training, Foer won the U.S. Memory Championship. Even more important, he discovered a vital truth we too often forget: In every way that matters, we are the sum of our memories. Drawing on cutting-edge research, a surprising cultural history of memory, and venerable tricks of the mentalist’s trade, as described in his New York Times best-seller, Moonwalking with Einstein, he’ll transform our understanding of human remembering. Presented as part of Santa Barbara Reads, sponsored by the UCSB Library and the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor with additional support from UCSB Arts & Lectures and a variety of campus and community partners Books will be available for purchase and signing |