Seeing What Others Cannot See: The Hidden Advantages of Visual Thinkers and Differently Wired Brains
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (740 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1633883019 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 277 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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. West focuses on what he has learned over the years fr
In Seeing What Others Cannot See, he presents his strongest case yet for the importance of recognizing, educating, and utilizing nonverbal strengths, and their special value in our contemporary world. West revisits and interprets his earlier theories in the light of ongoing changes in society, highlighting the importance and awareness of positive aspects of dyslexia by contrast with the traditional deficit approach. In the Mind's Eye is just such a book." --Roeper ReviewPRAISE FOR THINKING LIKE EINSTEIN:"A persuasive, provocative argument for the societal benefits of visual thinking. Recommended for all computer science collections." --Library Jo
West lectures worldwide and has given presentations to such institutions as the Dyslexia Association of Singapore, the Confederation of British Industry, the Netherlands Design Institute, the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland, the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, New Jersey, the Aspen Institute in Colorado, Pi