Books by Aleksandr R Luria
The Mind of a Mnemonist
by Aleksandr R Luria
This book created the entire genre of humanistic clinical histories. Without Luria, there could be no Oliver Sacks, the British neurologist who wrote Awakenings.
Interviews where books by Aleksandr R Luria were recommended
The best books on Memory, recommended by Joshua Foer
Since ancient times, human beings have devised ways to better remember, from the ‘memory palace’ of the ancient Greek poet Simonides in the 5th century BCE to the illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages and graphical memory devices of Giordano Bruno (1548-1600). These days, not so much. Joshua Foer, the 2006 US Memory Champion and author of the bestselling Moonwalking with Einstein, recommends five unforgettable books about the art of remembering.
