In the Mind's Eye: Creative Visual Thinkers, Gifted Dyslexics, and the Rise of Visual Technologies
by West, Thomas G.; Sacks, Oliver (Foreword by)
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 1591027004
- ISBN 13
- 9781591027003
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Amherst, MA: Prometheus Books, 2009. 516 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. One corner bumped. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "In the Mind's Eye has been recognized as a classic in its field. The book still stands alone as a uniquely compelling argument for the great importance of visual thinking and visual technologies as well as the high creative potential of many individuals with dyslexia or other learning difficulties.In this second edition, Thomas G. West reviews a number of recent developments that support and extend the perspectives and expectations originally set forth in the first edition. In addition to the original eleven portraits of famous individuals with learning difficulties (including Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison), he has added brief profiles of two dyslexic scientists known for their ability to generate, in quite different fields, powerful but unexpected innovations and discoveries: William J. Dreyer, a Caltech professor who used his highly visual imagination to see things in molecular biology and immunology well before others; and John R. (Jack) Horner, who flunked out of the University of Montana seven times (requiring letters of support for readmission) but is now known as one of the three most important paleontologists in the world.Recognized as among the best of the best by the American Library Association in their broad psychology and neuroscience category, this title belongs on the bookshelves of all educators and anyone with an interest in visual thinking, visual technologies, and highly creative people with learning difficulties. / Thomas G. West is a writer, lecturer and consultant based in Washington, DC. In connection with In the Mind's Eye, he has been invited to provide over 200 presentations, interviews and documentary segments for computer, business, education, art, design, scientific and medical groups in the U.S. and fourteen countries overseas." - Publisher.. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo.
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- Title
- In the Mind's Eye: Creative Visual Thinkers, Gifted Dyslexics, and the Rise of Visual Technologies
- Author
- West, Thomas G.; Sacks, Oliver (Foreword by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 2nd
- ISBN 10
- 1591027004
- ISBN 13
- 9781591027003
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books
- Place of Publication
- Amherst, MA
- Date Published
- 2009
- Size
- 8vo
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- Aesthetics;
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