The Moves that Matter by Rowson, Jonathan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half-title Page Dedication Page Other books by Jonathan Rowson Title Page Epigraph Contents Prologue Introduction ONE Thinking and Feeling

1. Freedom in captivity 2. Time 3. Your case is an unusual one 4. Open secrets 5. Asking pertinent questions 6. Making plans 7. The right kind of difficulty 8. Disconcerting moods of uncertain origin

TWO Winning and Losing

9. How the strong weaken the weaker 10. Being wounded 11. The difference between excellent and exceptional 12. The reality of talent 13. Spontaneous combustion 14. Ceasing hostilities 15. One step at a time 16. Synchronicity

THREE Learning and Unlearning

17. The love of mistakes 18. The need for evidence 19. How to give praise 20. The joy of teaching 21. Finding the testing room 22. Boredom 23. Why does the devil have all the best tunes? 24. Following the rules

FOUR Cultures and Counter-Cultures

25. Being a cultural orphan 26. The essence of sport 27. Hustle 28. Tragic safety 29. Elitism 30. Being a substitute 31. The importance of shaking hands 32. Men and women

FIVE Cyborgs and Civilians

33. Human error 34. The aesthetics of cyborgs 35. Simplicity is not simplistic 36. Pulling the strings 37. The animal inside 38. Vegetarian eats tiger 39. Confirmation bias 40. Watching

SIX Power and Love

41. Changing nappies 42. Gratitude 43. Bad chocolate crispies 44. Coming out of hibernation 45. Being at home 46. Soft power 47. Hierarchy 48. Race, colour and creed

SEVEN Truth and Beauty

49. The nature of intellectual beauty 50. Finding beauty in beautiful places 51. The tyranny of numbers 52. Luck 53. The love of wood 54. Keeping it real 55. The things that make sense 56. The middle way

EIGHT Life and Death

57. One moment in time 58. Hotel breakfasts 59. Grave situations 60. Courage 61. The existence of God 62. The meaning of sacrifice 63. Feeling your age 64. Facing up to death

Moving On Acknowledgements Appendix: Algebraic Notation Notes Index A Note on the Author Copyright Page