Different Kinds of Minds · A Guide to Your Brain by Ann D. Koffsky -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Also by Temple Grandin Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Introduction Chapter One: What Is Visual Thinking?

Finding the Visual Thinkers Dreaming Differently It’s a Verbal Thinker’s World Journey to the Center of the Brain Seeing Is Believing, but It’s Not Visual Thinking Right Brain, Left Brain The Different Kinds of Visualizers The Visual Thinker’s Strengths and Challenges Visual Thinking Saves the Day What Kind of Thinker Are You?

Chapter Two: Screened Out

Finding Your Strengths The Math Trap Why Are We Bad at Math? One Size Does Not Fit All The Testing Trap The Label Trap Learning to Fail Successfully

Chapter Three: Clever Engineers

Game Changers The Little Guys “Quirky” Where Are Our Clever Engineers? Where Ideas Come From Apprenticeships Finding an Apprenticeship Internships Finding an Internship Working Your Way Up Discovering Our Untapped Resources

Chapter Four: Complementary Minds

Finding My Collaborators Suits and Techies Two Geeks Are Better Than One Nasa vs. Musk Jobs and Woz (Or the Two Steves) Communicate to Collaborate Making Music Together How to Collaborate A Collaboration That Reached the Stars Thinking Outside the Box

Chapter Five: Defining Genius

Genius and Difference Nature vs. Nurture Genius and Dyslexia Genius and Math Einstein’s Brain The Genius of Genius

Chapter Six: Visualizing Disaster

Garbage In, Garbage Out Risky Infrastructure Risky Maintenance Good Design Case Study: The Boeing 737 Max Follow the Money Case Study: Fukushima 1 and 2 Future Risks Is There an Off Switch? Name the Danger

Chapter Seven

Animal Thinking Pain Is Pain How Animals Think Nature vs. Nurture: The Animal Edition The Animal Brain The Mirror Test Do Animals Have Emotions?

Acknowledgments Bibliography Image Credits About the Author