How to Think Like Sherlock: Improve Your Powers of Observation, Memory and Deduction

How to Think Like Sherlock: Improve Your Powers of Observation, Memory and Deduction

by Daniel Smith (Author)

Synopsis

'You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear.' Such were the words of the master detective Sherlock Holmes to Dr Watson, as he noted how his friend failed to implement Holmes's techniques. In How to think like Sherlock you will learn how to increase your powers of observation, memory, deduction and reasoning using the tricks and techniques of the world's most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. The book incorporates the latest techniques and theories across a range of topics: NLP, memory mapping, body language, information shifting and speed reading - this is a supremely practical book that will make you look at the world in a new light, and more importantly, impress those around you. Packed full of case studies, quotes and trivia from Arthur Conan Doyle's original novels and short stories, How to think like Sherlock also includes a series of fun tasks and games for you to complete that will ensure that when you reach the end of the book you will be thinking like Sherlock Holmes, the master of the science of deduction. You will never look at a shirt cuff, trouser hem or scuff of dirt on a shoe in the same way again! Other books in the series include: How to Think Like Stephen Hawking, How to Think Like Churchill and How to Think Like Steve Jobs

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
Pages: 192
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Michael O'Mara
Published: 11 Oct 2012

ISBN 10: 1843179539
ISBN 13: 9781843179535
Book Overview: In How to think like Sherlock you will learn how to increase your powers of observation, memory, deduction and reasoning using the tricks and techniques of the world's most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes.

Media Reviews
ideal present or stocking filler... gives you the chance to improve your deductive powers Choice A supremely practical book that will make you look at the wold in a new light, and more importantly, impress those around you Sherlockology Smith is obviously a man who knows his Holmes and he uses Holmes' strengths to tutor his readers The Bookbag
Author Bio
Daniel Smith works in publishing as a writer, editor and researcher of non-fiction. His previous books for Michael O'Mara include Go Figure, Is Their Alot Wrong With This Centence?, The Language of London and Think You Know it All? When not buried in a library, he lives in East London with his wife, Rosie, and an assortment of fish.