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"Modern Americans behave as if intelligence were some sort of hideous deformity."
— musician Frank Zappa [1940-93]
The Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at M.I.T. [est. 1959]
'The Infinite Mind' public radio program
AP's 'Greatest Minds in the World' website
Stephen E. Palmer's Super Natural Minds website
Allen Institute Brain Atlas
Great American Think-Off essay contest [est. 1993] in New York Mills, MN
I.B.M. 100 Years: THINK - A Forum On The Future of Leadership [Sept 2011]
'Game Puzzles - For The Joy of Thinking' [est. 1979] in Pasadena, Maryland
7 Days of Genius [March 2016] based at the 92nd Street Y in New York City
Scientists & Thinkers section of the 'Time Magazine 100' Special Issue (April 2005)
A&E/History Channel "Mystery of Genius"
"The Real Story": A&E VHS [8/2001] for $28.45
"Masters & Madmen": A&E VHS [8/2001] for $28.45
Jordan Peterson classroom lecture "Controversial Facts About IQ" [2017]
watch video [uploaded 4/2017; 13:10] online at YouTube
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The 2007 Scientific American Magazine 50 Awards { broken link }
The 2006 Scientific American Magazine 50 Awards
The 2005 Scientific American Magazine 50 Awards
The 2004 Scientific American Magazine 50 Awards
The 2003 Scientific American Magazine 50 Awards
The First Scientific American Magazine 50 Awards [2002]
 | IQ Bar products: Delicious Brain Food To Go! [founded 10/2017] 'IQ Bars are optimized for sustained cognitive performance, energy, and health ... and deliciousness' • Began as IndieGoGo crowd-funding product in 2017, available there in three flavors, in boxes of 24; based in Boston, MA official company website • IndieGoGo project homepage • not listed at Wikipedia |
 | think!® high protein bars [est. 1999 as thinkThin!]
think!® snack/meal product categories include high protein bars, Protein +150 bars, vegan protein bars, keto bars, plus a few other products such as oatmeal cups; basic think! bars are sometimes found on sale at grocery stores at 3 for $5; think! is owned by Glanbia of Ireland and based in Culver City (West Los Angeles), California browse the think!® Store at Amazon • official think!® website |
"Dr. I.Q." radio show [NBC & ABC 1939-50]
"Dr. I.Q. Jr." [NBC Radio 1941-1949]
"Dr. I.Q." TV show [ABC-TV 1953-1954 and 1958-59]
very few episodes are known to exist
IQ Bar [est. 1/2017 as first of a chain], Winner Building, 27-39 D'Aguilar Street, Lan Kwai Fong, Central Hong Kong
A Few Thinkers On Thinking & Intelligence
'Thought' topic at Wikipedia •
'Intelligence' topic at Wikipedia
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science writer John Brockman
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Wikipedia
he founded The Edge Foundation, Inc. online magazine [est. 1996]
more info (short bio, books & ebooks, other media, family & friends, links) on
Maison d'Être Bookstore's science writer John Brockman Page
 | "Thinking: The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction" [2013] Edited by John Brockman contributors include: Simon Baron-Cohen, Roy Baumeister, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Daniel C. Dennett, Gerd Gigerenzer, Daniel Gilbert, Jonathan Haidt, Sam Harris, Daniel Kahneman, Vilayanur Ramachandran, Nassim Nicholas Taleb Kindle Edition from HarperPerennial [10/2013] for $9.99 HarperPerennial 8x5¼ pb [10/2013] for $16.19 HarperPerennial pb [10/2013] for $14.00 |
Recently-Added Books & Movies
 | "Learning To Think" [2016] by Carl Naughton, Foreword by Gregor Staub
"Deciding, judging, solving problems without falling into the usual thinking traps" Odd situation here: book was first discovered by its English-language cover, but Amazon USA and Amazon Germany have only the German-language editions. (Coded anyway in case the English editions show up later.) publisher's English-language synopsis (.PDF file) "Denken Lernen: Entscheiden, Urteilen, Probleme Lösen, Ohne in die Üblichen Denkfallen zu Tappen" German-language Kindle Edition from Gabal Verlag [1/2016] for $23.99 German-language Gabal Verlag 9x6¼ hardcover [2/2016] import/used |
Books On Thinking & Intelligence
{ since 2000, in chronological order }
jump to Books On Thinking & Intelligence, 1910-2000
 | "From Brain To Cosmos" [2001] by Mark F. Sharlow Universal 8¼x5½ pb [4/2001] for $29.95 author's website |
 | "Out of Our Minds: Learning To Be Creative" [2001] by Sir Ken Robinson Wiley/Capstone 9¼x6¼ pb [6/2001] for $22.02 Capstone pb [4/2001] for £9.72 via Amazon U.K. author's official website |
 | "The Possessor & The Possessed" [2001] by Peter Kivy an exploration of philosophical ideas about genius Yale Univ Press 7½x5½ hardcover [9/2001] for $35.00 |
 | "The Secret Life of The Brain" [2001] by Richard M. Restak & David Grubin Joseph Henry Press hardcover [10/2001] for $24.50 PBS/Warner VHS [7/2002] 5 tapes for $69.98 |
 | "Why Didn't I Think of That?: Think The Unthinkable & Achieve Creative Greatness" [2002] by Charles W. McCoy, Jr.
Prentice Hall 9.4x6¼ hardcover [1/2002] for $15.40 |
 | "Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of The Web" [2002] by David Weinberger "For the brief and shining hours that I held this book in my hands I believed that all this was possible. I saw the Emerald City shimmering in the distance." — Susan Salter Reynolds, L.A. Times Book Review Perseus Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [3/2002] for $17.50 author booksite |
 | "The Electric Meme: A New Theory of How We Think" [2002] by Robert Aunger Free Press 9½x6½ pb [7/2002] for $17.01 Spanish-language edition Ediciones Paidos Iberica pb [1/2004] for $21.48 |
 | "Genius In Their Own Words: The Intellectual Journeys of Seven Great 20th-Century Thinkers" [2002] Edited by David Ramsay Steele subjects/chapters are A.J. Ayer, Martin Buber, Albert Einstein [1879-1955], Hans-Georg Gadamer, Sarvepapalli Radhakrishnan, Bertrand Russell [1872-1970] & Jean-Paul Sartre [1905-80] Open Court 9x6 pb [7/2002] for $24.95 Publishers Group West hardcover [7/2002] for $40.11 |
 | "Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature" [2002] by Steven Pinker Viking 9¾x6¼ hardcover [9/2002] for $16.77 |
 | "Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds" [2002] by literary critic Harold Bloom [1930-2019] Bloom's choices are subjective and wide-ranging; one of the criteria for inclusion was that he simply 'wanted to write about them'. Stimulating and fascinating reading. Warner Books 9x6 pb [2003] for $31.49 Grand Central Publng 9½x6½ hardcover [10/2002] out of print/200+ used |
 | "The New Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes In A Complex World" [2002] by Elkhonon Goldberg Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [8/2009] for $13.57 Oxford Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [12/2002] out of print/used |
 | "Imagining Numbers (particularly the square root of minus fifteen)" [2002] by Barry Mazur FS&G 8x5¼ hardcover [12/2002] for $17.33 |
 | "Looking For Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and The Feeling Brain" [2003] by Antonio Damasio Neuroscientist Damasio rediscovers philosopher Baruch Spinoza's role in examining how emotions support human survival, a pursuit that ran counter to all the thinking of Spinoza's time. Kindle Edition from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt [2003 edition] for $9.32 Mariner Books 8x5½ pb [12/2003] for $12.37 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9x6¼ hardcover [2/2003] out of print/130+ used |
 | "The Essential Difference: The Truth About The Male & Female Brain" [2003] by Simon Baron-Cohen Perseus 9.3x6 hardcover [7/2003] for $18.20 |
 | "Easy Genius: Awakening Your Whole Brain To Build A More Powerful Memory" [2003] by Chance Massaro & Steve Wallis
Authorhouse 11x8½ pb [10/2005] for $32.49 "Easy Genius At Work: Awakening Your Whole Brain To Succeed In Business" [2005] by Chance Massaro & Steve Wallis Authorhouse 11x8½ pb [12/2005] for $34.48 official books-site |
 | "Why Not? How To Use Everyday Ingenuity To Solve Problems Big & Small" [2003] by Barry J. Nalebuff & Ian Ayres Harvard BSchool Press hardcover [10/2003] for $19.25 |
 | "Stupidity" [Téléfilm Canada 2003] Co-produced & directed by Albert Nerenberg; extras on DVD include uncut interviews with Noam Chomsky, Giancarlo Livraghi, Bill Maher, director Albert Nerenberg, Avital Ronell & director Joel Schumacher Disinformation color DVD [7/2006] for $17.99 full credits at IMDb • official movie site |
 | "Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of The Brain & How It Changed The World" [2004] by Carl Zimmer the life & work of Dr. Thomas Willis, 'the father of neuroscience' Free Press 9.2x6½ hardcover [1/2004] for $18.20 |
 | "Mind Wide Open: Your Brain & The Neuroscience of Everyday Life" [2004] by Steven Johnson Scribner 8½x5¾ pb [5/2005] for $10.20 Scribner hardcover [1/2004] for $16.50 Tantor Media UNABR audio CD [8/2004] for $19.79 |
 | "Being Logical: A Guide To Good Thinking" [2004] by D.Q. McInerny Kindle Edition from Random House [2004 edition] for $9.99 Random House 8x5¼ pb [5/2005] for $11.82 Random House 8¼x5½ hardcover [8/2004] out of print/many used |
 | "The Invisible Century: Einstein, Freud & The Search For Hidden Universes" [2004] by Richard Panek Penguin 7¾x5 pb [6/2005] for $11.70 Amazon bargain 8¼x5¾ hardcover [6/2004] for $7.99 Viking 8½x6 hardcover [6/2004] out of print/many used |
 | "Seeing Past Z: Imagination In A Fast-Forward World" [2004] by Beth Kephart W.W. Norton 8¼x5¾ hardcover [6/2004] for $16.29 |
 | "Juice: The Creative Fuel That Drives World-Class Inventors" [2004] by Evan I. Schwartz Kindle Edition from Harvard Business Review Press [2004 edition] for $14.49 Harvard Business School 9½x6½ hardcover [9/2004] for $12.46 |
 | "The New York Times Guide To Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference For The Curious Mind" [2004] Introduction by John Leonard
St. Martin's Press 9½x7½ hardcover [10/2004] for $21.09 |
 | "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" [2005] by Malcolm Gladwell Little, Brown 8½x6 hardcover [1/2005] for $17.13 TimeWarner audio CD [1/2005] for $26.39 TimeWarner audio [1/2005] for $19.79 listed as one of the Time Magazine 100 (April 2005) |
 | "Conversations On The Edge of The Apocalypse: Contemplating The Future With Noam Chomsky, George Carlin, Deepak Chopra, Rupert Sheldrake & Others" [2005] by David Jay Brown "Most of all, this book offers positive visions of the future." — Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times Book Review Palgrave Macmillan hardcover [6/2005] for $17.79 |
 | "Think For Yourself!: An Essay On Cutting Through The Babble, The Bias, and The Hype" [2005] by Stephen Hindes Fulcrum / Speakers Corner 8½x5½ pb [11/2005] for $12.95 Fulcrum / Speakers Corner library hardcover [4/2009] for $21.95 |
 | "Social Intelligence: The New Science of Success - Beyond IQ, Beyond EI, Applying Multiple Intelligence Theory To Human Interaction" [2005] by Karl Albrecht
Pfeiffer 9x6¼ pb [11/2005] for $14.82 |
 | "Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation" [2006] by R. Keith Sawyer Oxford Univ Press pb [1/2006] for $35.00 Oxford Univ Press hardcover [1/2006] for $69.95 author website {redirect} |
 | "Stumbling On Happiness" [2006] by Daniel Gilbert
Knopf 9½x7 hardcover [5/2006] for $14.97 Random House UNABR audio CD [5/2006] for $18.87 Harvard faculty webpage |
 | "Infotopia: How Many Minds Produce Knowledge" [2006] by Cass R. Sunstein Oxford Univ Press 8½x6 hardcover [8/2006] for $16.50 author's homepage |
 | "The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces On A Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science & The Human Brain" [2006] by David Shenk Anchor 7¾x5 pb [10/2007] for $10.17 Doubleday 9½x6¼ hardcover [9/2006] for $17.16 publisher's book page for chess-related films, click here |
 | "Mavericks At Work: Why The Most Original Minds In Business Win" [2006] by William C. Taylor & Polly LaBarre {both co-founders of Fast Company Magazine [est. 1995]} Wm. Morrow 9½x6¼ hardcover [10/2006] for $17.79 |
 | "How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning & Languages Live or Die" [2006] by David Crystal
Overlook 9x6½ hardcover [11/2006] for $21.45 |
 | "Innovation's Missing Link: The Secret To Effortlessly Overcoming Organizational Stagnation" [2007] by Al Judge
Xlibris 9x5¾ pb [2/2007] for $21.99 Xlibris 9x6 hardcover [2/2007] for $32.99 |
 | "How Doctors Think" [2007] by Jerome Groopman, MD
Mariner Books 8¼x5½ pb [3/2008] for $10.85 Houghton Mifflin 9x6 hardcover [3/2007] for $15.60 |
 | "The Black Swan: The Impact of The Highly Improbable" [2007] by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Random House hardcover [4/2007] for $16.98 |
 | "Practical Intelligence: The Art & Science of Common Sense" [2007] by Karl Albrecht Jossey-Bass 9x6¼ hardcover [6/2007] for $18.45 |
 | "The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion In Deciding The Fate of The Nation" [2007] by Drew Westen, Professor of Psychology at Emory University PublicAffairs 9½x6¼ hardcover [6/2007] for $20.48 |
 | "What Is Intelligence?: Beyond The Flynn Effect" [2007] by James R. Flynn Cambridge Univ Press hardcover [8/2007] for $14.96 |
 | "The Art of Smart Thinking" [2007] by James Hardt, PhD
Biocybernaut Press 8¼x5½ pb [9/2007] for $25.00 |
 | "The Design of Future Things" [2007] by Donald A. Norman Basic Books 9½x6½ hardcover [11/2007] for $18.15 author's official website • author's entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and The Brain" [2008] by John J. Ratey, MD with Eric Hagerman Kindle Edition from Little, Brown/Hachette [1/2008] for $9.99 Little, Brown pb [1/2012] for $16.00 Little, Brown 9¼x6 hardcover [1/2008] for $25.00 author's official website |
 | "Einstein and Oppenheimer: The Meaning of Genius" [2008] by Silvan S. Schweber Harvard Univ Press 9x6¼ hardcover [4/2008] for $19.77 Maison d'Être Bookstore's Albert Einstein [1879-1955] Page
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 | "The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives" [2008] by Leonard Mlodinow Pantheon hardcover [5/2008] for $14.97 |
 | "Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How To Think Differently" [2008] by Gregory Berns Harvard Business School Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [9/2008] for $19.77 |
 | "The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything" [2009] New York Times bestseller by Sir Ken Robinson, with Lou Aronica Penguin 7½x5 pb [12/2009] for $9.01 Viking 8¼x5½ hardcover [1/2009] for $17.13 author's official website |
 | "Idiot America: How Stupidity Became A Virtue In The Land of The Free" [2009] by Charles P. Pierce Anchor 8x5 pb [5/2010] for $10.85 Doubleday 8¼x5¾ hardcover [6/2009] for $17.16 |
 | "Think For Yourself: The Importance of Maintaining Individuality and Freedom of Thought" [2009] by David Charles
CreateSpace 8x5 pb [9/2009] for $9.95 |
 | "Switch: How To Change Things When Change Is Hard" [2010] New York Times bestseller by Chip & Dan Heath Broadway Business 8¼x6 hardcover [2/2010] for $12.99 |
 | "The Genius In All of Us: Why Everything You've Been Told About Genetics, Talent & IQ Is Wrong" [2010] by David Shenk
Doubleday 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2010] for $17.79 |
 | "Globish: How The English Language Became The World's Language" [2010] by Robert McCrum Kindle Edition from W.W. Norton & Co. [5/2010] for $14.82 W.W. Norton & Co. 9¼x6 hardcover [5/2010] for $17.79 |
 | "The Shallows: What The Internet Is Doing To Our Brains" [2010] by Nicholas Carr W.W. Norton 9¼x6¼ hardcover [6/2010] for $15.75 |
 | "The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live The Life You Want, and Change The World" [2010] by Chris Guillebeau
Kindle Edition from Perigee [9/2010] for $9.99 Perigee Trade 7½x5½ pb [9/2010] for $6.49 Tantor Media UNABR audio CD [11/2010] for $21.59 author's official website |
 | "Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation" [2010] by Steven Johnson Riverhead 9x6¼ hardcover [10/2010] for $14.82 |
 | "The World's Greatest Idea: The Fifty Greatest Ideas That Have Changed Humanity" [2010] by John Farndon
Totem Books 7¾x5 pb [8/2011] for $11.66 Icon Books 7¾x5¼ hardcover [10/2010] for $28.25 official book site • author's official website |
 | "Self Comes To Mind: Constructing The Conscious Brain" [2010] by Antonio Damasio Neuroscientist Damasio rejects the long-standing idea that consciousness is separate from the body, and presents scientific evidence of evolutionary development of a human self as a challenge to nature’s indifference; this opens the way for the appearance of culture, perhaps one of our most defining characteristics as thinking and self-aware beings. Kindle Edition from Random House Digital [11/2010] for $13.99 Vintage 8x5 pb [3/2012] for $10.85 Pantheon 9½x6½ hardcover [11/2010] out of print/50+ new-used |
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"42 Fallacies" [2010] by Dr. Michael C. LaBossiere
Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [11/2010] for 99¢ {sic} "30 More Fallacies" [2011] by Dr. Michael C. LaBossiere Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [5/2011] for 99¢ {sic} "76 Fallacies" [2012] by Dr. Michael C. LaBossiere Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [7/2012] for 99¢ {sic} |
 | "The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear" [2011] by Seth Mnookin The author puts forward the concept of 'cognitive relativism', wherein fear & suspicion are unmoved by facts or experience; the immediate focus is the dubious link between vaccines containing thimerosal and the rise of autism, but unreasoned mob thinking permeates modern Western culture. Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [1/2011] for $10.38 Simon & Schuster pb [1/2012] for $13.16 Simon & Schuster 9½x6 hardcover [1/2011] for $18.88 |
 | "The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood" [2011] by James Gleick
"Gleick sees ... the world as an endlessly unfolding opportunity in which 'creatures of the information' may just recognize themselves." — Jason Kirk Kindle Edition from Random House Digital [3/2011] for $14.99 Pantheon 9¼x6½ hardcover [3/2011] for $16.47 |
 | "TIME: 100 Ideas That Changed The World: History's Greatest Break-throughs, Inventions, and Theories" [2011] by the Editors of TIME Magazine
Time-Life Books 10¾x8 pb [5/2011] out of print/used Time-Life Books 11¼x8½ hardcover [5/2011] for $18.79 |
 | "The Optimism Bias: A Tour of The Irrationally Positive Brain" [2011] by Tali Sharot – excerpted in TIME Magazine in June 2011 Kindle Edition from Random House Digital [6/2011] for $11.99 Vintage 8x5¼ pb [6/2012] for $11.64 Pantheon 8½x5¾ hardcover [6/2011] for $16.53 |
 | "Mastermind: How To Think Like Sherlock Holmes" [2013] by Maria Konnikova Weaves together the fictional detective's cases and modern-day neuroscience to introduce readers to 'the mindful way of life'. Kindle Edition from Penguin Group [1/2013] for $7.99 Kindle Edition from Viking/Penguin [1/2013] for $12.28 Viking Adult 9x6¼ hardcover [1/2013] for $16.70 |
 | "Inventing The Egghead: The Battle Over Brainpower In American Culture" [2013] by {cultural historian} Aaron Lecklider Kindle Edition from Univ Pennsylvania Press [3/2013] for $27.49 {sic} Univ Pennsylvania Press 9x6 hardcover [3/2013] for $40.54 |
 | "Fifty Key Postmodern Thinkers (Routledge Key Guides)" [2013] by Stuart Sim alphabetical list of wide-ranging entries: Theodor W. Adorno (1903–69), Paul Auster, author John Barth, Roland Barthes (1915–80), Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007), Zygmunt Bauman, Daniel Bell (1919–2011), Homi K. Bhabha, Nicolas Bourriaud, Judith Butler, John D. Caputo, Hélène Cixous, Guy Debord (1931–94), Gilles Deleuze (1925–95), Jacques Derrida (1930–2004), Umberto Eco (1932-2016), Paul K. Feyerabend {1924–94), Michel Foucault (1926–84), Clifford Geertz (1926–2006), Kenneth J. Gergen, William Gibson, composer Philip Glass, Stephen Greenblatt, Félix Guattari (1930–92), Peter Halley, Donna J. Haraway, David Harvey, Linda Hutcheon, Luce Irigaray, Fredric Jameson, Charles Jencks, architect Rem Koolhaas, Thomas S. Kuhn (1922–96), Ernesto Laclau, filmmaker David Lynch, Jean-François Lyotard (1924–98), Brian McHale, mathematician Benoit B. Mandelbrot (1924–2010), Chantal Mouffe, Steve Reich, Richard Rorty (1931–2007), Edward W. Said (1935–2003), photographer Cindy Sherman, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, René Thom (1923–2002), Robert Venturi, Graham Ward, Hayden White, and Slavoj Žižek Kindle Edition from Routledge [8/2013] for $30.36 Routledge 8½x5½ pb [6/2013] for $37.95 Routledge 10x7¼ hardcover [4/2013] for $118.62 {sic} |
 | "A Very Short Tour of The Mind: 21 Short Walks Around The Human Brain" [2013] by Michael Corballis Overlook 7½x5¼ hardcover [6/2013] for $13.63 Duckworth & Co. U.K. 8½x5½ hardcover [6/2013] imported/used-new |
 | "The Future of The Mind: The Scientific Quest To Understand, Enhance, and Empower The Mind" [2014] by Dr. Michio Kaku
Kindle Edition from Doubleday [2/2014] for $10.99 Doubleday 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2014] for $21.42 |
 | "How Not To Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking" [2014] by Jordan Ellenberg Kindle Edition from Penguin Press [5/2014] for $12.99 Penguin Press 9½x6½ hardcover [5/2014] for $16.75 |
 | "Know It All: 132 Head-Scratching Questions About The Science All Around Us - Offbeat & Unpredictable Answers From Amateur Experts Everywhere" [2015] from New Scientist Magazine, Edited by Mick O'Hare Kindle Edition from The Experiment [2/2015] for $9.99 The Experiment 7¾x5 pb [2/2015] for $123.23 |
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"Essential Wisdom of the World's Greatest Thinkers" [2016] Edited by Carol Kelly-Gangi hundreds of memorable quotations from the greatest minds and most important figures in history, including philosophers, scholars, writers, poets, politicians, leaders, saints, scientists, and activists; featured thinkers include Aristotle, Cicero, Marie Curie, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Abraham Lincoln, Nelson Mandela, Gertrude Stein – and many more Sterling/Fall River 7½x5¼ hardcover [2016] for $15.25 |
 | "Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News" [2017] by Kevin Young
Kindle Edition from Graywolf Press [11/2017] for $14.99 Graywolf Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [11/2017] for $20.48 |
Children & Learning
National Assn. of Gifted Children
Great Potential Press of Scottsdale, AZ
Early Entrance Foundation - college entrance programs [est. 2004]
Arizona Supporters of The Gifted
Indigo Children entry at Wikipedia
Summer Institute for Gifted Children [est. 1984; ages 4-17] based in Stamford, CT
Center for Talent Development [est. 1982] Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois
Mensa For Kids
U.S. Mensa's Gifted Youth Programs
Working Minds essay #6 "How We Learn" [January 2001]
Working Minds essay #33 "Kids" [June 2003]
Children's Dept. Pages at Spirit of America Bookstore
 | "Give Your Child A Superior Mind: A Program For The Preschool Child" [1966] by Siegfried & Therese Engelmann
S&S pb [6/81] out of print/used S&S hardcover [12/66] out of print/used |
 | "Nature's Gambit: Child Prodigies & The Development of Human Potential" [1986] by David Henry Feldman, with Lynn T. Goldsmith Teachers College Press 9¼x6 pb [9/91] for $18.95 Basic Books hardcover [10/86] out of print/used |
 | "The Everyday Genius: Restoring Children's Natural Joy of Learning — and Yours Too" [1988] by Peter Kline
Great River Books 9¼x6 pb [1/97] out of print/used Great River Books 9¼x6¼ [1/97] for $19.95 |
 | "I Can Problem Solve: An Interpersonal Cognitive Problem Solving Program" [1992] by Myrna B. Shure, PhD — Pre-School edition Research Press 10½x8¼ pb [4/2001] for $39.95 — Kindergarten & Primary Grades edition Research Press 10¾x8¼ pb [4/2001] for $39.95 — Intermediate Elementary Grades edition Research Press 10½x8¼ pb [4/2001] for $39.95 |
 | "Keys To Parenting The Gifted Child" [1994] by Dr. Sylvia B. Rimm Great Potential Press 9x6 3rd edition pb [10/2006] for $11.53 |
 | "Raising A Thinking Child: Help Your Young Child To Resolve Everyday Conflicts & Get Along With Others" [1994] by Myrna B. Shure, PhD
pocket 8¼x5¼ pb [3/96] for $11.20 Henry Holt 8¾x6¼ hardcover [9/94] out of print/many used Random House audio [2/96] out of stock/used |
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"Gifted Children: Myths & Realities" [1996] by Ellen Winner Basic Books pb [6/97] for $21.00 Basic Books 9¾x6¾ hardcover [6/96] out of print/used |
 | "The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived" [1999] by Lee Carroll & Jan Tober Hay House 8¼x5½ pb [5/99] for $11.16 Spanish-language edition: Hay House 8½x5½ pb [6/2001] for $11.86 |
 | "The Scientist In The Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us About The Mind" [1999] by Alison Gopnik, Andrew N. Meltzoff & Patricia K. Kuhl Harper 8x5¼ pb [1/2001] for $10.50 Wm. Morrow 11x6 hardcover [9/99] out of print/used |
 | "What's Going On In There?: How The Brain & Mind Develop In The First Five Years of Life" [1999] by Lise Eliot
Bantam 9¼x6 pb [10/2000] for $12.92 Bantam 10x6½ hardcover [9/99] out of print/used |
 | "Genius Denied: How To Stop Wasting Our Brightest Young Minds" [2004] by Jan & Bob Davidson, with Laura Vanderkam S&S 8½x5½ pb [3/2005] for $10.40 S&S 8½x5¾ hardcover [4/2004] for $16.32 official booksite |
 | "Gifted Children and Gifted Education: A Handbook For Teachers & Parents" [2006] by Gary A. Davis Great Potential Press 9x5¾ pb [9/2006] for $21.75 |
 | "The Complete Idiot's Guide To Indigo Children: An Enlightened Approach To Nurturing An Indigo Child" [2007] by Wendy H. Chapman & Carolyn Flynn Alpha Books 9x6 pb [8/2007] for $10.17 The supposed phenomenon of Indigo Children was described in 1982 by Nancy Ann Tappe and popularized by the 1999 book {above} by Lee Carroll & Jan Tober see Wikipedia entry on Indigo Children |
 | "The Gifted Kids' Survival Guide: For Ages 10 & Under" [YA 2009] by Judy Galbraith Free Spirit Publng 4th edition 9x7 pb [9/2011] for $10.39 publisher's official book page |
 | "The Gifted Teen Survival Guide: Smart, Sharp, and Ready for ^ (Almost) Anything" [for 11 years & up; 2011] by Judy Galbraith & Jim Delisle
Free Spirit Publng 3rd edition 9x7 pb [3/2009] for $10.87 publisher's official book page |
 | "The Human Spark: The Science of Human Development" [2013] by Jerome Kagan Kindle Edition from Basic Books [6/2013] for $15.65 Basic Books 9¼x6½ hardcover [6/2013] for $21.09 |
 | "Learning, Decoded: Understanding and Using Your Child's Unique Learning Style To Improve Academic Performance" [2013] by Heather Leneau Bragg MA, with Pat Alma Lee Hypethral Publng 8½x5½ pb [7/2013] for $12.84 official book site |
 | "The Smartest Kids In The World: And How They Got That Way" [2013] by Amanda Ripley Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [8/2013] for $12.74 Simon & Schuster pb [DUE July 2014] for $12.96 Simon & Schuster 9x6¼ hardcover [8/2013] for $18.12 author's official website |
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