MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01687cam a2200325 a 4500
001 2009013243
003 DLC
005 20100424083613.0
008 090421s2009 nyuaf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009013243
020 $a9781591027003 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a1591027004 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn262889595
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dC#P$dBWX$dLMR$dCDX$dOMB$dDLC
050 00 $aBF426$b.W47 2009
100 1 $aWest, Thomas G.,$d1943-
245 10 $aIn the mind's eye :$bcreative visual thinkers, gifted dyslexics, and the rise of visual technologies /$cThomas G. West.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aAmherst, N.Y. :$bPrometheus Books,$c2009.
300 $a516 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aForeword / Oliver Sacks -- Slow words, quick images: an overview -- Dyslexia and learning difficulties from the inside -- Constellations of traits, some neurological perspectives -- Profiles, part 1: Faraday, Maxwell, and Einstein -- Profiles, part 2: Dodgson, Poincaré, Edison, Tesla, and da Vinci -- Profiles, part 3: Churchill, Patton, and Yeats -- Speech and nonverbal thought -- Patterns in creativity -- Images, computers, and mathematics -- Patterns, implications, possibilities -- Epilogue -- Appendices : Symptomology ; Sources of information.
650 0 $aGenius.
650 0 $aImagery (Psychology)
650 0 $aCreative ability.
650 0 $aLearning disabilities.
650 0 $aTrait intercorrelations.
650 0 $aGifted persons$vCase studies.
650 0 $aComputer graphics$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aNeuropsychology.