An instant bestseller that is poised to become a classic, Moonwalking with Einstein recounts Joshua Foer's yearlong quest to improve his memory under the tutelage of top "mental athletes". He draws on cutting-edge research, a surprising cultural history of remembering, and venerable tricks of the mentalist's trade to transform our understanding of human memory. From the United States Memory Championship to deep within the author's own mind, this is an electrifying work of journalism that reminds us that, in every way that matters, we are the sum of our memories.


Moonwalking with Einstein主要是敍述作者 Joshua Foer 長年來追求記憶力增長的過程，並於 2006 年贏得了美國記憶力錦標賽。Joshua 本身是一個記者，為了對資訊及新聞事件能夠清楚的記憶，他決定開始進行增強腦力的訓練，因而發覺運用人腦不同的部位，人人都可以成為"記憶天才"！進而教我們如何去使用常被我們忽略的大腦區塊，達到增強記憶的能力！