Buzans Book of Genius

Buzan's Book of Genius and How to Unleash Your Own

Tony Buzan and Raymond Keene, Stanley Paul Publishers,

1994

This is an excellent book! Written by two globally

recognized super-intelligences, this volume explores

the nature of genius, the method of measuring your

own, and ways to enhance your own unique mental

faculties. There are also interesting profiles of

the lives, personalities, and accomplishments of

great minds throughout history, and an analysis of

what character traits they had they enabled them to

excel.

The first section maps out a manifesto for the

mind and explains methods for enhancing your mental

skills.

The chapters are:

The Characteristics of Genius

The Brain

A Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body

Memory

Creativity

Speed Reading

Mind Mapping

Mind Sports

The second section presents the Hall of Fame comprised

of the top 100 geniuses in history. Their feats are

analyzed in 11 chapters entitled:

The Eruption of Knowledge

Empires of the Mind

The Divine Conflict

Redrawing the Cosmos

Searching for Patterns

The Spirit of Revolution

Harnessing the Planet

Breaking the Chains

Taking Flight

The Power of the New

Reaching for the Limits

The third section catalogs mental world records.

This is a fun look at who has an astounding memory

for facts and figures, can compute complex mathematical

problems with lightning speed, or read a mind boggling

number of words per minute.

Interspersed throughout the book are IQ tests,

mind stretching puzzles and games, and strategies

to help you jump start your own thinking.

I used this book in homeschooling my son, David,

and he thoroughly enjoyed it. His only complaint was

that a large number of men regarded as geniuses

seemed to be military strategists and conquerors.

As I have raised him to be a pacifist, he found

that a little disconcerting. Overall though, he

found the book enlightening.

This article is an excerpt from my 2001 book, Make Your Kid A Genius! (Tools to Maximize Your Child’s Potential from the Womb Through College.) You can obtain a free copy in the "downloads" section of my website at http://www.irenehelenzundel.com