Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes

by Maria Konnikova

Book Overview

The New York Times bestselling guide to thinking like literature's greatest detective. "Steven Pinker meets Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" (Boston Globe), by the author of The Confidence Game.

No fictional character is more renowned for his powers of thought and observation than Sherlock Holmes. But is his extraordinary intellect merely a gift of fiction, or can we learn to cultivate these abilities ourselves, to improve our lives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014312434X
• ISBN13: 9780143124344
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Eye-opening to the reality of better observation and deduction

This book goes through the scientific explanations of how a person can think like Sherlock Holmes. Filled with examples from old Holmes stories, psychology studies and a small amount of “games,” the reality of thinking like Sherlock Holmes is shown. Would recommend to any student, professor, or lover of knowledge.