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Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning

Author: Tom Vanderbilt.

Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning

Author: Tom Vanderbilt.

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Item #: D23407
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 299
Publication Date: 2021
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 9781524732165
Why do so many of us stop learning new skills as adults? Have we forgotten the sheer pleasure of beginning from the ground up? Inspired by his young daughter's insatiable curiosity, Tom Vanderbilt embarks on a yearlong quest of learning: Singing in an amateur choir, losing games of chess to eight-year-olds, and dodging scorpions at a surf camp in Costa Rica.... More
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Why do so many of us stop learning new skills as adults? Have we forgotten the sheer pleasure of beginning from the ground up? Inspired by his young daughter's insatiable curiosity, Tom Vanderbilt embarks on a yearlong quest of learning: Singing in an amateur choir, losing games of chess to eight-year-olds, and dodging scorpions at a surf camp in Costa Rica. Along the way, he interviews dozens of experts about the fascinating psychology and science behind the benefits of becoming an adult beginner and shows how anyone can get better at beginning again.


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