Seeing What Others Cannot See: The Hidden Advantages Of Visual Thinkers And Differently Wired Brains
by Thomas G. West /
2017 / English / EPUB
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For over 25 years, Thomas G. West has been a leading advocate for
the importance of visual thinking, visual technologies and the
creative potential of individuals with dyslexia and other learning
differences. In this new book, he investigates how different kinds
of brains and different ways of thinking can help to make
discoveries and solve problems in innovative and unexpected ways.
West focuses on what he has learned over the years from a group of
extraordinarily creative, intelligent, and interesting people --
those with dyslexia, Asperger's syndrome, and other different ways
of thinking, learning, and working. He shows that such people can
provide important insights missed by experts as they also can
prevent institutional "group think."
For over 25 years, Thomas G. West has been a leading advocate for
the importance of visual thinking, visual technologies and the
creative potential of individuals with dyslexia and other learning
differences. In this new book, he investigates how different kinds
of brains and different ways of thinking can help to make
discoveries and solve problems in innovative and unexpected ways.
West focuses on what he has learned over the years from a group of
extraordinarily creative, intelligent, and interesting people --
those with dyslexia, Asperger's syndrome, and other different ways
of thinking, learning, and working. He shows that such people can
provide important insights missed by experts as they also can
prevent institutional "group think."
Based on first-person accounts, West tells stories that include a
dyslexic paleontologist in Montana, a special effects tech who
worked for Pink Floyd and Kiss and who is now an advocate for those
with Asperger's syndrome, a group of dyslexic master code breakers
in a British electronic intelligence organization, a Colorado
livestock handling expert who has become a forceful advocate for
those with autism and a family of dyslexics and visual thinkers in
Britain that includes four winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics.
He also discusses persistent controversies and the unfolding
science.
Based on first-person accounts, West tells stories that include a
dyslexic paleontologist in Montana, a special effects tech who
worked for Pink Floyd and Kiss and who is now an advocate for those
with Asperger's syndrome, a group of dyslexic master code breakers
in a British electronic intelligence organization, a Colorado
livestock handling expert who has become a forceful advocate for
those with autism and a family of dyslexics and visual thinkers in
Britain that includes four winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics.
He also discusses persistent controversies and the unfolding
science.
This is an inspiring book that not only documents the achievements
of people with various learning differences, but reveals their
great potential -- especially in a new digital age where
traditional clerical and academic skills are less and less
important while an ability to think in pictures and to understand
patterns using high-level computer information visualizations is
rapidly increasing in value in the global economic marketplace.
This is an inspiring book that not only documents the achievements
of people with various learning differences, but reveals their
great potential -- especially in a new digital age where
traditional clerical and academic skills are less and less
important while an ability to think in pictures and to understand
patterns using high-level computer information visualizations is
rapidly increasing in value in the global economic marketplace.