- Hardcover: 395 pages
- Publisher: PROMETHEUS BOOKS; 2nd Revised edition edition (Dec 31 1990)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1573921556
- ISBN-13: 978-1573921558
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 16 x 3.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 748 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,494,726 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The computer-generated information superhighway could launch a new renaissance of creativity for millions of visual thinkers! Some of the greatest minds in politics, science, literature, and the arts experienced undetected learning disabilities that stopped them from assimilating information the same way as their peers. Some of our most original intellects Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Lewis Carroll, and Winston Churchill relied heavily on visual modes of thought, processing information in terms of images instead of words or numbers. In the "Mind's Eye" profiles gifted individuals who used non-traditional methods in their work as it explodes many myths about conventional intelligence and charts new vistas for today's computer visualisation technologies.Thomas G. West examines the learning difficulties experienced by these people and others, and how recent neurological research shows an association between visual talents and verbal difficulties. In the "Mind's Eye" probes new data on dyslexics to see how computers enhance the creative potential of visual thinkers, as well as interactive computer applications to all levels of education and work. Updated with a new preface, epilogue, and expanded notes, this volume could be the clarion call for educators and corporations to mine this untapped resource of highly creative talent in our midst.
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My Center Begins at a Different Place: Eccentric-Gifted,
By A Customer
This review is from: In The Mind S Eye (Hardcover)
If you have your own voice, know it is precious. If your child has the same, cherish, accept and nuture it. It is hope, we all live life threaded by hope. Please read this gentleman's book, his words eclipse my own with more passion and presience.Thank you Mr. Thomas G. West. Dr. Mario T. Scaduto Ph.D.
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language is not synonymous with intelligence,
This review is from: In The Mind S Eye (Hardcover)
I am a spatial thinker who still struggles with language (I am autistic), and this book was amazing to me. It points out that the very same areas that cause difficulty for so many people and cause them to be looked down upon, are somehow tied into the areas of great strength that they may grow up to show. (In other words, having difficulty with language can actually be simply a symptom of having extreme ability in visual or spatial thinking). This book has strong implications for anyone who has ever considered autism, dyslexia, or learning difficulties to be horrible things that must be stamped out. It shows that the apparent "weakness" and "lack of ability" in some areas can really be an aspect of a major (but often unrecognized) area of strength. It speculates that the very skills that cause people to have difficulty in language and arithmetic (and hence in school) are vital and useful skills which have only recently been characterized as deficiencies. It shows that intelligence and creativity are not in fact synonymous with language ability. People who are autistic, dyslexic, or have other "learning difficulties" may be amazed to find themselves somewhere in this book; and people who seek to eradicate autism, dyslexia, and other "learning difficulties" may open their eyes and think twice about what exactly it is that they would be eradicating.
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Technology set me free!,
By A Customer
This review is from: In The Mind S Eye (Hardcover)
As a dyslexic myself, I find reading somewhat difficult, still at times I could not put this book down. I found it more than thought provoking and often had to stop to reflect on what I had just read. This of course was no fault of the author as his rich content and artful descriptions were a delight. I just wanted to absorb every bit of the information and supporting evidence supplied. The book is a wonderful inspiration to those like myself and conveys some unique insights into the workings of the dyslexic mind. I have as many of West's subjects found success much later in life and find the parallels in the historical figures he describes uncanny. I feel this book is a requirement for anyone doing research into dyslexia and dyslexia related differences.
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