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The Mind Map Book: How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain's Untapped Potential Paperback – Illustrated, March 1, 1996

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The potential of the human brain is phenomenal, and Tony Buzan has been a pioneer in researching that potential and helping people learn how to make the most of their brainpower. The Mind Map Book is his most important and comprehensive book on the subject. It offers exciting new ways of using and improving memory, concentration, and creativity in planning and structuring thought on all levels, in order to accelerate the ability to learn, remember, and record information.

Mind Mapping and Radiant Thinking are groundbreaking methods of accessing intelligence, developed over many years by the author, and here he provides a complete operating manual for all who want to use their brains to their fullest potential. It is a process currently used with extraordinary success by multinational corporations, leading universities, champion athletes, and outstanding artists. Featuring a range of stimulating excercises and a lavish collection of full-color photographs and original Mind Maps that illustrate the technique, it shows you precisely how to:

   • Mirror and magnify your brain's pattern of perception and association in the way you learn, think, and create
   • Quickly master the right way to take notes, organize a speech, a writing assignment, a report
   • Join with others to pool thinking productively, memorize a mammoth amount of data, free your ideas to grow and expand constantly in depth and dimension

With 84 illustrations in full color and 44 in black and white

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“Shows corporate executives how to hot-wire their creative energies… Buzan puts on quite a show.”—Forbes

“This idea-rich, relentlessly upbeat manual proffers graphic images as an aid to unlock creative thinking or clarify emotions… will challenge and stimulate the open-minded.”—Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Tony Buzan is the author of the international bestsellers The Mind Map Book and Use Both Sides of Your Brain. He lectures worldwide and is published in one hundred countries and in thirty languages. He advises multinational companies like HSBC, Oracle, Barclays International, and Hewlett-Packard; governments, leading businesses, educational groups, and international Olympic athletes.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0452273226
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Plume; Reprint edition (March 1, 1996)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780452273221
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0452273221
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.55 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.73 x 0.7 x 9.45 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #100,672 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #88 in Memory Improvement Self-Help
- #167 in Popular Neuropsychology
- #1,545 in Happiness Self-Help

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Tony Buzan is the world-renowned inventor of Mind Maps and the multi-million copy bestselling author of 'How to Mind Map' and 'Mind Maps for Kids' series. He appears regularly on television and lectures all over the world. He advises international businesses, governments, educational authorities and Olympic athletes. His work has been published in 100 countries and 30 languages.
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Customers find the book helpful for thinking and organizing. They consider it informative and a useful technique to learn. Many find the content valuable and worth reading. The visual content is appreciated, with colorful illustrations and vivid photographs. Readers appreciate the functionality of the book, describing it as simple and straightforward to use. However, opinions differ on readability - some find it easy to understand and simple to follow, while others find it too detailed and difficult to absorb in one sitting.

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28 customers mention "Mind mapping"28 positive0 negative

Customers find the book helpful for thinking and organizing. They say it's informative, a useful technique to learn, and a great way for students to discover what they know. The book is described as an interesting and useful teaching tool.

"...I could learn and the book presented those lessons in a clear, highly structured and easy-to-absorb fashion...." Read more

"...Everything is already in the mind, this just helps organize and makes more accessible." Read more

"...be tackled with Mind Maps: making choices (decision-making), organizing your ideas (note-making), organizing other people's ideas (note-taking),..." Read more

"...Most students love it. It's a great way for students to discover what they know in an engaging way, and it's a valid assessment, too...." Read more

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Customers find the book provides good value for money. They say the content is valuable and helpful for preparing for exams. The graphics and instructions are appreciated. Many students enjoy reading it and find the price reasonable.

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"Great book. Took a little while for me to fully understand the concept. Making the Mind Maps are so much fun! My mind loves it...." Read more

"...Most students love it. It's a great way for students to discover what they know in an engaging way, and it's a valid assessment, too...." Read more

"Overall this book is worth the read if you are truly interested in learning how to learn - which in my opinion 100% of people should actively work..." Read more

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Customers find the book engaging and fun. They enjoy making mind maps and working through it weekly. The colorful illustrations and exercises encourage creative thinking. Readers say the exercises make sense and improve memory and imagination. Overall, they find the book helpful for studying more efficiently and creating a group mindset.

"...Only now, they are colorful, illustrated and more conducive to creative thoughts. For me, this book was worth its cost." Read more

"...My mind loves it. It is like Play Time for the mind. It is sometimes hard for the hand making the Mind Map to keep up with the mind...." Read more

"...creative thinking and advanced brainstorming, improving memory and imagination, and creating a group mind...." Read more

"...It's a great way for students to discover what they know in an engaging way, and it's a valid assessment, too...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the book's visual content. They find the illustrations, graphics, and photographs visually appealing. The mind map examples are helpful, but some readers feel they need more guidance on how to create them.

"...Only now, they are colorful, illustrated and more conducive to creative thoughts. For me, this book was worth its cost." Read more

"...The book is full of vivid colour photographs which bring parallels between Nature, real world life, and Radiant Thinking and Mind Maps...." Read more

"...I appreciate the extensive use of color and the example mind maps...." Read more

"...The only reason I didn't rate this book higher, despite its wonderful graphics and helpful instructions, is that it gets very repetitive and almost &..." Read more

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"...I have found them to be a useful, helpful and insightful...." Read more

"...part of this book describes human brain, its design, architecture and function...." Read more

"...Sure enough, mind maps have proved to be a useful tool for visualizing the scope of a project, process, or system...." Read more

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Customers have different views on the book's readability. Some find it easy to follow the clear instructions and useful technique. Others find it too detailed, repetitive, and not worth their time.

"...was a lot I could learn and the book presented those lessons in a clear, highly structured and easy-to-absorb fashion...." Read more

"...Thinking" and "Mind Maps" - a new concept of problem-solving, note-making and organizing thoughts...." Read more

"...This information is very detailed and not assimilateable in one sitting or reading. I think it is worth the effort to give it a go." Read more

"...It is simple, straight forward, and is a useful technique to be familiar with and to me can be applied (and should be applied) to every component..." Read more

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Craig L. Howe
Once Again, the Old Dog Learns a Few New Tricks
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2002
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I have used the techniques of mind mapping for almost three decades to help me organize my thoughts, explore complex issues or simply map a course of action. I have found them to be a useful, helpful and insightful.
I recently purchase a software program which enables me to bring my techniques to the digital age. As I started to work with the program, I discovered it did not readily adapt my style; so this is the book I selected to teach the old dog - me - some new tricks. I did not need to be convinced of the technique's utility; I really did not need the review of the literature. After years of successful use, I was not about to abandon the technique.
However, there was a lot I could learn and the book presented those lessons in a clear, highly structured and easy-to-absorb fashion.
After a few hours, I was preparing my maps with my new software as quickly as I previously had with my pad and pencil. Only now, they are colorful, illustrated and more conducive to creative thoughts.
For me, this book was worth its cost.

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Much more fun than I expected!
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Great book. Took a little while for me to fully understand the concept. Making the Mind Maps are so much fun! My mind loves it. It is like Play Time for the mind. It is sometimes hard for the hand making the Mind Map to keep up with the mind. I sometimes Mind Map without markers, pen or paper when working on a project or making a decision. Everything is already in the mind, this just helps organize and makes more accessible.

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Problem-solving, note-making and organizing thoughts
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This book presents "Radiant Thinking" and "Mind Maps" - a new concept of problem-solving, note-making and organizing thoughts.

Radiant Thinking (from "to radiate", meaning "to spread or move in directions, or from a given centre") refers to associative thought processes that proceed from or connect to a central point. The other meaning of "radiant" are also relevant: "shining brightly", "the look of bright eyes beaming with joy and hope", and "the focal point of a meteoric shower" - similar to the "burst of thought".

The Mind Map is the external expression of Radiant Thinking. A Mind Map always radiates from a central image. Every word and image becomes in itself a subcentre of association, the whole preceding in potentially infinite chain of branching patterns away from or toward the common centre. Although the Mind Map is drawn on a two-dimensional page it represents a multi-dimensional reality, encompassing space, time and colour.

The first part of this book describes human brain, its design, architecture and function. The second part guides through the practical applications of the skills of the left and right hemispheres of the brain, demonstrating how they can be used each separately, and how you can them combine them in specific ways that multiply the advantages you get from using your brain. The third part gives the set of recommendations for using "Radiant Thinking" and "Mind Mapping", to increase the precision and freedom or your thinking. The fourth part gives an overview of all the different intellectual tasks that can be tackled with Mind Maps: making choices (decision-making), organizing your ideas (note-making), organizing other people's ideas (note-taking), creative thinking and advanced brainstorming, improving memory and imagination, and creating a group mind. The fifth part introduces computer software for Mind Maps.

The author claims that brain functions traditionally associated with one side of brain reinforces functions of another part of brain. Instead of saying "I'm not predisposed to some skill", you should say "I should develop this skill", because developing a skill in which you are weak develop the whole brain and reinforces the function or ability in which you think you a strong.

The book is full of vivid colour photographs which bring parallels between Nature, real world life, and Radiant Thinking and Mind Maps. There are also many sample Mind Maps throughout the book, some of them are state of art.

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Excellent for Students and Teachers
Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2013
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I've used Mind-mapping for several years in my high school English classes. Most students love it. It's a great way for students to discover what they know in an engaging way, and it's a valid assessment, too. I use this book and Mr. Buzan's instructional videos on Youtube to get students started. Once they try it, many students are eager to apply Mind -mapping to other classes, such as Chemistry and History and Math. Other teachers are also fond of this process, and they appreciate the wisdom in it. Thank you, Tony!

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Excelente
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Used it to create an assignment that my 11th Honors English Students excelled at
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2012
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Now, the book as a whole is part concept and part application. I will be honest and say that I only skimmed through the concept part as I have read other literature on Buzman and Mind Mapping. What I loved about this book was the application for teachers at the end. My honors English class really excelled at using a Mind Map to detail The Great Gatsby and when I showed it to my superintendent, she was impressed. Thank you Tony!

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Livro organizado, muito didático e prático.

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Conchi Lopez
Decepcionado. Mala calidad.
Reviewed in Spain on October 24, 2020
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Decepcionante. Al ser antiguo es un libro escaneado. No se pueden tomar notas o hacer búsquedas. Mala calidad.

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Great read
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Very interesting, good read

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One of the best book in field.
Reviewed in India on April 8, 2019
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Bought book last week. And have started to read. Not rushing to it. By far one of best book comparable with learning how to learn. I will add to review when i finishes it. Prompt delivery by amazon but packing by seller wasn't in amazon packing material but in old newspaper and plastic sheet hence slight damage to book paper cover but nothing serious. Returning back to book - a must read for knowledge workers and students.

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