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“I met with amnesiacs and savants, educators and scientists, to try to understand what memory is, why it works, why it sometimes doesn't, and what its potential might be.” quote by Joshua Foer — Download Open image

“I met with amnesiacs and savants, educators and scientists, to try to understand what memory is, why it works, why it sometimes doesn't, and what its potential might be.”

Joshua Foer

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“One book, printed in the Heart’s own wax / Is worth a thousand in the stacks.”

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