The Mind Map Book
by Tony Buzan, Barry Buzan · first published 1993
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Your brain is a super bio-computer that dwarfs any machine on the market. If you understand how it works and how to work with it, you can employ and enjoy astonishing powers of learning, memory, concentration, and creativity in planning and structuring thought on all levels. Now, in The Mind Map Book, Tony and Barry Buzan have provided a comprehensive operating manual for all who want to use their brains to their fullest potential. Mind Mapping and Radiant Thinking, the revolutionary new method of accessing heretofore untapped intelligences, was developed by world-famous brain-power exper
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The Mind Map Book by Tony Buzan is a good place to start. As are his video interviews and lectures that can be found here and there. https://youtu.be/VP-OoIqoEa4 Essentially they are all about creating a breadth-first…
on “H-m-m: Hackers mind map” ↗Probably _The Mind Map Book_ by Tony Buzan. This was a long time ago, but the book was beautiful right off the shelf and it made so much immediate, intuitive sense. It also came at just the right time in my life when I needed to…
on “Ask HN: What is the most mind expanding book(s) you have read till date?” ↗…can be an important early-alert system, far from an unintelligible mush. - Around the World on a Bicycle by Thomas Stevens This book got me back into cycling exploration after a long hiatus. - The Mind Map Book by Tony Buzan I can't put a number on how many helpful and even liberating mind maps I created since buying this book in 1996 or so. I eventually spun off my own system that's similar but with various…
on “Ask HN: What books have you read that have changed your life?” ↗I looked it up out of curiosity. In Buzan's "The Mind Map Book" (and other books by him), he suggests mind maps can significantly enhance learning, memory, and creative thinking, and that labeling lines/branches: • Creates meaningful connections between concepts…
on “Show HN: Create mind maps to learn new things using AI” ↗Wow I'm surprised to see "The Mind Map Book" on that list. I was just about to buy that book from Amazon when I decided to read Hacker News first. Now I'm going to wait until Sunday to see if I need to buy it. Thank you for your generosity, this…
on “Tell HN: I'm giving away a few non programming books for free” ↗