A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science

By the same author as the “Learning how to learn” online course, the book delivers its contents with simple language and provides strategies to improve how we learn. Each chapter explains one aspect of learning and then offers exercises to test it in real life. The techniques explained in the book include:

- recall as much as possible what you studied right after a learning session
- “enlist” the help of the brain's diffuse mode, avoiding cramming
- solve a problem using different approaches, rather than sticking to one
- interleave subjects
- use cues to change habits and avoid procrastination
- use spaced repetitions and memory techniques (e.g. the memory palace) to consolidate memories