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Not all of us can do great things but we can do small things with great love.
RIP Tony Buzan, headmaster of the human race
Tony Buzan, who died of a heart attack earlier this month in John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, was originally motivated by the question of “who is intelligent?” During his time at junior school, the young Tony was struck by the anomaly that one boy, who had a tremendous knowledge of nature, repeatedly failed in school tests on his favourite topic, because of an inability to express himself. Unsurprisingly, the nature expert was consigned to the bottom of the class, in spite
RIP Tony Buzan, headmaster of the human race
Tony Buzan, who died of a heart attack earlier this month in John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, was originally motivated by
Mind games and memory: how do men and women compare?
There is little doubt that, in physical sports, men will tend to outperform women. Upper bodily strength plays a major role, ensuring that contests between respectively leading male and female
The brain under siege
The European Brain Council at its Brain Awareness Week (held March 13-19, 2023) recognized ill-health of the brain as “a
Brain nutrition, Alzheimer’s, longevity and the power of memory
Chess masters have, over the past two centuries, devised various spectacular final ‘endgames’ for themselves. Some of the more eccentric and
Can the brain improve with age?
Garry Kasparov, in my opinion the most formidable chess champion of all time, recently competed in an online elite chess
The human brain — and the sea
In a previous column I cited Goethe’s impressive description of chess as “the touchstone of the intellect”. This quotation is firmly grounded in