The Art of Memory: Train with a Grandmaster!


When:Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Time:7:00 PM
Where:University Settlement
184 Eldridge
New York, NY 10002
Cost:Free

The Art of Memory Memory Man of the London Times, author of Remember, Remember (Penguin, 2008), and Grandmaster of Memory, Ed Cooke to host ‘The Art of Memory’ Tuesday, July 14th at 7:00PM at the University Settlement (184 Eldridge at Rivington).

Ed famously trained journalist Josh Foer to become the US Memory Champion in less than a year, has consistently finished in the top ten in the World Memory Championships, and has been featured on major news outlets including ABC, BBC, The New York Times, and all major UK radio and print news outlets. He has spoken to over 100 schools in the past two years, and receives regular requests to speak to both teachers and headmasters.

Cooke’s memory skills include memorizing 1000 numbers in an hour, ten packs of cards in an hour, and a deck of cards in under two minutes. Cooke has remembered the order of a shuffled deck of cards in 43 seconds- more than twice as fast as the record US time.
Recently, Ed Cooke presented the “best talk ever given on [Princeton] campus”, “interactive, entertaining, and intellectual,” “fascinating,” and “humorous,” as stated by tenured Princeton professors

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