"Beginners: The Curious Power of Lifelong Learning" von Tom Vanderbilt ist ein Buch, das sich mit der Bedeutung und dem Nutzen des lebenslangen Lernens auseinandersetzt. Vanderbilt erforscht die Vorteile und Herausforderungen, die damit...

The best-selling author of Traffic and You May Also Like now gives us a thought-provoking, playful journey into the transformative joys that come with starting something new, no matter your ageWhy do so many of us stop learning new...

The best-selling author of Traffic and You May Also Like now gives us a thought-provoking, playful journey into the transformative joys that come with starting something new, no matter your ageWhy do so many of us stop learning new...

Beginners von Vanderbilt, Tom

"Vanderbilt elegantly and persuasively tackles one of the most pernicious of the lies we tells ourselves-that the pleasures of learning are reserved for the young." -Malcolm Gladwell, bestselling author of OutliersWhy do so many of us...

A New York Times Notable BookOne of the Best Books of the YearThe Washington Post • The Cleveland Plain-Dealer • Rocky Mountain NewsIn this brilliant, lively, and eye-opening investigation, Tom Vanderbilt examines the perceptual limits...

(Tom Vanderbilt) The Cold War was the war that never happened. Nonetheless, it spurred the most significant buildup of military contingency this country has ever known: from the bunkers of Greenbrier, west Virginia, to the "proving...