A groundbreaking book revealing the special talents of visual thinkers
Do you have a great sense of direction, love puzzles, and assemble furniture in a flash? There’s a high chance that you are a visual thinker, then.
Temple Grandin leads us into the world of visual thinking based on cutting-edge research and extensive investigations. Visual thinkers make up a much larger percentage of the population than we realize. There are also different types of visual thinkers, from object visualizers, who excel at design and problem solving, to spatial visualizers, who excel at math, pattern recognition, and systematic thinking. Grandin says that the world we live in is centered around verbal thinkers: Visual thinkers are sidelined at schools, ignored in workplaces, and isolated in the world. Grandin says that we should not let the unique talents of visual thinkers go to waste - we need to stop the losses happening in production and innovation as a group. To that end, she presents a new approach to nurture, train, employ, and cooperate with visual thinkers. If we are to survive in this competitive world, we need diversity among people’s minds.
Temple Grandin is a prominent author and speaker on both autism and animal behavior, and a successful designer of livestock handling equipment as well. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Franklin Pierce College and a master’s degree in animal sciences from Arizona State University. After acquiring her PhD in animal science from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, she is currently a professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University. She also served on the board of directors of the Autism Society of America and uses her own experiences on the spectrum to help parents and teachers across the country.
In 2014, she was inducted in the National Women’s Hall of Fame, followed by her induction as a fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2018. In 2020, she was included in the ‘Top 10 College Professors In The US’, a list published by <The CEO Magazine>.
Her published works include <Thinking in Pictures> and <Animals in Translation>. <Animals in Translation>, <Animals Make Us Human>, and <Calling All Minds> were included in The New York Times Best Seller.
Temple Grandin was also featured in TV shows like <20/20>, <48 Hours>, <Larry King Live>, <Prime Time>, <60 Minutes>, <Today Show>, and the NPR. She also delivered a TED Talk under the theme “The world needs all kinds of minds”, as well as more than 400 articles on animal handling, welfare, and facility design in scientific journals and livestock publications. Publications like <People>, <The New York Times>, <Forbes>, <U.S. News & World Report>, <Time>, and <Discover Magazine> ran special issues on her works. Her life was made into a TV film, <Temple Grandin>, which won seven Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
Park Migyeong graduated from Korea University with a degree in English Language and Literature, and acquired her MA in Education from Konkuk University. After working as a flight attendant, a law firm secretary, and English lecturer, Park is currently working as a translator specializing in publishing translation under the Barun Media Company and a lecturer at Glbab Academy. Translated works include <I May Be Wrong : And Other Wisdoms From Life as a Forest Monk>, <Wonderworks: The 25 most powerful inventions in the history of Literature>, < Advice for Future Corpse>, <Good Morning, I Love You: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Practices to Rewire Your Brain for Calm, Clarity, and Joy>, <The Story of Arthur Truluv>, <Murder Bag>, <Forgotten Girls>, <Fractured>, <Until You’re Mine>, <French Women Don't Get Facelifts>, <Pride and Prejudice>, <Year Zero>, <Erotic Lives of the Superheroes>, <Man with a Pram (2010)>, <When I Say No, I Feel Guilty>.
