Customer Reviews
A Universal Study Guide - By: Mr. J. A. Edwards, 27 May 2008 
One thing that really strikes me about this book is that it is useful & applicable wherever you arein your life, or education. It teaches principles that are useful to anyone that needs to remember anything - & makes them easily understandable. If you've wanted to know why it is that you can remember some, useless, things easily, but when it comes to dates of major battles (etc.) you're at a loss, then this book can help. It can also teach you how to turn those dates, facts, quotations or just about anything into things that stickin your memory. And the way it does it is not simply by showing a set of techniques (although the techniques such as "Mind Maps" some claim to have really helped their learning), but by giving you some guiding principles to show you how your mind selects & restores information. I haven't tried to put into place the technique of speed reading that occursin the book - for my purposes reading slowly & carefully is useful. However, I think the book was worth it, even if just for the 'supercharge your memory' chapter alone.
Great introduction to Mind Mapping, Speed Reading, and Memory Improvement - By: D. J. Garsia, 23 Dec 2007 This amazingly lucid & accessible little book provides the reader with several very useful, interrelated techniques--Mind Mapping, Speed Reading, & Memory Techniques--aimed at aiding the student to get better grades on exams, essays, & projects. The former technique (Mind Mapping),in my opinion, is coveredin sufficient depth & is probably the most interesting & novel of the three; on the other hand, the latter two are touched upon relatively superficially--especially the section on Speed Reading is very meager. In short, this book is extremely helpful, being a manual introducing a number of simple techniques that allow one to study more effectively & efficiently; do no expect, however, an extensive academic work covering studying techniquesin great detail &in a scientific fashion. Finally, although it is not mentionedin the book, it should be noted that Mind-Mapping software is available, eliminating the need to make them on paper.
Highly recommended for students who have already started their course of study. - By: A. Thornton, 12 May 2007 
The way this book is written makes it very accessible & an easy read, without losing the depth of what Mr Buzan is trying to say. There are many study books on the market. I have not read a lot of them but the ones I have seen can often be overwhelming. This one is a perfect size to provide the information required & doesn't keep you hanging on & prevent you from getting on with putting your new skills into practice. I certainly found it very useful indeed.
