Tim Acott

★100多個記憶解謎和經典的福爾摩斯案件謎題，★以約翰•華生醫生的觀點，分享這位偉大偵探的記憶增強技巧，訓練讀者仿效「福爾摩斯式」的思維去思考。★華生醫師將紀錄福爾摩斯傳授給他的記憶技巧，如視覺化記憶、串連記憶法、位置記憶法、音節諧音系統和首寫字母記憶法等整理到書中。【約翰•華生醫生寫給讀者的一封信】『親愛的朋友和伙伴，夏洛克・福爾摩斯是一位極為與眾不同的人。他無庸置疑是倫敦最偉大的偵探，甚至我強烈懷疑即使將這個稱號放諸整個英國，乃至全世界仍舊是實至名歸。我曾經旅行過許多的地方，見過各式各樣的人事物，但在我人生的經歷裡，可是從未遇到過像他這樣的人。福爾摩斯擁有著異於常人的優異觀察力，他不僅是在面對事物時擁有驚人的判讀能力，哪怕只是瞬間撇過一眼，無論對方的身份地位高低，他都能夠完整記錄下任何人全身上下的每個細節。然而單靠觀察力，還不足以讓他如此受到關注與崇敬，而是再配上那令人難以置信的記憶力，才顯得如此不凡。因為光是能注意到一個鐵製品上所刻印的紋路是不夠的，唯有能記住相同的紋路曾經在哪裡也出現過，才能夠串連起在它背後所隱含的意義，而這也正是這個人如此耀眼的精髓所在。說實在話，光是靠「記憶」這個詞完全不足以形容福爾摩斯在保存各種訊息所展現的天賦。每一眼、每個聲音、每個觸感，所有透過感官所獲得的訊息全都會被吸入他腦海中的巨大宮殿當中，在那裡進一步儲存、整理和解析後，再從裡頭濃縮出重要的訊息片段，供他在有需要時能夠拿來交叉比對。而這樣的能力不僅僅只是靠他那卓越的頭腦，裡頭還融合了多種令人著迷的技巧，在這些年裡，他也毫不吝惜地與我分享。透過這些為書前的你所準備的內容，我非常深切地希望能讓各位也能一同來體驗福爾摩斯曾經帶我挑戰過的心智鍛鍊。他總是希望能藉此來增強我那薄弱的判斷力、創造力、邏輯推理、科學知識和演算能力，而我也將許多培育上述能力的題目整理到本書裡頭。親愛的朋友們，在此很榮幸地向您介紹這本益智解謎的書籍與福爾摩斯先生的思維宮殿。您自始至終的謙卑僕人，約翰・H・華生醫生倫敦貝克街211號B郵遞區號NW1 6XE』

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