With her genius for demystifying science, Temple Grandin draws on cutting-edge research to take us inside visual thinking. Visual thinkers constitute a far greater proportion of the population than previously believed and a more varied one, from photo-realistic object visualizers like Grandin, with an intuitive knack for design and problem solving, to abstract, mathematically inclined “visual spatial†thinkers who excel in pattern recognition and systemic thinking. She helps us understand how a world geared to the verbal tends to sideline visual thinkers, screening them out at school and passing over them in the workplace. Rather than continuing to waste their singular gifts, driving a collective loss in productivity and innovation, she proposes new approaches to educating, parenting, employing, and collaborating with visual thinkers.
