American freelance journalist; memory champion (born 1982)
Joshua Foer
Foer in 2013
Born
September 23, 1982 (1982-09-23) (age 41) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation
Journalist, writer
Alma mater
Yale University
Genre
Non-fiction
Subjects
Science
Parents
Esther Safran Foer (mother)
Relatives
Franklin Foer (brother)
Jonathan Safran Foer (brother)
Joshua Foer (born September 23, 1982) is a freelance journalist and author living in Brookline, Massachusetts, with a primary focus on science. He was the 2006 USA Memory Champion, which was described in his 2011 book, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. He spoke at the TED conference in February 2012.[1]
^Foer, Joshua (May 24, 2013). "Can Anyone Learn To Be A Master Memorizer?".
2012. Foer was born in Washington, D.C. He is the younger brother of former New Republic editor Franklin Foer and novelist Jonathan Safran Foer. He is...
perspective. Foer was born in 1974 in Washington, D.C. to a Jewish family. He is the son of Albert Foer, a lawyer, and Esther Safran Foer, the child of...
Safran Foer was born in Washington, D.C., as the son of Albert Foer, a lawyer and president of the American Antitrust Institute, and Esther Safran Foer, a...
The Art and Science of Remembering Everything is a nonfiction book by JoshuaFoer, first published in 2011. Moonwalking with Einstein debuted at number...
online magazine and travel company. It was founded in 2009 by author JoshuaFoer and documentary filmmaker/author Dylan Thuras. It catalogs unusual and...
consistently refused to repeat them) raises further concerns for journalist JoshuaFoer who pursued the case in a 2006 article in Slate magazine concentrating...
former Google project manager Brett Lockspeiser and journalist-author JoshuaFoer. Promoted as a "living library of Jewish texts", Sefaria relies partially...
Foer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Esther Safran Foer (born 1946), American writer Franklin Foer (born 1974), American journalist...
Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua OBE (born 15 October 1989) is a British professional boxer. He is a two-time former unified world heavyweight champion...
sons; novelist Jonathan Safran Foer, and journalists Franklin and JoshuaFoer. Foer worked as press secretary for presidential candidate George McGovern...
costs, notably in maintenance. In the book Moonwalking with Einstein by JoshuaFoer, a theory called "deliberate practice" is brought up. The theorist that...
Memory Exist?". Scientific American. January 2013. Retrieved 2020-01-05. Foer, Joshua (2006-04-27). "No one has a photographic memory". Slate Magazine. Retrieved...
memorize randomized digits, cards, and poetry and much more. A competitor, JoshuaFoer was able to win the 2006 competition with only one year of preparation...
the kiss), Keith Thomas, The Times, June 11, 2005. The Kiss of Life, JoshuaFoer, The New York Times, February 14, 2006. Why do humans kiss each other...
Franklin Foer, The New Republic editor Jonathan Safran Foer, novelist and professor of creative writing at New York University JoshuaFoer, freelance...
(2015–17). Nelson Dellis: 5x USA memory champion (2011–12, 2014–15, 2021). JoshuaFoer: author and USA memory champion (2006). Brad Williams Dave Farrow: most...
Zamenhof, 1903; 18th edition with footnotes by Gaston Waringhien, UEA 1992. JoshuaFoer, "John Quijada and Ithkuil, the Language He Invented", The New Yorker...
things such as numbers, and more known techniques like the memory palace. JoshuaFoer has written, "Though every competitor has his own unique method of memorization...
Taroko, Taiwanese Hakka, and Taiwanese Hokkien languages. Journalist JoshuaFoer, in an attempt to communicate with the Pygmy peoples in the Congo Basin...
Center for Architecture in New York City during September. Journalists JoshuaFoer and Roger Bennett conceived the competition, and Reboot, an organization...
2022. Tim, Radford (21 November 2012). "Moonwalking with Einstein by JoshuaFoer – review | Tim Radford". the Guardian. Retrieved 3 December 2022. Tim...
hidden souvenirs: a helicopter, a tank, a jeep, a plane, and a compass. Joshua, Foer (2016-09-20). Atlas Obscura. Thuras, Dylan,, Morton, Ella. New York....
Bridge in use during the rainy season. "The Last Incan Grass Bridge", JoshuaFoer, February 22, 2011, slate.com The Last Inca bridge, Andean culture and...
Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016. Joshua, Foer (2016-09-20). Atlas Obscura. Thuras, Dylan,, Morton, Ella. New York....