WINNER OF THE NAUTILUS GOLD AWARD“A powerful & provocative testament to the diverse coalition of minds we’ll need to face the mounting challenges of the twenty-first century.” —Steve Silberman“An absolute eye-opener.” —Frans de WaalA landmark book that reveals, celebrates, & advocates for the special minds & contributions of visual thinkersA quarter of a century after her memoir,Thinking in Pictures, forever changed how the world understood autism,Temple Grandin— “an anthropologist onMars,” asOliver Sacksdubbed her—transforms our awareness of the different ways our brains are wired. Do you have a keen sense of direction, a love of puzzles, the ability to assemble furniture without crying? You are likely a visual thinker.With her genius for demystifying science,Grandindraws on cutting-edge research to take us inside visual thinking.Visual thinkersconstitute a far greater proportion of the population than previously believed, she reveals, & a more varied one, from the photo-realistic“object visualizers”likeGrandinherself, with their intuitive knack for design & problem solving, to the abstract, mathematically inclined “visual spatial” thinkers who excel in pattern recognition & systemic thinking. She also makes us understand how a world increasingly geared to the verbal tends to sideline visual thinkers, screening them out at school & passing over them in the workplace. Rather than continuing to waste their singular gifts, driving a collective loss in productivity & innovation,Grandinproposes new approaches to educating, parenting, employing, & collaborating withvisual thinkers. In a highly competitive world, this important book helps us see, we need every mind on board.°°°Temple Grandinis a professor of animal science at Colorado State U. & the author of the New York Times bestsellersAnimals in Translation,Animals Make Us Human, &The Autistic Brain.