Chess Masters Can't Cook | The Transfer Paradox and Why Skills Don't Cross Over.DE

James L. Carter

ISBN 10: 356526358X / ISBN 13: 9783565263585

Published by epubli, 2026

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Chess Masters Can't Cook | The Transfer Paradox and Why Skills Don't Cross [.] | James L. Carter | Taschenbuch | Englisch | epubli | EAN 9783565263585 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Neopubli GmbH (Imprint: epubli), Köpenicker Str. 154a, 10997 Berlin, produktsicherheit[at]epubli[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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• Title: Chess Masters Can't Cook | The Transfer Paradox and Why Skills Don't Cross Over.DE
• Publisher: epubli
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 356526358X
• ISBN 13: 9783565263585
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 7W x 210H x 297D millimeters 7 millimeters width by 210 millimeters height by 297 millimeters depth
• Weight: 304 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Schule & Lernen

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We invest billions in "brain training" games and learning Latin, believing these difficult tasks will make us smarter in general. We are wrong. The concept is called "Transfer of Learning," and the scientific reality is depressing: getting good at Sudoku only makes you good at Sudoku. It does not help you manage your finances or learn a language. "Chess Masters Can't Cook" explores the cognitive barriers that prevent skills from transferring between domains. It explains why experts in one field can be completely incompetent in another and debunks the myth of the "general genius." However, it also offers a solution: the specific teaching methods (like bridging and abstraction) that can force the brain to apply old knowledge to new problems. Stop practicing the wrong things and start learning how to learn.

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