The human brain is a perfect device, the possibility of which is currently estimated only very approximately.Nevertheless, existing assessment dazzling.
known American mathematician von Neumann, who invented and used the structure of today computers calculate the amount of information that is able to remember the human brain.This enormous amount - about 10 to 20 minutes of bits m. E. Elementary information units.So much information does not contain even the largest library in the world.
Unfortunately, the property of the brain to remember the highly selective.Information can be presented in many forms, but those of them that we face in adult life, the human brain works worst.Perhaps, during the evolution of a person's ability to remember will develop, and in the distant future any of our descendants will be able to store in the memory of entire texts of books and a lot of big numbers.In the meantime, these people are so rare that they are phenomena.
Examples phenomenal memory existed at all times.As we know from history, Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great knew by sight and by name all the soldiers - up to 30,000 people.The same ability to have the Persian king Cyrus.Each of the 20,000 residents of Athens, Themistocles knew the famous Socrates.A Seneca was able to repeat in 2000 of unrelated words, heard only once.
genius mathematician Leonhard Euler hit all extraordinary memory for numbers.He knew, for example, the first six degrees of all the numbers up to one hundred.Academician AF Ioffe memory to use the table of logarithms.Academician Chaplygin could accurately be called a telephone number on which he called five years ago by chance only once.And the great Russian chess player Alekhine could play from memory "blind" with 30-40 partners.
Someone E. Gassi memorized all the books in 2500, which read in my life.Little of.He would not hesitate to think of them every passage.The cashier of the Polish football club "Gornik" Leopold Held remembered not only all the results, but all the details of the club's games.Once, during a television broadcast commentator asked Held: "What ended the match," Gornik "and" Odra "from disgrace four years ago?" The answer came instantly: "We won 4: 0, the meeting held on 18 August, there were 27 thousand fans, the total amountincome 235 000 PLN.Paul scored three goals and one Tszoltisik ... ".
Besides remembering the examples of some of the facts and other structured information, there is a considerable amount of evidence of another kind.The great French artist Gustave Dore, the creator of brilliant etchings, publisher once instructed to make a drawing from a photograph of some alpine species.Dora left, forgetting to take a photo.The next day he brought quite an exact copy.
most successful portrait of President Lincoln drew his provincial admirer, unknown artist from New Jersey.Enthusiastic fans have seen the president only once in life.Upon learning of the murder of Lincoln, he was gripped by grief and found comfort by drawing a portrait from memory.
Memory geniuses of art capable of miracles.As you know, deaf Beethoven composed music, and Russian actor Ostuzhev, hearing loss remained on the scene, and he is remembered as an outstanding actor.Sculptor By Lina, who died in 1948, went on to create sculptures, even blinded.Completely lost sight Lina By molded remarkable portraits, statues, created more than a hundred sculptures.And the musicians?Mozart could accurately record large, complex piece heard only once.The composer Glazunov easily restore lost scores of musical works.Known interesting case of biographies of famous Russian pianist and composer Sergei Rachmaninoff.One to Taneyev Glazunov had to come to play just to write a play.Who loved to make fun of Taneyev hid in another room of the student Conservatory Rachmaninov.After a while, after he graduated from playing Glazunov, Taneyev called Rachmaninoff.The young man sat down at the piano and, to the great surprise of Glazunov, repeated all his work.
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