Expert

Name: Expert
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780241392058
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Understanding the Path to Mastery

By Roger Kneebone

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Summary

Expert by Roger Kneebone explores the intricate journey of attaining expertise across various fields, from surgery to sports. The book delves into the processes of learning, practising, and perfecting a craft, offering insights into the common elements that unite experts worldwide. With engaging narratives, it examines how mastery is achieved and what it takes to reach the pinnacle of one's discipline.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the journey and mastery of expertise across a range of fields. It explores the depth of professional knowledge and the pathways to becoming skilled in science, nature, and beyond.

Expert

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The expert on experts shows us what it takes to master any skill.

What could a lacemaker have in common with vascular surgeons? A Savile Row tailor with molecular scientists? A fighter pilot with jazz musicians?

In Expert, Professor Roger Kneebone combines his own experiences as a doctor with insights from extraordinary people and cutting-edge research to map out the path we're all following—from 'doing time' as an Apprentice, to developing your 'voice' and taking on responsibility as a Journeyman, to finally becoming a Master and passing on your skills. As Kneebone shows, although each outcome is different, the journey is always the same.

Whether you're developing a new career, studying a language, learning a musical instrument or simply becoming the person you want to be, this ground-breaking book reveals the path to mastery.

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Expert by Roger Kneebone has been praised for its fascinating exploration of the journey to becoming an expert across various fields. Critics highlight Kneebone's engaging writing and the way he intertwines personal experiences with broader themes of expertise. The book is described as insightful and inspiring, offering wisdom on the ongoing process of mastery and the crucial role that experts play, especially in contemporary society.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241392058

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 August 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 131.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 352

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Arts & Culture Career Development Education & Reference Mindset & Self Help Non-Fiction Penguin Books Roger Kneebone Science & Nature Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

Professor Roger Kneebone directs the Imperial College Centre for Engagement and Simulation Science and the Royal College of Music - Imperial College Centre for Performance Science. His first career was as a surgeon, operating on trauma patients in southern Africa. He then changed direction, becoming a general practitioner in southwest England. Now, as an academic at Imperial College London, he researches what experts from different fields can learn from one another. His unorthodox and creative team includes clinicians, computer scientists, musicians, magicians, potters, puppeteers, tailors and fighter pilots. This is his first book for a general readership.