"Big" ideas are those concepts and theories that have radically transformed our understanding of the world we live in

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Proust and the Squid : The Story and Science of the Reading Brain Corporations "Big" ideas are those conceptsIn "Proust and the Squid", Maryanne Wolf explores our brains' near miraculous ability to arrange and re arrange themselves in response to external circumstances. She examines how this 'open architecture', the elasticity of our brains, helps and hinders humans in their attempts to learn to read, and to process the written language. She also investigates what happens to people whose brains make it difficult to acquire these skills, such as those with