The Art of Learning

This book chronicles of life of Josh Waitzkin. His early years are the subject matter for the movie Searching for Bobby Fischer. Josh was a young chess prodigy. He lived in New York, and learned chess from the hustlers on the street. Quickly he became strong enough at chess to beat everyone his age.

The first third of the book is about his early life and chess. The second part delves into his foray into the martial arts, specifically Tai Chi. I did not read past the first part of the book. I was only interested in his chess life.