Irrationality: The Enemy Within - Brossura

Sutherland, Stuart

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1780660251 ISBN 13: 9781780660257

Casa editrice: Pinter & Martin, 2013

Riassunto

Why do doctors, army generals, high-ranking government officials and other people in positions of power make bad decisions that cause harm to others? Why are punishments so ineffective? Why is interviewing such an unsatisfactory method of selection? Irrationality is a challenging and thought-provoking book that draws on statistical concepts, probability theory and a mass of intriguing research to expose the failings of human reasoning, judgment and intuition. The author explores the inconsistencies of human behavior, and discovers why even the experts find it so hard to make rational and unbiased decisions.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

Terrifying, sometimes comic, very readable and totally enthralling --Oliver Sacks

L'autore:

Stuart Sutherland was Professor of Psychology at the University of Sussex where he founded the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology. He was also a prolific columnist, with regular articles in the Observer, the New York Times, and the Daily Telegraph.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Pinter & Martin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1780660251
• ISBN 13: 9781780660257
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336