Notepad
The notepad is empty.
The basket is empty.
Free shipping possible
Free shipping possible
Please wait - the print view of the page is being prepared.
The print dialogue opens as soon as the page has been completely loaded.
If the print preview is incomplete, please close it and select "Print again".
Blink
ISBN/GTIN

Blink

The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
PaperbackPaperback
EUR20,00

Product description

Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology, the author shows how the difference between good and bad decision-making has nothing to do with how much information can be processed quickly, but on the few particular details on which people focus.
Read more

Details

ISBN/GTIN978-0-316-01066-5
Product TypePaperback
BindingPaperback
FormatTrade paperback (US)
Publishing date03/04/2007
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 141 mm, Height 209 mm, Thickness 25 mm
Weight309 g
Article no.27544330
CatalogsLibri
Data source no.A4488390
Product groupBU784
More details

Ratings

Recommendations for similar products

"The hungry judges soon the sentence sign,
And wretches hang that jury-men may dine;" so goes one of the couplets in Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock" - a satirical, cynical critique of British 18th century society. The message behind this couplet is however more or less exactly what the three authors of "Noise" (if I type their names out, my character count will be shot) look at from a more scientific, less cynical standpoint. Why is that judges are more generous with sentences when their stomachs are full? Or when their football team has recently won a game? Why indeed is there such disparity between sentences/insurance quotes/grading between apparently similar cases. What the authors zone in on is the background "noise" that make our decisions and judgements less rational and measurable than we might assume. With not only an excellent explanation of the problem but also tips on how to avoid it, this is an extremely worthwhile book to examine one's own decision making skills

Author

Malcolm Gladwell is the author of five New York Times bestsellers: The Tipping Point,Blink, Outliers,What the Dog Saw, and David and Goliath. He is also the co-founder of Pushkin Industries, an audio content company that produces the podcasts Revisionist History, which reconsiders things both overlooked and misunderstood, and Broken Record, where he, Rick Rubin, and Bruce Headlam interview musicians across a wide range of genres. Gladwell has been included in the Time 100 Most Influential People list and touted as one of Foreign Policy'sTop Global Thinkers.

Subjects