Everything Is Obvious: How Common Sense Fails Us - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Crown CurrencyISBN-13:9780307951793ISBN-10:307951790UPC:9780307951793Book Category:Social Science, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Sociology, Cognitive Psychology & CognitionSize:8.04 x 5.25 x 0.89 inchesWeight:0.6195Product ID:SCJBT5MZDW
Everything Is Obvious: How Common Sense Fails Us
By understanding how and when common sense fails, we can improve our understanding of the present and better plan for the future. Drawing on the latest scientific research, along with a wealth of historical and contemporary examples, Watts shows how common sense reasoning and history conspire to mislead us into believing that we understand more about the world of human behavior than we do; and in...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Crown CurrencyISBN-13:9780307951793ISBN-10:307951790UPC:9780307951793Book Category:Social Science, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Sociology, Cognitive Psychology & CognitionSize:8.04 x 5.25 x 0.89 inchesWeight:0.6195Product ID:SCJBT5MZDW
DUNCAN WATTS, a principal research scientist at Microsoft Research, was a professor of sociology at Columbia University. A former officer in the Royal Australian Navy, he holds a Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Cornell University. He is the author of Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age. He lives in New York City. For more information visit www.everythingisobvious.com
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