Irrationality
The Enemy within
$28.00
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
3 June 2013
Summary
Why do doctors, generals, civil servants and others consistently make wrong decisions that cause enormous harm to others? Irrational beliefs and behaviours are virtually universal. In this iconoclastic book Stuart Sutherland analyses causes of irrationality and examines why we are irrational, the different kinds of irrationality, the damage it does us and the possible cures. Terrifying, sometimes comic, very readable and totally enthralling–Oliver Sacks
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780660257 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1780660251 |
| Author: | Stuart Sutherland, Ben Goldacre |
| Publisher: | Montag & Martin Limited |
| Imprint: | Pinter & Martin Ltd. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Edition: | 21st |
| Release Date: | 3 June 2013 |
| Weight: | 336g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 127mm x 26mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Terrifying, sometimes comic, very readable and totally enthralling–Oliver Sacks
About The Author
Stuart Sutherland
Stuart Sutherland, born in 1928, was Professor of Psychology at the University of Sussex where he founded the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology. A prolific columnist and contributor to the Observer, the New York Times and the Daily Telegraph, and is best known for his iconoclastic book Irrationality, which was first published in 1992, and Breakdown, his candid and movingly personal account of his manic depression.He died of a heart attack in 1998.
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