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24%OFFWilliam Poundstone - How to Predict the Unpredictable: The Art of Outsmarting Almost Everyone - 9781780747200 - 9781780747200
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How to Predict the Unpredictable: The Art of Outsmarting Almost Everyone

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Description for How to Predict the Unpredictable: The Art of Outsmarting Almost Everyone Paperback. From paper-scissors-stone to the stock market, the economics and psychology that will help you play to win Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: VSB; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.

We are hard-wired to believe that the world is more predictable than it is. We chase ‘winning streaks’ that are often just illusions, and we are all too predictable exactly when we try hardest not to be.

In the 1970s, Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky coined the phrase ‘representativeness’ to describe the psychology of this behaviour. Since then representativeness has been used by auditors to catch people fiddling their tax returns and by hedge fund managers to reap billions from the emotions of small investors. Now Poundstone for the first time makes these techniques fun, easy, and profitable for ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780747200
SKU
9781780747200
Shipping Time
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99-2

About William Poundstone
William Poundstone is the author of fourteen books, including the international bestseller Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google? He lives in Los Angeles.

Reviews for How to Predict the Unpredictable: The Art of Outsmarting Almost Everyone
‘Poundstone draws on extensive research to show the roots of our predictability… a fascinating read.’
BBC Focus
‘Highly entertaining’
Engineering and Technology magazine
'Poundstone is a smart thinker, a deft writer and a spinner of engaging tales… enjoyable and original’ 
Tim Harford 'Ingenious... a delightful addition to the everything-you-thought-you-knew-is-wrong genre.'
Kirkus Reviews
'Intriguing ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for How to Predict the Unpredictable: The Art of Outsmarting Almost Everyone


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